Sundquist Engineering, P.C., has hired Mark Garrett as a structural engineer. Sundquist has offices in Denison and Onawa, Iowa. Garrett attended Iowa State University in Ames where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1978 and a master’s degree in structural engineering in 1982. Read the full story in the Sioux City Journal.
As automated systems are evolving, they are becoming more capable of making substantial decisions. Michael Dorneich says allowing the systems to have more responsibility and authority can improve safety and performance because actions are tailored to the particulars of a current situation. Because of that enormous potential, Dorneich, associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, studies …Continue reading “Evaluating how information is perceived in automated systems”
Part of continually improving the educational opportunities offered by the College of Engineering is to have an external review of our degree programs. This review, performed by ABET, gives us insight into the quality of our programs that we can use as a benchmark moving forward. In preparation for this process, a number of faculty …Continue reading “Guest post: Two new engineering programs accredited, 10 reaccredited”
When Thomas McGee became an as assistant scoutmaster for his son’s Boy Scout troop in 1963, he had no idea a casual conversation about bone implants would inspire 50 years of research. Not to mention a new type of implant he would eventually develop that helps guide bone regeneration. “It’s really an exciting project that …Continue reading “Osteoceramics: A new medical industry for the state of Iowa”
When Handan Acar came to Iowa State from Bilkent University in Turkey, she didn’t have much time to transition from student to doctor. Just two weeks after finishing her Ph.D. in materials science, Acar came from the UNAM Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology to work with Reza Montazami, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, on …Continue reading “ME postdoc creates networking group”
Guest post by Katie Goebel, project director for Iowa State’s Team LunaCY It’s always worth the drive. Twenty some hours in one of two vans full of goofy college kids and an even goofier advisor on a trip to Florida already sounds like the beginning to an interesting story. The story gets even better when one …Continue reading “Guest post: Team LunaCY’s recipe for success: Dedication and fun”
Sweeney Hall, home to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been undergoing some significant renovations over the past couple of years. From upgrades in research and computer laboratories to a new multimedia classroom, each update will help the department facilitate enrollment growth as well as make new discoveries. Progress over time Focused on …Continue reading “Renovations, upgrades address growth and advancement in CBE”
Arun Somani has been named associate dean for research at Iowa State University’s College of Engineering. His appointment will begin July 1. Somani is currently an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in the college’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he also previously served as department chair. Somani joined the Iowa State faculty in 1997 …Continue reading “Arun Somani named associate dean for research at Iowa State University’s College of Engineering”
Andrew Hillier has been named chair and Wilkinson Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Iowa State University. The appointment began June 1. Previously, Hillier had been a professor and associate chair in the department. Hillier joined the Iowa State faculty in 2003 after being on the faculty at …Continue reading “Andrew Hillier named chair of Iowa State’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering”
By Annette Hacker News Service Director Iowa State University Iowa State researchers have received two, $100,000 grants from Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grants provide funding for individuals worldwide to explore ideas toward solving persistent global health and development challenges. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded …Continue reading “Iowa State receives two Grand Challenges Explorations grants to improve global health and development”
Open an engineering textbook, and you’re sure to find charts, graphs, and complex equations. Hard enough to decipher, imagine parsing that information if you were blind or visually impaired. Conveying the detailed visual information that goes hand-in-hand with disciplines in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields isn’t necessarily impossible. But, according to Cris …Continue reading “Changing the way engineering feels: A project to improve the accessibility of STEM fields for the visually impaired”
Kaitlin Bratlie, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and chemical and biological engineering at Iowa State University, is the recipient of a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, Iowa. The Carver Trust has awarded $344,451 to Bratlie for her research of materials that can be used to deliver drugs to …Continue reading “Carver Trust awards grant to Iowa State faculty member”
Iowa State University is about halfway through a three-month long online survey of livestock producers’ use of distillers grains. The nationwide survey is focused on the beef, dairy, swine and poultry sectors. Kurt Rosentrater, an assistant professor in the department of agricultural and biosystems engineering Iowa State University, said the survey may have to be …Continue reading “Iowa State surveys livestock producers on distillers grains use”
Two years into their work, leaders of the Dean’s Research Initiatives (DRIs) presented their progress in an open forum held April 22. In 2011, the College of Engineering established the initiative and awarded $500,000 to three interdisciplinary teams to help the groups pursue larger funding opportunities in important research areas. Initiative for a Carbon Negative …Continue reading “Dean’s Research Initiatives see successes in second year”
By Paul Fattig Article originally appeared in the Mail Tribune When Army medic Harold Hayes climbed aboard the Army transport plane on Nov. 7, 1943, in Sicily, he anticipated landing in nearby Italy some two hours later. Instead, the four-member crew and its 26 passengers of Army nurses and medics would become lost in a …Continue reading “Behind enemy lines”
