A new project involving an interdisciplinary team of researchers aims to 3D print super-soft materials to create sensors that can better monitor health conditions ranging from cardiovascular diseases to COVID-19.
Author: Nick Fetty
Relieving stress through skateboarding
Everyone has their own ways of unwinding after a stressful day. Mechanical engineering student Josh Jarnagin unwinds by hopping on his skateboard and hitting the skatepark.
ME student designs, fabricates outdoor desks to reduce spread of COVID-19
Studying outside is a common scene on the Iowa State University campus during the warmer months, and that ability to study outside became even easier because of an effort by a mechanical engineering student.
Alum appointed deputy dean at Ugandan university
Three-time Iowa State University alum Denis Bbosa has been named the deputy dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology at Mbarara University in Uganda, which is the approximate equivalent of the College of Engineering at Iowa State University.
Developing a skilled workforce in rural Iowa using advanced learning technologies
A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Iowa State University will study ways that they can utilize digital teaching technologies to effectively develop a robust workforce that will serve Iowa’s rural communities.
Iowa State’s undergrad IE program ranked 20th
Iowa State University’s undergraduate program in industrial engineering is ranked 20th in the nation, according to the “Best Colleges 2022” rankings released by U.S. News and World Report. Iowa State’s IE program, which was first established at Iowa State in 1919, is one of just three programs within the College of Engineering to crack the top 25.
Lights. Instruments. Action!
The Iowa State University Cyclone Football ‘Varsity’ Marching Band is performing during the 2018 Band Extravaganza. The drumline is equipped with lights that flash different colors every time they hit their drums and the crowd goes wild over the spectacle. This is when Jacob Schmieder, a trumpet player in the band, came up with a business idea.
Student applies ME knowledge to develop prosthetics for amputee athletes
Mechanical engineering student Jillian Dunn has a passion for helping others. She spent her summer doing just that.
Iowa State University students innovate environmentally sustainable solutions during Energy Vault Sprint
Ten Iowa State University students, including eight from the College of Engineering, are thinking green and digging into environmentally sustainable solutions in energy as part of a collaboration with the Student Innovation Center and innovation design sprint corporate sponsor, Energy Vault.
Finding My Place at Iowa State
One student’s journey to discover how the Innovation Fellows program helped shape her freshman year.
From Fellow to Innovator-in-Residence
Stanley to bridge the gap between industry leaders and students
Principal Financial Design Sprint
Iowa State University students innovate financial plans for future generations during Principal Financial Group internship
Iowa State University Ignite LEGO® Challenge
Eleven days filled with students, faculty, staff and alumni going head-to-head, vying for up to $9,000 in prizes.
ME researchers take second place in national Hackathon competition
A mechanical engineering (ME) team of two graduate students and a postdoctoral researcher took second place at the national Hackathon competition hosted earlier this month by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) Computers & Information in Engineering Division. The team consisted of Ankush Mishra, Ph.D. student; Venkat Nemani, postdoctoral research associate; and Adam Thelen, …Continue reading “ME researchers take second place in national Hackathon competition”
Engineers study advanced manufacturing methods in zero-gravity
A team of engineering researchers at Iowa State University is studying the most effective ways for manufacturing materials in outer space, with the hope that astronauts can use these methods while on space missions.