Awards

Peter C. Collins, professor of materials science and engineering and The Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering, has been named a fellow of the Alpha Sigma Mu, an international professional society for the field of materials science and engineering.

Nicole Hashemi, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has been named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors. The honor recognizes the nation’s top emerging leaders in turning innovative discoveries into new technologies and products.

Halil Ceylan, the Pitt-Des Moines, Inc. Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering, has been honored with the Francis C. Turner Award by the Transportation and Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Mark Bryden, mechanical engineering professor and founding program director of the Division of Simulation, Modeling and Decision Science at Ames National Laboratory, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME).

Cyclone Engineer Rao Surampalli has received a 2025 American Society of Civil Engineers Outstanding Projects and Leaders Award.

Robert C. Brown, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and the Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field of engineering.

Xinwei Wang, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Wilkinson Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering, has been named a Fellow Member of Optica by the society’s board of directors.

Alice Alipour, associate professor and Thomas M. Murray Family Faculty Fellow of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, has been named an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Fellow. Alipour has been at Iowa State since 2015, making significant contributions to the structural engineering field.

The two Cyclone Engineers hold a combined 141 patents.

For Boom it is important to spend time on being a positive role model for female employees. She mentors several female leaders at Winnebago Industries and is committed to the success of STEM programming for young students in high school.