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  • CoMFRE’s Ganapathysubramanian leads $20 million AI institute

    CoMFRE affiliate Baskar Ganapathysubramanian leads a new five-year, $20 million AI institute that will accelerate the productivity and sustainability of agriculture, including harnessing multiphase flow phenomena for resilient ag. The NSF and USDA-NIFA-funded project brings together expertise of researchers at eight universities and organizations across the U.S., including CoMFRE’s Adarsh Krishnamurthy. Read More

    December 1, 2021

  • Chris Whitmer stands over a student's shoulder and helps them use his software on laptop. Two other students are in the background of the shot on their own computers.
    Using video game-based tools to teach STEM

    A mechanical engineering (ME) alum hopes to engage the next generation of scientists and engineers by using a video game interface to teach them STEM concepts and methods. Read More

    November 10, 2021

  • Turk and Joyce Therkildsen pose and smile inside Marston Hall.
    Building for the Future

    Thanks to a $42 million gift commitment from C.G. “Turk” and Joyce A. McEwen Therkildsen, the department will have a new facility that will serve as its home and provide technically enhanced research laboratory and learning spaces where industrial engineering students can gain the knowledge to design tomorrow’s innovative, nimble and intelligent processes needed now more than ever across all industrial sectors. Read More

    September 15, 2021

  • Black and white senior photos of Charles George “Turk” Therkildsen and Joyce Arlene McEwen Therkildsen from the 1959 Iowa State University yearbook.
    The power of love, education and an entrepreneurial Spirit

    A feature article about Iowa State University alumni C.G. “Turk” and Joyce A. McEwen Therkildsen. Read More

    September 15, 2021

  • On left, Mechanical engineering student Jillian Dunn poses with Halle, a young lady from Alabama. Jillian is wearing a grey t-shirt and black pants, while Halle is wearing jean shorts and a grey t-shirt with a rainbow. On right, Mechanical engineering student Jillian Dunn poses with Serenity, a young lady from Ohio. Jillian is wearing all black, while Serenity is wearing black shorts and a red/orange t-shirt with a floral design.
    Student applies ME knowledge to develop prosthetics for amputee athletes

    Mechanical engineering student Jillian Dunn has a passion for helping others. She spent her summer doing just that. Read More

    September 14, 2021