Author: Thane Himes

Srinivas Aluru, Ross Martin Mehl and Marylyne Munas Mehl Professor of Computer Engineering, recently was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) “for distinguished contributions to high performance computational biology, particularly for enabling large-scale genome analysis and systems biology through creation and application of novel parallel methods.” For more …Continue reading “Prof. Aluru honored as American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow”

Joseph Idziorek, graduate in electrical and computer engineering, has been researching computer security. The study conducts research on sites that have been experiencing denial of service attacks, in which hackers try to get unauthorized access and hinder them. An example of this is WikiLeaks, where the site was hacked after releasing documents of U.S. State …Continue reading “ECpE graduate student attacks Internet security issues from new angle”

To learn about Sehat Sutardja is to learn about his journey. That he would tell of it while sitting next to his parents, during a visit to an early and important place along his path, is fitting. Sutardja is a man of fundamental motivations, family being among them. He was at Iowa State University to …Continue reading “Electrical engineering alum and Marvell Technology Group founder shares his story of succes”

Ames, Iowa — With the interest in implementing more renewable energy into the nation’s power grid growing, and governors of some Midwestern states setting goals to have nearly 20 percent of their energy produced by wind power in the year 2030, wind energy is a hot topic among professionals in the electric power industry and …Continue reading “Iowa State University offers wind energy short course October 27-28 for industry professionals, policymakers”

CyRide users now have route maps, timetables and the CyRide hotline at their fingertips. Two ISU students developed a CyRide mobile application for Android-based devices and released it for public download Sept. 5. The developers said they created the application because they recognized a need for the technology. “Carrying around paper maps with times isn’t …Continue reading “Two computer engineering and computer science students develop CyRide app for Android devices”

Bill Gardiner, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1955, moved to Cleveland in the late 1950s to join a local Trane sales engineering team. He bought the franchise in 1962 and staffed it with a handful of employees. The business, which sells heating and air conditioning equipment, energy efficiency upgrades, and …Continue reading “Alum’s company named best mid-sized company to work for in Northeast Ohio”

To call Susan Wade “unique” is an understatement. A master’s student in information assurance, Wade is obviously the rare woman in a field dominated by men. And just south of 40, she is an older student among her largely twenty-something peers. But most unusually, until a few years ago Wade wasn’t remotely what you’d call a …Continue reading “National Science Foundation’s Scholarship for Service Program helps Iowa State prepare the next generation of leaders in information assurance”

Ames, Iowa – Iowa State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE) is introducing a new concurrent degree program for electrical and computer engineering students: a concurrent Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degree. The new concurrent degree program aims to attract students who want to earn a master’s degree, but who may …Continue reading “ECpE offers new option for students to earn graduate-level credit during senior year of undergraduate program”

Ames, Iowa — In May, Emmanuel Owusu, a senior in computer engineering at Iowa State University and an Ames native, will be awarded the Errol B. Davis Alliant Energy Award. The award recognizes achievement, leadership, and service by a graduating senior in business or engineering from one of the three Iowa Board of Regents’ institutions. …Continue reading “Computer engineering senior wins prestigious Errol B. Davis Alliant Energy Award”