Category: Academics

ME’s Chandra receives lifetime achievement award from ASME

August 19, 2019 • Nick Fetty

Mechanical engineering professor Abhijit Chandra has received a prestigious award from a top organization in his field. Earlier this month, Chandra received the Excellence in Mechanics Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ (ASME) Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division. This lifetime achievement award was bestowed upon Chandra because of advancements he has made in … Continue reading ME’s Chandra receives lifetime achievement award from ASME

Iowa State’s information assurance program ranked in top five

July 31, 2019 • Kristin Clague

Iowa State University’s information assurance program, led by University Professor Doug Jacobson and hosted by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE), has been ranked as one of the nation’s top Master’s in Information Assurance and Security degree programs on TheBestSchools.org for 2019. The program came in ranked at number five in the nation. Iowa State’s … Continue reading Iowa State’s information assurance program ranked in top five

Iowa State teams finish 1st, 8th at international data mining competition

July 8, 2019 • Nick Fetty

Two teams from Iowa State University placed in the top 10 at the 2019 International Data Mining Cup. A team of Iowa State students from the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering (IMSE) and statistics departments took the top spot at the competition which just celebrated its 20th year. The team consisted of Qihao Zhang (Statistics), … Continue reading Iowa State teams finish 1st, 8th at international data mining competition

Adobe awards gift funds for ongoing research collaboration with ECpE professor

June 20, 2019 • Kristin Clague

Adobe Inc., an American multinational computer software company engaged in digital and cloud publishing, multimedia, advertising and more, has awarded new gift funds to Iowa State University Harpole Professor Ratnesh Kumar. The gift, in support of Kumar’s research activities of the ESSeNCE (Embedded Software, Sensors, Networks, Cyberphysical, and Energy) lab he directs, is part of an ongoing research … Continue reading Adobe awards gift funds for ongoing research collaboration with ECpE professor

ECpE student wins Best Poster Award at Midwest Machine Learning Symposium

June 18, 2019 • Kristin Clague

Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Ph.D. student with Iowa State University‘s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE), recently won first prize in the Student Poster Award contest at the Midwest Machine Learning Symposium (MMLS) 2019. Konstantinidis, who performed his research jointly with ECpE Professor Aditya Ramamoorthy, won for his poster titled, “Speeding up Distributed Computing through Coding.” … Continue reading ECpE student wins Best Poster Award at Midwest Machine Learning Symposium

ECpE celebrates 20 years of cyber security education with NSA

May 31, 2019 • Kristin Clague

Iowa State University‘s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is celebrating 20 years of cyber security education, marked with a new major in cyber security engineering, beginning this fall. Two decades ago, in May 1999, the National Security Agency launched the Centers of Academic Excellence (CAE) designation program, with the goal of reducing vulnerability in … Continue reading ECpE celebrates 20 years of cyber security education with NSA

IMSE’s John Jackman appointed to National Science Foundation position

May 29, 2019 • Nick Fetty 2 Comments

Experienced scholar and educator John Jackman has been appointed program director in the Division of Undergraduate of NSF’s Education and Human Resources Directorate in Alexandria, Virginia. In this position, he will serve to sustain excellence in U.S. STEM education at all levels, in all settings for the development of a diverse and well-prepared workforce of … Continue reading IMSE’s John Jackman appointed to National Science Foundation position

MSE grad receives Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship

May 29, 2019 • Kristin Clague

ECpE Spring Senior Design teams win big

May 16, 2019 • Kristin Clague

For the spring 2019 semester, Iowa State University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering named three winning teams for the Senior Design project, along with three honorable mentions. First Place: Automatic Solder Dispenser Students: Samuel Willford, Jason Austin, Justin Wheeler, Zachary Bumstead, Kevin Carlson, Trent Allison. Adviser: Lee Harker Our task is to build … Continue reading ECpE Spring Senior Design teams win big

Three ME students win awards at 2019 GPSS Conference

May 7, 2019 • Nick Fetty

Mechanical engineering graduate students had a strong showing at Iowa State University’s 2019 Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) Conference, taking home three prizes. Alex Wrede, a Ph.D. student, took home the top-prize in the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) category for his presentation entitled “Characterizing the Response of the Brain to Surrounding Cavitation.” “In summary, … Continue reading Three ME students win awards at 2019 GPSS Conference

Senegal native, new Iowa State MSE graduate sets his sights set on sustainable energy

May 7, 2019 • Kristin Clague

Spring 2019 student marshal and outstanding seniors

May 6, 2019 • Liz Jacavino 1 Comment

Each semester, twelve graduating seniors are selected as outstanding seniors to represent the College of Engineering. Of these twelve, one is chosen as the college’s student marshal at the undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 11.

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering postdoc reflects on accomplishments at ISU

May 6, 2019 • Kate Tindall

New ME scholarship named for longtime faculty member

May 3, 2019 • Nick Fetty 2 Comments

The Judith M. Vance Scholarship was established earlier this semester to honor ME alum and longtime faculty member Judy M. Vance. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. all in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University. Vance, who is currently the Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Professor of Engineering and a Faculty Fellow of … Continue reading New ME scholarship named for longtime faculty member