When Mike LaViolette was eight years old, he would spend afternoons at his grandpa’s farm watching construction workers operate cranes and place concrete as they built a bridge across a nearby county road. Later on, he went on family-driving vacations that often journeyed across bridges to reach the destination, which includes crossing the Mackinac Bridge …Continue reading “Civil engineering alumnus bridges gaps across the world”
DALLAS – Fish & Richardson has named Iowa State University graduate Bret Winterle as a principal in the firm’s IP Litigation Group in Dallas. Winterle represents clients in patent litigation matters involving telecommunications, semiconductors, e-commerce, banking, payments, electronic messaging, computer software, business methods, medical devices, and oil and gas drilling technologies. He received his J.D. from the …Continue reading “Fish & Richardson names Iowa State graduate Bret Winterle as principal in Dallas”
Written by Anne Krapfl The provost’s office has selected the first 22 graduate programs to receive central funding for an additional – and exceptional — doctoral student under President Steven Leath’s Presidential Scholars program announced in November. Seven of the programs selected are interdepartmental and two were submitted by two colleges. With funding available for up to …Continue reading “First group of Ph.D. programs selected for scholar funding”
The Iowa County Engineers Association honored 13 civil engineering students with $500 scholarships (each matched 100 percent by CCEE) at the 67th Iowa County Engineers Conference, held Dec. 10-12 at the Scheman Building. The recipients include: Senior Shannon Gaskell Senior Jacob Hagan Senior Brandon Horbach Senior Ryan Iburg Senior Robbie Kromminga Junior Jenny Kuenstling Senior …Continue reading “Thirteen civil engineering students awarded Iowa County Engineers scholarships”
Biofuels Digest has named Robert C. Brown, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering, of Iowa State’s Bioeconomy Institute the No. 23 person on its 2013-2014 list of top people in the bioeconomy. Larry Johnson of Iowa State’s Center for Crops Utilization Research and BioCentury Research Farm and Brent Shanks, Mike and Jean Steffenson Professor and director …Continue reading “Biofuels Digest lists Iowa State faculty and staff in top people in the bioeconomy”
A passion for the fundamental sciences and for things that grow motivate Ludovico Cademartiri, an assistant professor in materials science and engineering, as he develops methods for making new materials using polymers and crystals at Iowa State University. In a recent study, Cademartiri led a team of scientists that researched the formation and properties of …Continue reading “Research on nanowires helps scientists communicate across the fence”
The Distillers Grains Technology Council has named Kurt Rosentrater, an assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering at Iowa State University, to be its executive director and chief executive officer. Rosentrater joined Iowa State in 2011 after eight years at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he led the agency’s only research program devoted to …Continue reading “Iowa State faculty member to Head Distillers Grains Technology Council”
Written by Teddi Barron Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa — An app designed by Iowa State University computer engineering students is catching the attention of butterfly researchers and monitors from Ames to Europe. The Unified Butterfly Recorder (UBR) is a fully functional app for Android phones and tablets available on Google Play store. …Continue reading “ISU student-designed app tracks butterflies and attracts worldwide attention”
An Iowa State University research team has won a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop underground wireless sensors that could help farmers improve crop production and reduce field runoff. The grant will fund a research team headed by Ratnesh Kumar, an Iowa State professor of electrical and computer engineering. Working with electrical engineers …Continue reading “Iowa State research team wins $1 million NSF grant for soil sustainability study”
Teams of Iowa State University staff, students and alumni from across the state have joined forces to coordinate FIRST® LEGO® League Iowa. FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international program, created by FIRST and LEGO, designed to get children interested in and excited about science, technology and engineering. Every year, FIRST releases a new challenge that …Continue reading “FIRST LEGO League Iowa forges teamwork and leadership at Iowa State, local area communities”
As a high school student in Racine County, Wis., she used to move her friends’ soda bottles from the trash to a recycling bin, so Alyson Straube knows how to ‘walk the walk.’ The chemical engineering junior thinks the Government of the Student Body’s director of sustainability post is a great fit for her interests. …Continue reading “Chemical engineering student helps implement trial of food/beverage container recycling at library”
Montana State University officials announced Tuesday that Brett Gunnink, a civil engineering professor at MSU and acting dean of the MSU College of Engineering, has been named the new dean of the College of Engineering. Gunnink has a bachelor’s degree in construction engineering, a master’s degree in geotechnical engineering, and a doctorate in civil engineering materials, all from …Continue reading “Gunnink named new dean of MSU College of Engineering”
As a computer engineering major at Iowa State University set to begin as a software developer for Google in the spring, it’s safe to say that Curtis Ullerich was not the class clown in school. But last week, before an audience of more than 50 in a popular ISU nightclub, Ullerich, 22, stood behind a …Continue reading “Be funny or fail: Iowa State University course teaches skills for use in various professions”
Nineteen graduate students from the College of Engineering were recently recognized for their outstanding research and teaching accomplishments. Research Excellence Award Nominees Ajay Shah, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Ting Tee, Chemical and Biological Engineering John Stinn, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Archana Parashar, Electrical and Computer Engineering Qin Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering Tung Thanh Nguyen, …Continue reading “College of Engineering gives excellence awards for fall 2013”
Iowa State Campus Scouts is an organization dedicated to helping young Girl Scouts learn, succeed and continue on their path as a scout. The Campus Scouts try to do at least one big outreach activity along with several smaller activities each semester. One of the main outreach activities that they are planning for the spring semester is …Continue reading “Campus Scouts helps local Girl Scouts”
