Cyclone Engineers

  • CyLaunch team posing with rocket
    AerE’s CyLaunch student program bound for Alabama competition – how you can help

    The CyLaunch student rocketry team is headed to Huntsville, Alabama to represent Iowa State University in the NASA Student Launch Competition – and you can help them on their way. Read More

  • Headshot of Jeffrey in Town Engineering
    CCEE senior Hannah Jeffrey Receives Prestigious Dean’s Student Leadership Award

    One of only three students in the College of Engineering, Iowa State University Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering senior Hannah Jeffrey received the College of Engineering Dean’s Student Leadership Award. This award is known for ‘recognizing outstanding leadership by undergraduate engineering students during their junior or senior years,’ and for students who ‘exhibit exemplary leadership in a broader arena than a single department or student organization.’ Read More

  • The Stoufer family smiles for a photo while attending an Iowa State Cyclones football games in the 2000s.
    ME student continues his family’s now five-generation legacy at Iowa State

    When mechanical engineering (ME) senior Nathan Stoufer walks across the commencement stage at the end of the semester, he will be following a legacy that his family established more than a century ago. Read More

  • Former jarhead is a lifelong gearhead

    Even in his free time, one Cyclone engineer is constantly approaching things with an engineering mindset. Read More

  • Chem-E-Car team photo at competition
    CBE’s AIChE student group to host regional conference at Iowa State in April

    The chemical engineering spotlight will shine brightly on the Iowa State University campus April 8-10. That’s when the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will host the Institute’s 2022 Mid-America Student Regional Conference. Read More

  • Celebrating Women in CCEE: Beena Ajmera

    Celebrating Women’s History Month this March, Iowa State University Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering is highlighting past, present and future women in civil engineering. Beena Ajmera is an assistant professor in CCEE, and has made many monumental contributions to the civil engineering field. Read More

  • Cyclone engineers advance fluids research at Argonne National Lab

    A team of mechanical engineering researchers were able to advance their research in the field of atomization and sprays by utilizing the resources available at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. Read More

  • PhD student Cicero Pola part of 2022-23 Brown Graduate Fellowship Program

    Cicero is currently doing research on the design and analysis of graphene-based electrochemical sensors for the detection of relevant food safety and public health targets including virus, foodborne pathogens and food allergens. Among his achievements is his number of peer-reviewed publications. He has already published 22 peer-reviewed articles in high impact journals, 15 peer-reviewed articles since he joined Iowa State University, five book chapters, [and] one patent. These are all a testament of his dedication and research excellence. Read More

  • Celebrating Women in CCEE: Nicole Martindale

    To celebrate Women’s History Month this March, we wanted to highlight past, present, and future women in civil engineering. Nicole Martindale is a current senior in Civil Engineering and a Cyclone through and through. Read More

  • Innovation Fellow Jed Wyse: The College Tour

    Junior Jed, an Engineering major, talks about the many aspects of innovation that takes place at ISU. Read More

  • Group photo of the ATC with ABE emeritus professor Carl Bern
    Antique Tractor Club Restores 1952 Tractor to be Donated to Community in Mexico

    From restoring engines that have spent hours underwater to replacing badly damaged wiring, the Iowa State University Antique Tractor Club, housed in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE), dedicates days, nights and hours to bringing antique, worn down tractors back to life. Read More

  • Three members of NOBCChE stand on the stairs
    NOBCChE: Embedding diversity in STEM

    The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) has acted as a beacon of support for black chemists and chemical engineers since 1972. In particular, the Iowa State chapter of NOBCChE has set out to assist members with professional development and academic encouragement. Read More

  • AerE teaching, research awards honor three grad students

    Three graduate students in the Department of Aerospace Engineering have been honored for their work with Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards from Iowa State University’s Graduate College. The awards are presented each fall and spring semester to graduate students who demonstrate excellence in their scientific research or their performance in teaching. Read More

  • Hanna Stec Brooke Owens Fellowship recipient
    AerE undergrad Hanna Stec views Brooke Owens Fellowship as inspiration for all female students

    Hanna Stec, a Department of Aerospace Engineering junior is one of 51 women selected for a 2022 Brooke Owens Fellowship. More than 1,000 applications from around the world were received for this year’s honor. Read More

  • CCEE Senior Honored in 2022 Women Impacting ISU Calendar

    Vayda Wilkins, senior in civil engineering, will be honored in the 2022 Women Impacting ISU Calendar. Read More