Ryan named interim chair for Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering

Sarah Ryan Sarah Ryan, Joseph Walkup Professor, has been named the interim chair for Iowa State University’s Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering… Read More

August 16, 2021

IMSE students, faculty recognized by industrial engineering professional society

Eleven students and faculty members from Iowa State University’s Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) were named award winners during the Institute… Read More

August 10, 2021

Serving his country by teaching armed service members

Lt. Ben McFarland Ben McFarland was inspired by the good teachers he had as a student at Iowa State University and now he’s looking… Read More

June 28, 2021

Team PrISUm unveils “Eliana”

June 22, 2021

Iowa State University’s solar car team unveils its newest car

A shot of the Team PrISUm’s newest solar car model: Eliana. The team unveiled their new car during an event at the Student Innovation… Read More

June 18, 2021

Engineers aim to improve oil extraction using acoustic sound waves

Mechanical engineering researchers at Iowa State University are studying ways they can use acoustic sound waves to improve the efficiency of extracting oil from rocks. Read More

June 10, 2021

NIFA Invests $7M in Digital Agriculture Technologies

June 3, 2021

ME alum Jocelyn Jackson to serve as judge for Microsoft’s Imagine Cup World Championship

May 13, 2021

Vardeman to retire after nearly four decades at Iowa State University

Vardeman Longtime Iowa State University faculty member Steve Vardeman officially retired at the conclusion of the 2020-21 school year. Vardeman first joined the… Read More

May 11, 2021

Sea-loving Saudi finds a loving home at landlocked Iowa State University

The sun sets along the Saudi Arabian coast. Photo courtesy of Fahad Alsaggaf Growing up in coastal Saudi Arabia, Fahad Alsaggaf developed a… Read More

April 28, 2021

Dancing the night away…For The Kids!

Longmire It took a high school internship for one industrial engineering student to realize that engineering involves more than just building roads and bridges. Read More

April 22, 2021

How a kid from Defiance, Iowa with an IE degree became a successful venture capitalist

Dotzler’s senior photo from the 1967 Iowa State University yearbook. From growing up in a town of fewer than 400 people to working with… Read More

April 12, 2021

MEs take top prizes during campus-wide research poster competition

Mechanical engineering students had an impressive showing during the Research Days 2021 competition, hosted last month by Iowa State University’s Office of the Vice… Read More

April 7, 2021

IE alum, former Tucson mayor Bob Walkup passes away

Bob Walkup (circled in red) poses with others members of the Engineers division of Iowa State’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (AROTC). Photo from… Read More

April 7, 2021

Undergraduate research experience launches ME student to NASA internship

Tyrrell As someone who benefited greatly from the encouragement she received to pursue studies in STEM, mechanical engineering senior Olivia Tyrrell wants other girls… Read More

April 6, 2021