“In the classroom, my teaching focus is to develop an engaging learning environment and promote thinking skills. I also aim to focus on connecting real-life application with theoretical knowledge.”
Category: Mechanical Engineering
Alumni gift establishes the John and Nancy Hayes Department Chair in Mechanical Engineering
John and Nancy Hayes of Davenport, Iowa, have made a gift commitment to Iowa State University, establishing the John and Nancy Hayes Department Chair in Mechanical Engineering. The initial chairholder is Caroline Hayes (no relation to John and Nancy Hayes), who has led the department since 2012.
Robert C. Brown elected to National Academy of Inventors
Robert C. Brown, who has many inventions involving the thermochemical conversion of biomass to biofuels and biochemicals, is Iowa State’s ninth fellow elected to the National Academy of Inventors. He’s still in the inventing business, including competing in an XPRIZE Foundation effort to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
Aaron Schoon: Outstanding senior in mechanical engineering
“Engineering like a Cyclone Engineer means effectively using the skills and knowledge you have gained as an engineer while also realizing the importance of collaborating with others towards achieving success. At Iowa State, opportunities to work within teams for classes, research, and clubs better prepare us to make a mark on history.”
New Soft Matter Electrostatic Levitator makes possible world’s first neutron scattering on levitated salt solution droplets up to extreme supersaturation
John Jonghyun Lee, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, led research that demonstrated the world’s first neutron scattering on levitated salt solution droplets up to extreme supersaturation. The team used a novel instrument they designed called a Soft Matter Electrostatic Levitator (SEL), integrated into the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Flux Isotope Reactor’s WAND2 facility.
Advancing “placenta-on-a-chip” with sensing and imaging technology
Nicole Hashemi and her students will advance a “placenta-on-a-chip” – which models how medicines, nutrients and other substances are passed from mother to fetus – with a new, three-year, $350,000 National Science Foundation Mid-Career Advancement grant.
Alumnus Subra Suresh receives National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest scientific honor
Subra Suresh (M.S. ’79 mechanical engineering) was recognized for his “pioneering research across engineering, physical sciences and life sciences, and particularly for advancing the study of material science and its application to other disciplines.”
“Revolutionary” multi-material for light-based 3D printing
Adarsh Krishnamurthy co-leads a new $800,000 project to identify and study single resins that can create different materials and properties – such as stiffness – when exposed to different light wavelengths.
“We want to produce two material properties with the same resin. That’s revolutionary in terms of materials for Digital Light Processing 3D printing,” said Krishnamurthy.
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.
Welcoming Abhay Ramachandra, assistant professor of mechanical engineering
Ramachandra’s research focus is vascular mechanics and adaptation.
Welcoming Tuhin Mukherjee, new assistant professor of mechanical engineering
“I was drawn to the state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing research facilities and a learning environment at Iowa State.”
Welcoming Sougata Roy, new assistant professor of mechanical engineering
“My research encompasses three sub-domains: advanced manufacturing; materials and surface processing; and tribology and surface engineering.”
Welcoming Saikat Mukherjee, new assistant professor of mechanical engineering
Saikat Mukherjee’s research focus is biological transport and fluid dynamics, more specifically transport in the brain under neurological disorders, microbial dynamics, and front propagation in chaotic fluid flows.
Ted Heindel receives ASME 2023 Freeman Scholar Award
Theodore (Ted) J. Heindel, the Bergles Professor of Thermal Science, University Professor of mechanical engineering, and director of Iowa State’s Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education (CoMFRE), has been selected to receive the 2023 Freeman Scholar Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Cardinal Space Mining Club scoops up gravel, top awards at national competitions
Iowa State University’s Cardinal Space Mining Club recently won competitions in the mining arena and at NASA’s online challenge. “This is truly the best year in the club’s history,” said Jim Heise, the club’s long-time faculty advisor.