Stories by Robert Mills BEI student wins second excellence award Dustin Dalluge, a Ph.D. mechanical engineering student of BEI director Robert C. Brown, has been recognized for research excellence by Iowa State University’s Graduate College for the summer of 2013. Dalluge won the teaching excellence version of the same award earlier this year. He receives a …Continue reading “Bioeconomy Institute recognizes student, prepares for upcoming events”
As you walk in the east doors of Coover Hall, prepare to be wowed. Visitors are greeted with a stunning video wall that, fittingly, is intended to showcase and inspire work being done in the department of electrical and computer engineering. The video display measures nearly 16 feet wide and seven feet high, and comprises …Continue reading “Video wall makes big splash at Coover”
Steve Hoff wishes he had a definitive answer to give pork producers about the problem of pit foaming. But, he’s not quite there yet. “We’re basically about nine months into a three-year study,” the Iowa State University professor of agriculture and biosystems engineering explains. “We’ve collected a great deal of data, but we don’t have …Continue reading “ISU professor researches cause of pit foaming”
Troy Carmann, a 1997 graduate of the College of Engineering, has worked with ICON Engineering Inc. since he graduated, starting as an intern and holding positions from technical and administrative roles to resident engineer on two large projects. Despite all the success he’s found in the last 15 years as a full-time engineer, Carmann says …Continue reading “Civil engineering alumnus says biggest accomplishment is yet to come”
Several camps exist at Iowa State to show kids the exciting career paths related to STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering and Math—fields. One of the most successful camps the university works with is the Engineering Kids Day Camp at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa. Iowa State Engineering Community Outreach helped create the Putnam camp in 2009 …Continue reading “ISU partners with Putnam Museum for engineering kids camps”
Johannes (Hans) van Leeuwen, Vlasta Klima Balloun Professor of Engineering, and professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering and agricultural and biosystems engineering, hopes to develop a solution to world hunger. Fungi from ethanol byproducts takes about two days to grow, a process van Leeuwen calls “lightning-speed” farming. The fungi is high in protein, essential …Continue reading “ISU professor’s ethanol byproduct fungi could feed the world”
Milt Dakovich, president of Waterloo-based asphalt paving company Aspro, Inc., received bachelor’s degrees from Iowa State in both civil engineering and construction engineering. Gov. Terry Branstad appointed Dakovich—a Des Moines native—to the Iowa Board of Regents in June. Dakovich’s term as a Regent expires in 2019. We asked him a few questions about his time …Continue reading “Civil and construction engineering alum appointed to Iowa Board of Regents”
Research conducted at Iowa State found that experienced firefighters take longer to make decisions than novice firefighters when under stress. But even though it may take them longer, the study found they are more likely to make good decisions when facing a crisis. Dozens of virtual reality trials with real firefighters of varying experience levels …Continue reading “Experienced firefighters more analytical under stress than novices, according to ISU study”
Elizabeth Bierman began her term as president-elect of the Society of Women Engineers this year, but her connection to the group goes back to her freshman year at Iowa State. Bierman joined SWE after her first week on campus in 1994, and her participation grew each year, extending to the professional level. Graduating from Iowa …Continue reading “President-Elect Elizabeth Bierman hopes to expand SWE globally”
With four current projects supported by the National Science Foundation, Rodney Fox—Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering and professor of chemical and biological engineering—has spent many years developing his work with multiphase flow computer simulations. Fox, an associate scientist at Ames Laboratory, and his research team create models and numerical methods for simulations. Since they …Continue reading “Rodney Fox uses NSF funding to create cost-effective computer simulations”
Warren Madden has an extensive biography from his 47 years with Iowa State, going all the way back to his time as an undergraduate in industrial engineering. Currently the senior vice president for business and finance at Iowa State, Madden’s involvement ranges from campus to community events. Now he can add the title of Ames …Continue reading “Citizen of the Year: ISU’s Warren Madden”
Paul Durbin, Martin C. Jischke Professor of aerospace engineering, received three grants in the last academic year to supplement his research in turbulence and transition in fluid flows. The research grants come from the NSF, NASA and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Engines. Durbin said the objective of his work is “for engineers to be able …Continue reading “Aerospace professor Paul Durbin uses grants to research computational fluid dynamics”
Karen Zunkel’s career has covered a lot of territory: as a professional in industry, an instructor and a higher education administrator, she has a good sense of the many obstacles females may face in STEM fields. That’s why Zunkel, director of undergraduate programs and academic quality at Iowa State, has devoted much of her career …Continue reading “WEPAN president Karen Zunkel encourages women to pursue engineering”
The research about an innovative new way to engineer fluid stream flow done by Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and his team of researchers is currently featured on the homepage of the National Science Foundation website. The team also published an article about their research in the journal Nature Communications earlier this year. The NSF …Continue reading “ME professor’s research featured on National Science Foundation homepage”
Civil engineering alum J-D King, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Iowa State in 1984, marked his first day on the job as Page County’s engineer. He served as the county engineer of Fayette County for the last 10 years and also served as engineer in Des Moines and Ringgold counties. King said he liked …Continue reading “CCEE alum becomes Page County’s engineer”
