Category: Awards (ISU)

Honors for AerE’s Abdelkhalik, Ahn, Riedel

October 13, 2020 • John Burnett-Larkins

Associate professor Abdelkhalik named AIAA associate fellow Of the nearly 30,000 individual members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) worldwide, only 17% are selected as associate fellows. Department of Aerospace Engineering associate professor Ossama Abdelkhalik will now join those ranks. Abdelkhalik has officially become an associate fellow in the organization’s class of … Continue reading Honors for AerE’s Abdelkhalik, Ahn, Riedel

IMSE’s Briley receives Staff Excellence award

September 23, 2020 • Nick Fetty

Krista Briley, administrative specialist for industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, received the Iowa State University College of Engineering Staff Excellence Award during the fall 2020 virtual convocation reception. As a nearly 30-year employee in the College of Engineering (20 years in MSE, roughly 10 years in IMSE) and this university, her dedication to her work … Continue reading IMSE’s Briley receives Staff Excellence award

Convocation celebrates Cyclone Engineering faculty and staff

September 17, 2020 • Cyclone Engineering

James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of Engineering W. Samuel Easterling celebrated Cyclone Engineering 2020 faculty and staff award honorees, named faculty positions and patent recipients at the College of Engineering’s fall convocation. This year’s interactive event was offered live online. Watch a replay here.

Aerospace Engineering’s Rozier receives Black and Veatch Building a World of Difference in Engineering Fellowship

September 3, 2020 • John Burnett-Larkins

One of only two Iowa State researchers named to honor It’s all about reliability and predictability of systems with Kristin-Yvonne Rozier’s Laboratory for Temporal Logic. Her work with advanced automated reasoning techniques – algorithms and tools that filter what we want vs. what we don’t want, that can apply to things like security systems and … Continue reading Aerospace Engineering’s Rozier receives Black and Veatch Building a World of Difference in Engineering Fellowship

Big research advancements at the nano-scale

August 25, 2020 • Nick Fetty

A strong foundation at Iowa State University has helped to set up a mechanical engineering alum for success at his next adventure as a researcher at Northwestern University. Bowei Zhang grew up in Jingshan, a city in central China. He attended Wuhan University of Science and Technology where he graduated with an undergraduate degree in … Continue reading Big research advancements at the nano-scale

Shields receives learning communities early achievement award

July 22, 2020 • Sierra Hoeger

Civil engineering academic adviser Katie Shields was awarded the 2020 Learning Communities Early Achievement in Learning Community Coordination Award in June. This award is given by the director of Learning Communities to an Iowa State faculty or staff member who has demonstrated outstanding performance in learning community coordination early within their careers. Shields has been … Continue reading Shields receives learning communities early achievement award

Xinchun Tian receives ISU Postdoctoral Research Excellence Award

June 30, 2020 • Anna Toot

Xinchun Tian, a postdoctoral scholar in the Materials Science and Engineering department, was awarded the ISU Postdoctoral Research Excellence Award for his research on in situ biasing TEM studies. Tian graduated from Iowa State with a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering under the supervision of Prof. Ludovico Cademartiri. Tian now works as postdoctoral scholar … Continue reading Xinchun Tian receives ISU Postdoctoral Research Excellence Award

Aerospace Engineering graduate students honored for research, teaching

June 26, 2020 • John Burnett-Larkins

The work of four Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate students has been honored with Teaching Excellence and (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards from the Iowa State University Graduate College. The awards are presented to graduate students who demonstrate excellence in their scientific research or their performance in teaching. Fangwei Hou and Xingeng Wu have … Continue reading Aerospace Engineering graduate students honored for research, teaching

College of Engineering 2020 faculty and staff awards winners

June 8, 2020 • Cyclone Engineering

College of Engineering faculty and staff have been named winners of 2020 college awards, honoring their outstanding accomplishments and contributions.

Mechanical Engineering graduate Bowei Zhang awarded with Zaffarano Prize

May 18, 2020 • Nick Fetty

Engineering grad students receive GPSS teaching, research and leadership awards

May 12, 2020 • Sierra Hoeger

Seven engineering graduate students were the recipients of Iowa State University Graduate and Professional Student Senate awards for excellence in teaching, research and leadership.

2020 Engineering Student Council Awards announced

May 8, 2020 • Martha Haas

Every spring, Engineering Student Council select Cyclone Engineering faculty, staff and students who have demonstrated leadership over the past year.

Madison Drent and Rachel Schmerbach receive Dean’s Leadership Award

May 8, 2020 • Martha Haas

The College of Engineering Dean’s Leadership Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate juniors and seniors who show exemplary leadership outside of a single department or organization. Madison Drent, junior in materials engineering, and Rachel Schmerbach, senior in aerospace engineering, are this year’s recipients.

Four Cyclone Engineers represent their sports on the All-Cyclone Team

May 8, 2020 • Martha Haas

Four student-athletes from the College of Engineering were named to the All-Cyclone Team, which honors one student-athlete from each sport who recorded the highest GPA.

Honoring spring 2020 student marshal and outstanding seniors

May 4, 2020 • Cyclone Engineering

Each semester 12 outstanding seniors are selected, one for each major in the College of Engineering. One outstanding senior is named student marshal, representing the college at commencement.