Six graduates honored by Department of Aerospace Engineering

Academic Excellence Awards and Overall Achievement Awards Read More

Scholarships donated by aerospace engineering alums help chart the future for two students

Laura Talbot Seidensticker Aerospace Engineering Scholarship and Vincent M. Pollmeier Memorial Scholarship Read More

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Students shine once again at chemical engineering annual student conference

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Student Conference is in the books, and the tradition of strong recognition for ISU CBE students has continued. Read More

Montage of all TEX and REX Award recipients with their faculty mentors
Graduate students Ashley, Digavalli, Harris, Eghbalpur receive TEX-REX Awards

Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards for summer 2024 have been presented to four Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate students. Read More

Valery Levitas with graduate researcher working in lab
Levitas research produces a breakthrough finding in silicon phase transformations

Research by Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Murray Harpole Chair in Engineering Valery Levitas looks at plastic strain-induced phase transformations in silicon. It has seen publication in Nature Communications. Read More

Bion Pierson head shot photo with name and date of birth and death
Bion Pierson, longtime Aerospace Engineering faculty member, passes away

Bion Pierson, a noted aerospace engineering researcher and member of the Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty for 43 years, has passed away. Read More

Nigel Reuel receives American Chemical Society BIOT Young Investigator Award

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering faculty member Nigel Reuel has received the 2024 American Chemical Society BIOT Young Investigator Award. Read More

Ashraf Bastawros profile photo with generic microelectronic component graphic
Bastawros awarded for advances in packaging electronic devices

Ashraf Bastawros has been named recipient of the prestigious 2024 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) Excellence in Mechanics Award. Read More

Ratul Chowdhury portrait photo with reflection of research images in glasses
Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellowship for Chowdhury’s AI-based protein design research

Ratul Chowdhury was recently named a Black and Veatch Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow in Engineering. Read More

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“Launchpad to Tomorrow” K-12 STEM program gets go-ahead with Extension and Outreach funding

A new program to spur interest in space and aerospace for K-12 students in Iowa will be funded by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Read More

Anupam Sharma, Jenny Johannsen, Matthew Nelson
Three in aerospace engineering head into fall semester with faculty promotions

Three Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty members have received advancements that recently became effective. Read More

The co-authors of the awarded paper and faculty member Hui Hu in a group photo at the Las Vegas conference
Aerospace engineering group takes first place in national student paper competition

A group of Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate researchers and others has received first place in an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics paper competition. Read More

Abhishek Halder posing with fellow research team members and conference officials at
Halder part of research group honored with best paper award

Abhishek Halder of the Department of Aerospace Engineering is part of a research group that has received a prestigious award from the American Automatic Control Council. Read More

Members of the DBF team with their aircraft
Design Build Fly team turns in pride-filled effort in national competition

The Make To Innovate program's Design Build Fly team turned in an impressive result in a major remote-controlled aircraft competition. Read More

Student and course instructor in wind tunnel setting up a team plane for a test
Putting it all together: teamwork and technical knowledge work together in aerospace engineering’s senior design courses

Aerospace engineering take one of their biggest steps each year in the senior design program. Read More