CoE News

Team chemistry makes Concrete Canoe built to last

Violet Stayner and Zachary Glowczynski, the two co-captains, take the lead in ensuring that the team meets each deadline. They make time for fun, too, “it’s a designated time to get to know each other and bond beyond the canoe,” said Stayner. Read More

March 18, 2024

Wenzhen Li, Jean-Philippe Tessonnier become Royal Society of Chemistry Fellows

Wenzhen Li and Jean-Philippe Tessonnier have been named Fellows in the Royal Society of Chemistry Read More

March 11, 2024

Engineering quality for healthier hearts

Emma Wolf, industrial engineering, had no idea when she arrived at Iowa State University as an undeclared engineering major she would end up landing a job in quality control for medical devices. Read More

March 5, 2024

Graduate program creates community and implementable pollution solutions

"Tile drainage, nitrate and phosphorus levels, all the soil stuff we manage here, it's exciting!” said Gabrielle Myers-Bailey, a graduate student in agricultural and biosystems engineering “All our work as ag engineers leads to better water quality and lower soil impacts.” Read More

March 5, 2024

“Spirit of innovation” helps lift Jean-Philippe Tessonnier to National Academy of Inventors

Jean-Philippe Tessonnier, Richard C. Seagrave Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. Read More

March 1, 2024

Easterling receives American Institute of Steel Construction Special Achievement Award

W. Samuel Easterling,  James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of Engineering at Iowa State University, has received a 2024 American Institute of Steel Construction Special Achievement Award. The award recognizes Easterling for steel diaphragm research innovations that drove changes to standards governing the use of metal deck diaphragms in steel structures Read More

February 28, 2024

Emma Ewert found her path in environmental engineering

"My journey hasn't been a straight line. There have been twists and turns, U-turns and backups. But once you find your right path, like I have, the path feels steady and right." Read More

February 28, 2024

Cyclone Engineers selected to lead $12-million Dept. of Energy project to build rural Iowa’s first ‘microgrid’

Iowa State’s Electric Power Research Center will work with the Montezuma Municipal Power & Light to a microgrid featuring power generation from solar panels, a battery storage system and two chargers for electric vehicles. Read More

February 27, 2024

Could the future of powering Iowa homes and farms be microbes?

“We’re developing computationally engineered enzymes that are faster and more efficient at breaking down lignin, the world’s second most abundant renewable carbon source, into simple saccharides and energy. This breakthrough holds promise for potential integration into non-toxic, biodegradable biobattery systems that could power agricultural tools and even whole houses." Read More

February 26, 2024

Cheng Huang receives NSF CAREER award to attain omnidirectional and efficient wireless power transfer systems

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Harpole-Pentair Assistant Professor Cheng Huang has been selected for a 2023 National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award for his project, “Towards 3D Omnidirectional and Efficient Wireless Power.” CAREER awards are the NSF’s most prestigious awards given to early-career faculty. The support aims to build a firm foundation for leadership in integrating research and education. Read More

February 23, 2024

Building in progress: Career comes full-circle for industrial engineering alum Danelda Allen

For Danelda Allen (IE ’88), being assigned construction manager of the Therkildsen Industrial Engineering Building project on campus is a full-circle engineering moment. Read More

February 21, 2024

Research Résumé: Kun Luo, exploring microstructures for high-performance materials

Kun Luo is combining his experience in materials experimentation and theoretical simulations to explain the atomic mechanisms that create special properties in high-performance materials. Read More

February 21, 2024

Jacob Wheaton gains international collaboration through MSE

"I like the fact there are a lot of different problems to solve in engineering," Wheaton said. "There is always something to work towards, and it's very satisfying when you find the solution. And I just really enjoy learning, and with materials engineering, it is easy to do a deep dive into a range of topics." Read More

February 16, 2024

Jacob Eisbrenner: Guardsman, student and Cyclone Engineer

“Ever since I was a kid, my dad and I were always in the garage, tinkering, tearing apart old cars,” said Jacob Eisbrenner, Ph.D. student in electrical engineering. “I used to always think about the design of all the different components and how they could be better.” Read More

February 15, 2024

A better way to (re)harvest rare-earth metals

Ratul Chowdhury is fine-tuning the protein Lanmodulin so it can be used to recover rare-earth materials from e-waste. Read More

February 13, 2024