For the eighth consecutive year, the Iowa State chapter of Material Advantage (MA) has received the Most Outstanding Chapter award. The 2011 award was presented at the national Materials Science and Technology Conference, held from October 16–20 in Columbus, Ohio. This year, MA sent 32 students from Iowa State to attend the conference, and they …Continue reading “ISU MA named Most Outstanding Chapter for eighth consecutive year”
By Shana Benzinane & Christina D’Auria In Yangquan, China, a baby is born without fingers and is left at the steps of an orphanage. A family in Duluth, Ga., decides it may be time to grow. Meantime, six girls descend from a fir tree in Ames, Iowa, with the answer to a very serious problem. …Continue reading “FIRST LEGO Team Makes Prosthetic to Help Adopted Orphan”
Each year, the United Way sets a monetary goal to be raised to aid the local community. This year, that goal has been set at $1,675,000 for Story County. Iowa State is set to raise $320,000 of that goal, but some believe the students, faculty and staff can do better. Thomas Hill, vice president of …Continue reading “Administrators challenge Iowa State to exceed goal for United Way”
Design-build project management has been an important part of the life of Douglas D. Gransberg, Iowa State professor in civil, construction, and environmental engineering (CCEE). Emerging in the market as Gransberg was beginning his career as an engineer, design-build’s nontraditional way of delivering construction projects has given him many opportunities in industry, academia, and research. …Continue reading “Gransberg becomes third faculty member to receive Distinguished Design-Build Leadership Award”
Go Topless Glassware, a company started by an ISU student, recently won the Dream Big Grow Here regional competition. Go Topless creates drinking glasses from recycled bottles. Cody Henke, senior in electrical engineering who founded the company along with Chris Perkins, acknowledges that it isn’t a new idea, but said their glasses are of higher quality than most. With …Continue reading “CoE student’s company wins Dream Big Grow Here”
Hackers converged on Iowa State on Saturday for ISU’s annual Cyber Defense Competition that pitted ISU students against industry professionals in a game of virtual capture the flag. The CDC was made up of teams of ISU students who worked as defenders of cyber networks and fought malicious attacks from outside users. The situation was …Continue reading “Computer hackers take over Iowa State for competition”
There are many things students can do to improve their resumes and find experience that will help them land their dream jobs. For engineering students, this is not any different. James Bosserd graduated from Iowa State in 2007 with a master’s degree in agricultural engineering. Bosserd was able to secure a full-time job at John …Continue reading “Agricultural engineer grad secures job with master’s and internship experience”
In collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS), the College of Engineering has created a new opportunity for engineering students: the Leadership Certificate in Engineering. The certificate is an engineering-focused track in the existing Leadership Certificate Program in LAS. The certificate was created in response to industry needs. “We are hearing from …Continue reading “New Leadership Certificate in Engineering”
As renewable energy finally takes off, China, which controls 97% of the global supply of rare earth elements, vital to much renewable technology, has tightened supply. As industry and governments around the world scramble for solutions, the complex process of recycling rare earths has moved into the spotlight. Ben Messenger investigates.Over recent years there has …Continue reading “Gschneidner offers insight to recycling”
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University’s Robert C. Brown keeps a small vial of brown, sweet-smelling liquid on his office table. “It looks like something you could pour on your pancakes,” he said. “In many respects, it is similar to molasses.” Brown, in fact, calls it “pyrolytic molasses.” That’s because it was produced by the …Continue reading “Iowa State researchers produce cheap sugars for sustainable biofuel production”
AMES, Iowa – Perhaps the three largest issues to face agriculture in this century are the food-versus-fuel debate in biofuel production, water and nutrient runoff, and soil erosion. Now, an Iowa State University-based study over the next five years will examine whether a single, coordinated production system can address all of these concerns while making …Continue reading “ISU-led group awarded $25 million grant for land use, biofuel production study”
To Iowa State alumnus Jon Walker, moving brings exciting and new adventures. His work on a variety of influential construction engineering projects over the years has landed him in more than a dozen states, and with every move he has acquired a little more experience and knowledge. These skills will prove useful as he begins …Continue reading “New homes, new experiences”
IOWA CITY — West High seniors Sam Glenn and James Kincade and junior Dalton Strauser recently stood at a workbench in a metal shop, each with a pair of scissors in one hand and a piece of aluminum in the other. Their goal: to turn the aluminum into an airfoil or wings to be attached …Continue reading “Students experimenting with aerospace engineering”
Humpty Dumpty might’ve stood a chance had University of Iowa doctors Don Anderson and Larry Marsh and their colleagues been around to help. Anderson and Marsh are two of the founding partners of a new medical business venture that could one day provide a digital blueprint for surgeons piecing badly fractured joints such as ankles, …Continue reading “Offering a ‘puzzle box’ image to doctors”
AMES, Iowa – Bruce Babcock is ready to focus on the bioeconomy as Iowa State University’s next Cargill Endowed Chair in Energy Economics and director of the university’s Biobased Industry Center. Babcock, an Iowa State professor of economics and current director of the university’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, assumes his new position Oct. 1. He succeeds James …Continue reading “Babcock named Iowa State’s Cargill Chair and leader of the Biobased Industry Center”
