From an analysis of college student debt in Iowa to an analysis of food storage and cheese making on the moon, there will be lots to talk about when 25 Iowa State University undergraduates present their research to legislators and others during the annual “Research in the Capitol.” The event will be from 11 a.m. …Continue reading “Iowa State undergraduates showcase their research at annual Capitol event March 26”
Iowa State University’s College of Engineering has established the Greenwood Department Chair in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. This prestigious position will further enhance the college’s reputation as an academic leader in educating future engineers. This gift was made possible by Donald and Sharon Greenwood who elevated previous donations to the $2 million level required …Continue reading “Greenwood gift will establish endowed department chair in College of Engineering”
Iowa State University’s College of Engineering has established the Greenwood Department Chair in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering. This prestigious position will further enhance the college’s reputation as an academic leader in educating future engineers. This gift was made possible by Donald and Sharon Greenwood who elevated previous donations to the $2 million level required …Continue reading “Greenwood gift will establish endowed department chair in College of Engineering”
Iowa State University’s College of Engineering again ranks No. 43 nationally in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools, and among public institutions is ranked 24th overall. “In the College of Engineering at Iowa State, we work hard to offer our graduate students excellent educational and research experiences,” said Gary Mirka, …Continue reading “Engineering grad program remains among nation’s best according to U.S. News and World Report”
Several engineering students affiliated with the Bioeconomy Institute were among those recognized with Live Green Awards for Excellence in Sustainability at the Symposium for Sustainability held in February at Iowa State University. One award went to a group building biochar systems for emerging economies, while another was given to the “BioBus” team that creates biodiesel for Iowa …Continue reading “Students win awards for sustainability projects”
Kaige Wang, a researcher with the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies (CSET), and Robert C. Brown, CSET and BEI director, are featured with a inside-front cover story in Green Chemistry’s March 2013 issue. Wang and Brown are also affiliated with Iowa State University’s department of mechanical engineering. In the article, “Catalytic pyrolysis of microalgae for production of …Continue reading “CSET Research Featured in Green Chemistry Journal”
Blowing glass is a form of art that takes practice to perfect. The glassblowing studio on campus has been used to perfect that art within the Gaffer’s Guild. The Gaffer’s Guild is made up of ISU students and Ames residents who learn to create unique glass objects. “Your imagination is your limit,” said Tanner Borglum, …Continue reading “Engineering students learn glassblowing skills through Gaffer’s Guild”
Numerous possibilities could come as a result of desired relations between India and Iowa, although all developments are currently in preliminary stages. Jonathan Wickert, senior vice president and provost, Mufit Akinc, interim dean of the college of engineering, and Wendy Wintersteen, dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences, represented Iowa State in the …Continue reading “Delegation to India returns to Iowa”
A research and outreach collaboration led by Iowa State’s Department of Industrial Design has designed an amazingly simple product that could save hundreds of farmers lives in Iowa alone. They have developed a prototype of a device that addresses one aspect of tractor rollover fatalities: response time. The tractor-mounted communications device alerts family and emergency …Continue reading “Industrial design class tackles tractor rollover safety products and outreach”
A new center that will research bioplastics and biocomposites is getting a boost from a planning grant from the National Science Foundation. NSF is giving start-up funding to the Biopolymers and Biocomposites Research Team at Iowa State University. The proposed center will be collaboration between Iowa State and the UMass Lowell’s department of plastics engineering. …Continue reading “Iowa State wins grant for new bioplastics center”
The U.S. egg industry is operating at much greater efficiency while leaving a smaller environmental footprint than it did 50 years ago, according to a first-of-its-kind study conducted by researchers at Iowa State University. Improved genetics, disease prevention, nutrition and production methods allow the egg industry to feed more people while producing less waste and …Continue reading “Xin demonstrates egg industry’s improved efficiency, environmental impact”
The College of Design, in partnership with the College of Engineering at Iowa State University, share a 3D printer that is revolutionizing the way students design products. The $170,000 printer is located in Howe Hall and uses an additive process to print products, meaning as it prints projects, it adds materials to create the product.
One of the largest college careers fairs in the nation is set to take place at Hilton Coliseum and the Scheman building: the Spring Engineering Career Fair. On Tuesday, February 12, 280 registered companies and an estimated 2,800 students will converge at Hilton and Scheman. This event, which goes from noon to 6 p.m., serves …Continue reading “Engineering career fair returns to Iowa State”
Iowa State University in Ames is one of the few universities in the country to offer a software engineering degree with courses in both computer science and computer engineering. Read The Gazette article about the university’s program and the field.
Subra Suresh (MSME’79) has been named Carnegie Mellon University’s new president, succeeding Jared L. Cohon, who is stepping down from the position after 16 years. Suresh will assume the post of CMU president on July 1. Read the full story.
