Could the future of powering Iowa homes and farms be microbes?

“We’re developing computationally engineered enzymes that are faster and more efficient at breaking down lignin, the world’s second most abundant renewable carbon source, into simple saccharides and energy. This breakthrough holds promise for potential integration into non-toxic, biodegradable biobattery systems that could power agricultural tools and even whole houses." Read More

February 26, 2024

A better way to (re)harvest rare-earth metals

Ratul Chowdhury is fine-tuning the protein Lanmodulin so it can be used to recover rare-earth materials from e-waste. Read More

February 13, 2024

Valery Levitas’ unique laboratory study leads to inclusion in one of the world’s leading scientific academies

The European Academy of Sciences and Arts has elected Valery Levitas of Iowa State's Department of Aerospace Engineering to its Technical and Environmental Sciences division. Read More

January 24, 2024

NSF CAREER Award will support Sheidaei microstructural materials research for many applications

Department of Aerospace Engineering assistant professor Azadeh Sheidaei’s research in microstructural materials has been recognized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with the NSF CAREER Award. Read More

January 22, 2024

Ten Aerospace Engineering graduates receive department honors in fall commencement reception

The Department of Aerospace Engineering honored ten graduating seniors in the Fall 2023 commencement with department academic awards. Both Academic Excellence and Overall Achievement honors were conferred. Read More

December 13, 2023

AIChE student chapter again records successes at annual meeting – including another Outstanding Student Chapter honor

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) student chapter from Iowa State University has once again returned from the national Annual AIChE meeting with some important honors. Read More

November 16, 2023

Shao and Bardhan: Two faculty members in Chemical and Biological Engineering will see research advances with new appointments to professorships

CBE faculty members Zengyi Shao and Rizia Bardhan have been named to two important professorships. Read More

October 6, 2023

Three in AerE receive TEX-REX summer honors

Three graduate students in the Department of Aerospace Engineering have been named recipients of teaching and research excellence awards for summer 2023. Read More

October 4, 2023

Luke Roling named Jack R. and Carol A. Johnson Faculty Fellow

Luke Roling’s computational research work in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) has received the support of the Jack R. and Carol A. Johnson Faculty Fellowship in Chemical and Biological Engineering. Read More

October 3, 2023

New job, new CAREER Award; Wenjie Xia’s first semester in Aerospace Engineering is notable

Wenjie Xia joined Iowa State’s Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty just before the start of the fall 2023 semester. Having barely gotten his feet wet in his new job, he was notified that he was the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. Read More

September 25, 2023

SMART DoD scholarship for graduate student Perruci

Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate student Alex Perruci has been awarded a three-year SMART scholarship from the Department of Defense (DoD). Read More

August 22, 2023

Yue Wu named to collaboration role with Office of Vice President for Research

Yue Wu, professor and Herbert L. Stiles Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, will serve the Research Faculty Fellow role focused on research opportunities with the Department of Defense (DoD) and allied industry partners. Read More

August 9, 2023

Teaching, research honors for four AerE graduate students

Four graduate students in the Department of Aerospace Engineering have been honored for their work in the spring 2023 semester with Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards from Iowa State University’s Graduate College. Read More

June 23, 2023

Kristin-Yvonne Rozier receives Muilenburg professorship in Aerospace Engineering

Dr. Kristin-Yvonne Rozier is the new recipient of the Dennis and Rebecca Muilenburg Professorship in the Department of Aerospace Engineering (AerE). Read More

June 21, 2023

Ossama Abdelkhalik named Vance D. Coffman Faculty Chair

The Department of Aerospace Engineering (AerE) has announced that professor Ossama Abdelkhalik will become the next Vance D. Coffman Faculty Chair. Read More

June 19, 2023