The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is lucky to welcome new art into the Sukup Atrium.
Author: Sarah Hays
Cyclone engineers travel to precast concrete plant to see class concepts come to life
The process behind ensuring safe and reliable bridges is complex. So in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, students are given a full-scope, hands-on experience in class so that when they grow careers in bridge design and consulting, they can fully understand the process from beginning to end.
Announcing new promotions to civil, construction and environmental engineering faculty
The Board of Regents, State of Iowa have awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professors Cassandra Rutherford and Christopher Day and promoted Omar Smadi to full professor in the Department of Civil, Construcion and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University.
Announcing new promotions to agricultural and biosystems engineering faculty
Announcing 2023 promotions in ABE.
Cardinal Electric students experience roles as electrical contractors in innovation challenge
This year’s competition includes taking on the role of the electrical contractor in order to complete various project management tasks, compiled into their overall proposal.
Students gain hands-on experience presenting in poster competition
Every year, the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Council hosts the CCEE Student Poster Competition and Research Showcase. Students are welcomed to present their research to a broad audience and spread their message, while also learning valuable presentation skills.
Food, fuel, medicine: Grain is everywhere and evolving, Kurt Rosentrater says
If you need to talk to an expert on grain, Kurt Rosentrater is the expert for you.
Researchers receive $1.35 million from EPA, collaborate with Alaska Native community to reduce water insecurity due to climate change
A team of engineers and scientists at Iowa State University is conducting research to empower an Alaska Native community and reduce the burden of water insecurity accelerated by climate change.
Bringing extra safety measures to over 200 homes in Ames
This March, students in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering came together with the Ames Fire Department with one goal: bettering the City of Ames.
Fatemeh Ganji: Advocating for the world and for women
For Fatemeh Ganji, a second year doctorate student in civil engineering with a focus in water resources, the journey to accessible water for all isn’t just water under the bridge.
Cyclone engineering seniors receive first place in pitch off competition for automated medicinal sprayer product
The sixth annual Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship college-by-college pitch off was just completed this month – with Belling and Meyer placing first in the “New Idea” category, receiving a $5,000 award. The students participating in the pitch-off have to go through several rounds for the potential to win, and pitch their idea in 90 seconds to panels of judges.
Leon Schumacher: “If we ever needed engineering in agriculture, we need it today”
Before he graduated and ever since, Schumacher has been passionate about engineering in agriculture, believing that the digital revolution is bringing new possibilities to agriculture as we know it.
Dela Houssou: “We need resilient infrastructure more than ever, and AI can help us create it”
Houssou, senior in civil engineering, is conducting research with associate professor Alice Alipour on how to make Iowa’s power infrastructure more resilient to climate change. Due to climate change, natural disasters are becoming more common and severe. Following suit, infrastructure all around Iowa needs to be able to account for more of these dangerous and frequent storms.
Rural agriculture needs reliable communication: Josh Peschel launches new technology in ag hotspots
Josh Peschel, assistant professor in agricultural and biosystems engineering, is linking agriculture and technology together in a nationwide research project funded by the National Science Foundation. The team, led by Hongwei Zhang, a professor in electrical and computer engineering, is launching a test bed for experimentation to develop new, wireless networking tools that would serve remote areas – especially ones here in Iowa.
Restore what once was: Flora Kafunda engineers ways to restore ecosystems faster
“After what has been done, there are a lot of ecosystems that we can’t get back naturally – so what are our alternatives? What can we engineer to replace the missing parts of an ecosystem that it really needs to thrive?”