CoE News

Preparing Communities for Climate Change: CCEE’s Lu Liu Receives Grant to Determine Climate Change Vulnerabilities in Rural and Urban Communities

From small farms to big cities, natural disasters, rising temperatures and other factors of climate change impact everyone. Lu Liu, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, is using modeling to look into the future on the long-term impacts of climate change for two different ends of the population spectrum: urban and rural communities. Read More

April 22, 2022

MSE’s Shan Jiang promoted to associate professor with tenure

The Iowa Board of Regents recently approved Shan Jiang’s promotion to associate professor of materials science and engineering with tenure, effective July 1. Read More

April 22, 2022

PHOTOS: 2022 Ignite Innovation Showcase

Photos from the 2022 Ignite Innovation Showcase at Iowa State University. Read More

April 21, 2022

Entrepreneurial ME alum helps to establish brew lab at Iowa State

When John Blichmann was a student at Iowa State University in the late 1980s, there was no formal course on how to brew beer. More than three decades later such a course does exist, and it was made possible because of Blichmann’s generosity. Read More

April 21, 2022

ABE Welcomes New Faculty Member: Bailey Adams

This summer, the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University is welcoming a new faculty member and soon-to-be alum to the department: Bailey Adams. Read More

April 18, 2022

Two ME students selected to share research with policymakers on a national stage

Two mechanical engineering (ME) students will have their opportunity to share their heart valve research on a national stage at this year’s Posters on the Hill event. Read More

April 18, 2022

NASA ISS manager, AerE grad Joel Montalbano to Hall of Distinguished Alumni April 21

Department of Aerospace Engineering alumnus Joel Montalbano, director of NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) program, will return to the ISU campus for induction into the department’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni. Read More

April 15, 2022

Cyclone pride! CBE’s AIChE chapter hosts conference; Chem-E-Car winning streak rolls on

Iowa State’s student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) hosted the group’s Mid-America Regional Conference April 8 and 9 – rolling out the red carpet for students from 12 other schools and taking some top honors of its own. Read More

April 14, 2022

IE graduate student finds a little slice of her Iranian homeland in Ames

Even though she now lives halfway across the world, one industrial engineering (IE) graduate student has found a little slice of her Iranian home here in Ames. Read More

April 14, 2022

CCEE Alum and Hubbell Realty CEO Rick Tollakson Drives New Wellness Center for Easterseals Iowa

Tollakson, CEO of Hubbell Realty and 1976 Iowa State University Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering alum, just celebrated his extreme build of the ‘Rick Tollakson Wellness Center,’ a building located in the Easterseals Camp Sunnyside to provide crisis stabilization and outpatient therapy to individuals with brain injuries and/or developmental or intellectual disabilities. Read More

April 13, 2022

Major CBE supporter, department grad Harold Wiggers passes away

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering alumnus and major department supporter Harold Wiggers passed away March 26 at the age of 93. His wife, Doreen Badger, 88, passed away March 31. Read More

April 12, 2022

ABE Student Oluwatuyi Olowoyeye Attends World Water Forum in Senegal

Organized once every three years, the World Water Forum is an event focusing on water quality and how to make progress on global water challenges. Read More

April 12, 2022

CCEE Professor Chuck Jahren Leaves a Legacy Behind After 29 Years at ISU

Charles (Chuck) Jahren, professor in the ISU Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, is retiring this year from the department - but his career and memories here are far from leaving CCEE. Read More

April 11, 2022

CCEE’s Vern Schaefer Retires after 19 years of Teaching, Research and Service

For Vern Schaefer, ISU Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering professor and ISU alum, leaving Iowa State and the academic engineering world is a huge change, but a chance for reflection on his role in the university's land-grant motto: teaching, research and service. Read More

April 11, 2022

Incoming ME grad student named Research Fellow for prestigious NSF program

With an abundance of undergraduate research experience under her belt, Bella Guyll is ready to continue her studies and further advance her research as a graduate student. Read More

April 11, 2022