It’s not too late: Shanna Fellows raises climate change awareness through heat wave analysis

Shanna Fellows, junior in civil engineering, wants people all around Iowa and the United States to know that it’s not too late to reduce the impacts of climate change. Read More

February 10, 2023

Student organization’s “concrete hearts” spread Valentine’s Day cheer this February

The Concrete Canoe Club in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering is beginning their third year of Valentine’s Day cheer as they build and sell their very own creation: concrete hearts. Read More

February 1, 2023

If walls could talk: Cyclone Engineers develop cyber-physical system for exterior walls to “think for themselves”

Associate professor Alice Alipour (CCEE), associate professor Behrouz Shafei (CCEE) and professor Partha Sarkar (aerospace engineering) received a grant from the NSF in 2018 to study what they call a Smorphacade (short for a Smart Morphing Façade), a type of building exterior that is what some could consider alive. Recently, they received another project from NSF to conduct technology transfer on this fundamentally transformative idea. Read More

January 31, 2023

ABE welcomes new faculty member: Sara McMillan

The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is continuing to enhance the environment with research, teaching and extension work brought to the table by new ABE professor Sara McMillan.  Read More

January 31, 2023

Holographic hard hats ahead: Cyclone Engineers break into the third dimension of structural design

Civil engineering sophomore Liam Lenahan and assistant professor Roy Sturgill are working together to bring the third dimension into structural design. The two are bringing 3D projects into the classroom through a very ‘construction-style’ medium: hard hats.  Read More

January 26, 2023

ISU Power Pullers: pushing the edge of innovation

The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is a hub for student organizations. Competing around the country, the department clubs are well known for creating a student experience that builds community, networks and experience. Read More

January 23, 2023

How much vehicle weight can highways withstand? Yongsung Koh receives award for highway resilience research

How much pressure can a road withstand? Of all the roads and highways we drive on - when will they crack? That's what Yongsung Koh, a doctoral student in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, is working hard to figure out. Read More

January 20, 2023

Welcoming ABE’s new advisor: Jordan Smith

The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) is excited to welcome Jordan Smith to the department as the new Agricultural Systems Technology (AST) advisor. With a background in higher education and human services, Jordan is blending his passion for education with his care for students’ growth and advancement. Read More

January 17, 2023

Thoughts turning, wheels rolling: Hory Chikez and students design and build mobile assembly lab

Ping! was the sound of Hory Chikez’s thoughts when the spark of an idea was ignited one September afternoon. Read More

January 9, 2023

CCEE welcomes 2023 Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni Inductees

Iowa State University’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering’s (CCEE) honors outstanding alumni of the department annually for their professional achievements, service to the profession, community and/or the department, and their high degree of character and integrity. There are two different recognitions: Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni. The Hall of Fame is a lifetime professional and service achievement award, while the Distinguished Alumni is for alumni who have significant professional achievement and service. This year, three alumni are joining the Hall of Fame, and two are joining fellow Distinguished Alumni. Read More

January 6, 2023

From forest to farm: Using woodchips from crowded forests in sustainable water quality practices

By working together, the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and the Department of Natural Resource Ecology Management are studying the process behind weeding out certain species of trees in forests to help other trees grow, and using those weeded-out trees for water quality practices. The underutilized trees will be chopped into woodchips, a common media for water quality improvements. Read More

January 5, 2023

“It’s all about making a difference,” construction engineering alum Paul Giroux’s advice to Cyclone Engineers

Paul Giroux graduated from the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in construction engineering. Now, after nearly five decades in industry with the Kiewit Corporation, Giroux pays his education forward by sharing his insights into modern and historical construction lessons with engineering students all over America. Read More

December 28, 2022

Ringing to the tune of innovation, Iowa State team designs mini version of “Bells of Iowa State”

The sound of Iowa State pride has a nice ring to it in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE). Housed in the Sukup Atrium is a mini version of the ISU Campanile and the Stanton Memorial Carillon, created by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Department of Music & Theatre and ABE. Read More

December 21, 2022

Merging modeling and manufacturing classes, students turn designs into reality

From design theory to hands-on manufacturing, students in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) are experiencing the entire design and development process through the teamwork of two new faculty members in ABE. Read More

December 12, 2022

How big should a new foundation be? Students determine ideal foundation size in soil strength course

In Civil Engineering 462/562, Site Evaluations for Civil Engineering Projects, seniors and graduate students use hands-on methods to learn various processes for testing soil in-ground. Taught by associate professor Jeramy Ashlock, the class is implementing CCEE Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard Handy’s in-ground soil strength test, known as the Borehole Shear Test, after digging a small hole, known as a borehole, for testing. Read More

November 18, 2022