Category: Academics

Bringing Captain America’s shield and other movie memorabilia to a living room near you

December 10, 2019 • Nick Fetty

At just 23 years old, Grayson Burgess’s company has already generated more than a quarter million dollars in sales. Burgess, senior in mechanical engineering, founded Comic Sandwiches, an Iowa-based company that designs and manufactures movie-quality replicas, props and memorabilia for fans of comic books and superheroes. His customers range from diehard comic book and superhero … Continue reading Bringing Captain America’s shield and other movie memorabilia to a living room near you

Engineering learning communities bring students together

December 9, 2019 • Gillian Mohn

The Engineering Exploration Learning Community is open to first-year undeclared engineering students. This learning community aims to provide support for more than 300 first-year students each semester as they discover their engineering interests.

Medical mechanical engineer

December 4, 2019 • Nick Fetty 1 Comment

Emily Alexander credits an Engineering and Beyond summer camp she attended in high school as one of her most influential exposures to engineering and the Iowa State University campus. Having grown up just a half hour away in Des Moines, attending Iowa State was the easy decision when it came time for college, but she … Continue reading Medical mechanical engineer

Matthew Brown’s background will assist CBE students in many ways

December 3, 2019 • John Burnett-Larkins 2 Comments

The newest addition to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s Mike and Jean Steffenson Student Services Center brings a wide range of experience working with college students. Matthew Brown will be part of the department team as a student services specialist. He will advise CBE undergrads, will work with the department’s student ambassador program, … Continue reading Matthew Brown’s background will assist CBE students in many ways

Bringing research expertise in fluids and energy

December 2, 2019 • Nick Fetty 1 Comment

Incoming mechanical engineering faculty member looks to establish a research niche combining fluids and energy at Iowa State University Returning to Ames and conducting research at Iowa State University will be something of a homecoming for incoming mechanical engineering faculty member. Todd Kingston grew up in North Bend, Nebraska, about three hours west of Ames. … Continue reading Bringing research expertise in fluids and energy

PHOTOS: Mechanical Engineering Learning Team Design Competition – Fall ’19

November 27, 2019 • Nick Fetty

MSE’s Collins wins two awards for high-impact paper

November 25, 2019 • Gillian Mohn

Pete Collins, Alan and Julie Renken professor of materials science and engineering, received two awards for the significance of his paper.

IE alum endows two faculty positions with emphasis on sustainable manufacturing

November 18, 2019 • Nick Fetty

John B. Slater, a 1943 graduate of Iowa State University’s industrial engineering program, has endowed two facility positions, both of which have an emphasis on sustainable manufacturing. Matt Frank, professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering (IMSE), will hold the John B. Slater Professorship in Sustainable Design & Manufacturing, while Jo Min, associate professor of … Continue reading IE alum endows two faculty positions with emphasis on sustainable manufacturing

If one heat lamp is good, is two better?

November 14, 2019 • Kate Tindall

During the 2019 Pig Welfare Symposium, Suzanne Leonard presented the “Effects of one or two heat lamps on sow behavior and piglet performance in farrowing stalls.”

Q&A with Ph.D. student in materials engineering and science Trishelle Copeland-Johnson

November 13, 2019 • Gillian Mohn

Trishelle Copeland-Johnson is a Ph.D. student in materials science and engineering (MSE). She is currently researching the explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in 2011, and she recently was awarded the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) Fellowship.

Innovation Corps at Iowa State: Helping researchers turn ideas into companies

November 11, 2019 • Kate Tindall

Juggling batons, engineering, sorority life and more

October 31, 2019 • Nick Fetty 2 Comments

Imagine having roughly 120,000 eyes on you as you perform during halftime at a football game. This is almost a weekly occurrence for industrial engineering sophomore Alexis Ashton during the fall. Ashton is one of the Feature Twirlers for the Iowa State University Cyclone Football ‘Varsity’ Marching Band, which performs at all Cyclone home football … Continue reading Juggling batons, engineering, sorority life and more

Category: Academics

Category: Academics

Bringing Captain America’s shield and other movie memorabilia to a living room near you

Engineering learning communities bring students together

Medical mechanical engineer

Matthew Brown’s background will assist CBE students in many ways

Bringing research expertise in fluids and energy

PHOTOS: Mechanical Engineering Learning Team Design Competition – Fall ’19

MSE’s Collins wins two awards for high-impact paper

IE alum endows two faculty positions with emphasis on sustainable manufacturing

If one heat lamp is good, is two better?

Q&A with Ph.D. student in materials engineering and science Trishelle Copeland-Johnson

Innovation Corps at Iowa State: Helping researchers turn ideas into companies

Juggling batons, engineering, sorority life and more

P3 program introducing new technology, teamwork to the classroom

Change Agent: Doug Jacobson, protecting data, recruiting students to cybersecurity

ME student claims second place in tcbiomassplus2019 poster competition

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