Materials Science and Engineering

Honoring excellence: Cyclone Engineering faculty and staff award winners, named faculty positions and new patents
Congratulations to 2023 College of Engineering faculty and staff award winners, new named faculty positions, and patent recipients. Read More

September 7, 2023
Jun Cui and ChaoChao Pan get double win in R&D 100 awards
Cui, and graduate student Chaochao Pan, in conjunction with Ames National Laboratory, invented a continuous hot-roll process to manufacture nanograin neo magnets. It won in the mechanical/materials category and won bronze in the green tech category. Read More

August 25, 2023
Welcoming Patrick Johnson, professor of materials science and engineering
"I am excited to join a university with both a strong focus on student success and a rich, collaborative research culture." Read More

August 21, 2023
Forty years of dedication, Martha Selby retires with outstanding educator award
That dedication to students over her career led to Selby being awarded the 2022 Michael Ashby Outstanding Materials Educator Award by the American Society for Engineering Education. The award recognizes distinguished and exceptional contributions in materials science and engineering education. It is intended to honor an individual with demonstrated notable leadership in the materials education area. Read More

August 1, 2023
How shattered glass became Masha Lebedeva’s clear path to materials science and engineering
Masha Lebedeva realized – "Materials engineering is exactly what I was looking for. I just didn't know it was there." Read More

July 11, 2023
Goldwater winner Nicholas Oldham’s undergrad research experiences provides confidence to pursue passions
Nicholas Oldham, sophomore in materials engineering, was one of four Iowa State students to be chosen for the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship, which is the premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering in the U.S. Read More

May 12, 2023
Paige Wogahn and Skyler Burke’s award-winning business idea: Lint rollers, but for broken glass
The sixth annual Pappajohn Center for Entrepreneurship college-by-college pitch off was held in March, and two Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) students won first place in the College of Engineering’s “new idea” competition. MSE seniors Skyler Burke and Paige Wogahn started out by competing against other engineering students who created new products, winning first place for the College. Read More

May 9, 2023
Georgia Wimmer: Dean’s Student Leadership Award winner
"My professors and classmates have given me something to look forward to every single day – just by being themselves. There’s no way to quantify the impact I have had on the people around me, but if it’s anywhere close to how they have influenced me, then that is something that I am very proud of." Read More

May 8, 2023
Dan Shechtman elected to National Academy of Sciences
Dan Schechtman, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a prestigious honor recognizing contributions to scientific research. Read More

May 8, 2023
Adam Eichhorn: Outstanding senior in materials engineering
"Engineering like a Cyclone Engineer means being involved in the community around you. Any problem that’s worth solving requires a team of different people." Read More

May 2, 2023
Materials engineering major Nicholas Oldham lands prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Nicholas Oldham, sophomore in materials engineering, has been named a Goldwater Scholar, the premier undergrad scholarship in STEM. Read More

April 5, 2023
Innovation at Work: Nearly four decades of study filling 46 lab notebooks – all for better batteries
Steve Martin has seven plaques hanging above his office windows, each commemorating an invention or co-invention, each showing off the front page of an official U.S. patent. As you’d expect, a patent is a technical document. Just browse those plaques in Martin’s Hoover Hall office, most of them related to new glassy materials... Read More

April 4, 2023
Bridging the gaps for graduate students
Started in 2019, Graduates for Advancing Professional Skills (GAPS) is an opportunity for graduate students to close the gap between academic research skills and what their future employer expects. It was born from Jiang’s desire to better equip students with real-world soft skills. Read More

February 27, 2023
Excellence Award goes to ISU Material Advantage Chapter
The Iowa State University Material Advantage (MA) Chapter won a Chapter of Excellence Award from the international student program at the 2022 annual Materials Science and Technology Conference held in Pittsburgh last October. Read More

January 26, 2023
MSE senior makes scholarship history
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) senior Ricardo Ortega made history as the first ever Iowa State student to be selected to receive the prestigious Copper Club Scholarship. Read More

January 23, 2023