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  • Kara Albrecht, outstanding senior in industrial engineering, poses for a photo in front of a red background.
    Kara Albrecht: Outstanding senior in industrial engineering

    Kara Albrecht, industrial engineering, has been named a fall 2024 Iowa State University College of Engineering outstanding senior. Read More

    December 9, 2024

  • Macie McNurden smiling courtside at LA Lakers game.
    Sales Engineering minor bridge to a sales career

    Macie VanNurden’s (B.S. ’22, industrial engineering) first stop in her journey from Wisconsin to Los Angeles was at Iowa State University majoring in industrial engineering with a sales engineering minor. This past July, VanNurden officially completed the program and rolled off as an outside sales engineer in Los Angeles, a place she’s always wanted to live and with a job that is much more customer-facing and dynamic. “I have direct ownership of customer relationships and personal brand—it is almost entrepreneurial in that sense. I look forward to further developing my sales style and strategy while continuing to learn and serve in everything I do,” says VanNurden. Read More

    December 5, 2024

  • Melissa Boom portrait
    Melissa Boom: IE Alum Receives 2024 Women MAKE Award

    Melissa Boom (B.S. industrial engineering ’94 at ISU, M.S. management of technology ’06 at UMN), was recognized by the Manufacturing Institute as a 2024 Women MAKE Awards Honoree at a gala at the National Association of Manufacturers, Manufacturing Institute Women MAKE Awards and Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. in April. Read More

    December 5, 2024

  • Macie McNurden smiling courtside at LA Lakers game.
    Sales Engineering minor bridge to a sales career

    Macie VanNurden’s (B.S. ’22, industrial engineering) first stop in her journey from Wisconsin to Los Angeles was at Iowa State University majoring in industrial engineering with a sales engineering minor. This past July, VanNurden officially completed the program and rolled off as an outside sales engineer in Los Angeles, a place she’s always wanted to live and with a job that is much more customer-facing and dynamic. “I have direct ownership of customer relationships and personal brand—it is almost entrepreneurial in that sense. I look forward to further developing my sales style and strategy while continuing to learn and serve in everything I do,” says VanNurden. Read More

    November 8, 2024

  • Melissa Boom portrait
    Melissa Boom: IE Alum Receives 2024 Women MAKE Award

    For Boom it is important to spend time on being a positive role model for female employees. She mentors several female leaders at Winnebago Industries and is committed to the success of STEM programming for young students in high school. Read More

    November 8, 2024

  • Elizabeth (Belling) Krigbaum studying in courtyard with flowering trees her senior semester.
    Senior Capstone Project Leads to Dream Job

    Elizabeth (Belling) Krigbaum (B.S. '22, industrial engineering) knew she wanted to transfer to study industrial engineering (IE) at Iowa State after attending Des Moines Area Community College. “When the industrial engineering major was presented, it was like a light bulb went off in my head. To me, it was and has been the perfect fit for my interests and skills,” says Krigbaum, “My time at ISU was hands down my favorite years of school.” Read More

    October 22, 2024

  • Michael Dorneich, Morrill Professor award recipient, showin in blue shirt teaching student in classroom.
    Michael Dorneich named Morrill Professor

    Michael Dorneich, Joseph Walkup Professor of Engineering and professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering has been named Morrill Professor. The Morrill Professorship is a university award recognizing faculty members for their national and international reputation of demonstrated outstanding success in teaching and learning in undergraduate, graduate and/or extension/outreach programs. Read More

    September 24, 2024

  • Jundi Liu research team uses virtual reality technology to study human trust of automated guided vehicles in the manufacturing setting. Photo is of three researchers in their research lab (one wearing a virtual reality headset) smiling at the camera.
    Trusting the robot in the workplace

    Jundi Liu, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, graduate student Mobina Amrollahi, and undergraduate research assistant Rindirisia Wangira are actively conducting AGV/human trust laboratory studies using a virtual reality apparatus for human-robot interaction research. Modern manufacturing is seeing rapid changes in the workplace. One change is integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated technologies like Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) into operational processes. Read More

    August 20, 2024

  • Allie Harris stands smiling in front of Disney castle at Magic Kingdom.
    Allie (Harris) Millikan: From Cyclone Nation to Magic Kingdom

    For Allie (Harris) Millikan (B.S. ’19 industrial engineering, concurrent MBA ’19), the industrial engineering (IE) road led from Cyclone Nation to Magic Kingdom. “I have such incredible memories from our family Disney trips growing up. I couldn’t imagine a more magical place to work,” she says. Read More

    July 31, 2024

  • Vanessa Calderon portrait
    Vanessa Calderon: There is always a better way

    Finding ways to improve and positively impact the lives of patients, healthcare professionals, and the day-to-day experience of her colleagues is fulfilling for Vanessa Calderon (B.S. ’09, industrial engineering). Calderon became interested in working in healthcare through her IE senior design capstone experience at the UnityPoint Health – Des Moines where she was later employed and became a Process Improvement Engineer. Read More

    July 17, 2024

  • Male student speaking into a podcast mic on a white background.
    A.J. Perron: Worldwide podcast connections power sustainability initiatives

    For industrial engineering student, A.J. Perron, the goal is to make a difference through sustainability initiatives by making connections through his podcast, Universe-ity. The podcast has successfully reached audiences world-wide by building curiosity around and exploring “all things science”. Read More

    July 1, 2024

  • Blake Clark
    Blake Clark: Advancing the energy transition is exciting work

    In Blake Clark’s world, everything revolves around improvement. But he also values impact. “It’s important to me that my work also provides a ‘good’ in society,” he says. As Clark sees it, his role in the energy industry enables him to work towards providing affordable, reliable and cleaner energy for everyone. Read More

    June 28, 2024

  • Daniel Kaye: Outstanding senior in industrial engineering

    "Iowa State affords student the ability to pursue a myriad of different things alongside their education as an engineering student." Read More

    May 1, 2024

  • Emma Wolf in the Mirka lab at Iowa State.
    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

  • Danelda Allen, industrial engineering alum '88
    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