C. G. “Turk” and Joyce A. McEwen Therkildsen receive the ISU Foundation’s prestigious Campanile Award

The ISU Foundation's Campanile Award was bestowed upon the Therkildsens for their extraordinary, long-time support and inspiring impact on Iowa State University. In September, their $42 million lead gift for the new industrial engineering facility was the largest gift for an academic building in Iowa State University history. Read More

May 9, 2023

Mechanical engineering’s Todd Kingston and Cary Pint receive NASA EPSCoR grant for battery research and infrastructure development

Kingston and Pint are investigating lithium-ion batteries in extreme thermal conditions, such as freeze-thaw cycles often encountered by spacecraft during lunar and Martian exploration. Read More

May 2, 2023

Four mechanical engineering faculty members receive promotions

Mechanical engineering faculty member Soumik Sarkar has been promoted to full professor; Sarah Bentil, Jaime Juarez and Beiwen Li received tenure and promotion to the rank of associate professor. Read More

April 27, 2023

Cameron MacKenzie promoted to Associate Professor

The Iowa Board of Regents approved the tenure and promotion of Cameron MacKenzie to the rank of Associate Professor. Read More

April 23, 2023

Mechanical engineering graduate students receive Excellence Awards

The Department of Mechanical Engineering selected Fynn Reinbacher for a Teaching Excellence Award, while Robert (Gage) Hjort, Nick Hunter and Adam Thelen each won Research Excellence Awards. Read More

April 12, 2023

Mechanical engineering’s Eliot Winer recognized as Exemplary Faculty Mentor

Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor and Director of the Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC), Eliot Winer, has been named an Exemplary Faculty Mentor for going above and beyond expectations of Iowa State’s mentoring program. Read More

March 23, 2023

Industrial engineering assistant professor wins prestigious Young Investigator Program Award

Danial Davarnia, assistant professor in the department of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, has been selected for the 2023 Young Investigator Program Award by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Read More

March 6, 2023

Mechanical engineering senior presents biothreat detection research at Iowa State Capitol

Anthony David, senior in mechanical engineering, will present his undergraduate research at the Research in the Capitol Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 6, 2023. His research, “Fabricating Biosensor Platforms for Real-Time Biothreat Detection,” is one of 20 research projects selected to represent Iowa State and one of six engineering projects to be selected. Read More

March 2, 2023

Industrial engineering seniors take second place in global simulation competition

Katie Wyatt and Moriah Conner, both seniors in Industrial Engineering, earned a second place finish among hundreds of international student competitors for their project simulating operating efficiency at a soccer stadium. Read More

February 13, 2023

Beloved industrial engineering emeritus professor announces free follow-up to award-winning statistics textbook

Steve Vardeman, longtime professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, is the co-author of a newly available open-source book, Basic Engineering Data Collection and Analysis. Read More

January 30, 2023

Exploring how analytics can help farmers and policymakers achieve financial and environmental sustainability

In their analysis and case study for corn production, professor and C.G. “Turk” and Joyce A. Therkildsen IMSE Department Chair, Sarah Ryan, and recent PH.D. graduate, Görkem Emirhüseyinoğlu, discuss how climate uncertainties and global market volatility can impact annual farm management decisions. Read More

November 29, 2022