Awards

Two Cyclone Engineering students land prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Victoria Kyveryga, junior in chemical engineering, and Nicholas Oldham, sophomore in materials engineering, have been named Goldwater Scholars, the premier undergraduate scholarship in STEM. Read More

April 6, 2023
Cyclone engineering seniors receive first place in pitch off competition for automated medicinal sprayer product
The sixth annual Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship college-by-college pitch off was just completed this month - with Belling and Meyer placing first in the “New Idea” category, receiving a $5,000 award. The students participating in the pitch-off have to go through several rounds for the potential to win, and pitch their idea in 90 seconds to panels of judges. Read More

March 20, 2023
Aerospace Engineering’s Ping He receives Mack 2050 Challenge honor
Department of Aerospace Engineering assistant professor Ping He has been named a Michael and Denise Mack 2050 Challenge Scholar. The program was established to support the Iowa State University College of Engineering’s 2050 vision. It supports one junior faculty member with fellowship funding. Read More

February 23, 2023
Thivani Senathiraja’s passion for taking on problems is leading to grand successes
Senathiraja is working with Chris Cornelius, the Dr. Thomas D. McGee and Dr. Ick-Jhin Rick Yoon Department Chair in Materials Science and Engineering/Wilkinson Chair in Materials Science and Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering, by courtesy, to promote green energy by optimizing and increasing the performance and durability of hydrogen fuel cell membranes. Her research and leadership have resulted in her receiving several awards, including the local Guiding Start Award from the Graduate Society of Women Engineers. Read More

February 2, 2023
Excellence Award goes to ISU Material Advantage Chapter
The Iowa State University Material Advantage (MA) Chapter won a Chapter of Excellence Award from the international student program at the 2022 annual Materials Science and Technology Conference held in Pittsburgh last October. Read More

January 26, 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
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
Fall 2022 commencement student marshal and outstanding seniors
Congratulations to the fall 2022 Cyclone Engineering student marshal and outstanding seniors. Read More

December 6, 2022
ECIC club wins first place in national construction management competition
Iowa State University Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering’s (CCEE) National Electrical Contractor’s Association (NECA) club took home a $4,000, first-place award this fall at the annual Electrical Contracting Innovation Challenge held during the NECA National Convention in Austin, Texas. The team placed first in the overall presentation portion of the challenge, an award determined by combining the scores of a written proposal and the oral presentation. Read More

November 14, 2022
Powering the future with biogas: Abigail Schulte places first in annual Three Minute Thesis Competition
One of eight finalists in Iowa State University’s annual three minute thesis competition, Abigail Schulte is a concurrent student in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering versed in advocating for the environment through clear research and communication. Read More

November 10, 2022
Grad student Dhananjay Dileep is working to make the chemical recycling of plastics more commercially viable
Born into a family of doctors in India, Dhananjay Dileep, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, grew up wanting to help fix the world. Today, Dileep is working toward this goal by making the chemical recycling of plastics more commercially viable. Read More

November 10, 2022
Phillips 66 CEO, alumnus Mark Lashier to CBE Hall of Fame
Mark Lashier earned a B.S. in chemical engineering at Iowa State University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1989. In the years since he has earned respect and recognition as an engineer, business professional and industry leader. The President and Chief Executive Officer of Phillips Petroleum Co. joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) Honors and Awards Banquet where he was inducted into the department’s alumni Hall of Fame. Read More

November 9, 2022
Four graduate students top CBE’s Perfect Pitch research competition
The comment, “So, tell me about your research!” will be easier to field for CBE’s graduate students who took part in this year’s Perfect Pitch competition. The students once again faced a 90-second time limit (with the aid of one PowerPoint slide) in presenting an “elevator speech” of what their research is all about. Read More

October 19, 2022
Chris Ellison receives Cyclone Engineering’s Professional Citation in Engineering for outstanding career accomplishments
Chris Ellison ('00 chemical engineering) is a 2022 recipient of the Professional Citation in Engineering. The PACE award recognizes alumni for significant career accomplishments. Read More

October 14, 2022
Samarjit Das named Cyclone Engineering’s 2022 Young Alumni award winner
Samarjit Das ('10 PhD electrical engineering) is the 2022 recipient of Cyclone Engineering's Young Alumni Award. Read More

October 14, 2022