The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) brought its “road show” to Iowa State’s Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium on Thursday, April 29, to challenge America’s leaders to adopt on a national scale the kinds of progressive energy policies that have made Iowa a literal powerhouse in wind and other renewable energy technologies. After opening remarks by …Continue reading “Wind group cheers Iowa, challenges nation’s leaders”
Members of the American Wind Energy Association stopped at Iowa State Thursday afternoon and met with faculty from the College of Engineering. Read a short story from The Tribune here and a slightly longer one here.
Saturday, April 24, kids from around the Ames area got a chance to explore engineering, thanks to the many student engineering groups from Iowa State. Read the Iowa State Daily story!
Together with other research and industrial leaders, last month Karl A. Gschneidner Jr. appeared before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology to discuss the consequences of China’s impending suspension of exports of rare earth elements used in the manufacture of magnets, batteries, superconductors, and other staples of high technology. As the dean of …Continue reading “Iowa State’s Gschneidner delivers a message to Congress”
Two engineering faculty members are among the seven Iowa State faculty members who have been awarded the title of Distinguished or University Professor. Rodney Fox, the Herbert Stiles Professor in Chemical Engineering, has been named an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, and Max Porter, a professor in civil, construction, and environmental engineering, has been named a …Continue reading “Fox, Porter receive professorship awards”
The College of Engineering has named Diane Brown, a senior in chemical engineering, as the student marshal who will lead the engineering graduating class into Iowa State’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 8. She was selected from nominees submitted by each of the departments in the college. Throughout her career at Iowa State, Brown …Continue reading “ChE senior selected to be student marshal”
Iowa State University’s Tornado/Microburst Simulator and two Iowa State professors, Partha Sarkar and Bill Gallus, are part of the new Science Storms exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. A panel within the tornado portion of the exhibit shows a photo of Sarkar, a professor of aerospace engineering, and Gallus, a professor of …Continue reading “Tornado research part of MSI exhibit in Chicago”
Students from the Iowa State University chapter of Engineers Without Borders plan to travel to Mali, Africa, next month to help build cookstoves. The stoves, in addition to burning cleaner and healthier, can be built with local materials for around a dollar a piece.
Anthelion, this year’s Team PrISUm solar car, is being readied for the North American Solar Challenge to take place this summer. Read more about the car, the race, and the team in the Iowa State Daily‘s story available here.
More than 260 attendees from academia, government, and industry met April 6 at the Iowa State Center’s Scheman Building for the 2010 Conference of the Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Design, or IAWIND. The event was at once a celebration of Iowa’s national leadership in wind power, a challenge to do even more …Continue reading “Culver, energy experts tout advances, challenges at IAWIND conference at Iowa State”
The Department of Aerospace Engineering will induct three alumni—Jang-Moo Lee, Roger S. Hanson, and Ronald E. Narmi—into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni on Friday, April 16, at 10 a.m. in Howe Hall. The Hall of Distinguished Alumni was established in 2004 to pay tribute to alumni who have brought honor to the department and Iowa …Continue reading “AerE to induct three into Hall of Distinguished Alumni”
Eight engineering students are among the 21 Iowa State students who have received university awards for their leadership excellence. The recipients, their hometowns, and the awards they received are Joseph Cossette (ME4), Rochester, Minnesota, Sandra and Lynn Davis Leadership Award; Debanjan Ghosh (ChE4), Omaha, Nebraska, David J. Henry All-University Leadership and Academic Excellence Award; Ryan …Continue reading “Engineering students receive university awards”
Ames, Iowa — Three electrical and computer engineering professors at Iowa State University have received prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards this year. Assistant professors Liang Dong, Jaeyoun Kim, and Lei Ying each will receive $400,000 over a five-year period to fund their research and educational efforts in photonic circuits, optical …Continue reading “Three electrical and computer engineering faculty receive 2010 NSF CAREER Awards”
Four College of Engineering seniors have been selected to receive the Dean’s Student Leadership Award for 2010. The recipients are Justine Bormann (AerE), Joseph Goering (ME), Brandon Kennedy (ME), and Jessica Tobelmann (CBE). Juniors and seniors are nominated for the award based on their exemplary leadership in one or more college, university, community, or professional …Continue reading “Dean’s Student Leadership Award recipients named”
James A. Dumesic, Steenbock Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, will present the 2010 L. K. Doraiswamy Honor Lecture at Iowa State University on Thursday, February 4, at 11:00 a.m. in 171 Durham. His topic is “Catalytic Approaches for Conversion of Biomass to Liquid Fuels and Chemicals.” The lecture is …Continue reading “Doraiswamy Honor Lecture addresses conversion of biomass to liquid fuels”
