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  • Photo of Beth speaking at the hall of fame/distinguished alumni banquet at a podium with industry partners in the audience
    Alumni are honored at CCEE awards banquet

    With a plethora of engineering expertise and impact, alumni from Iowa State’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) are being recognized at the 2022 Civil and Environmental Engineering Awards Banquet this September. These alumni are renowned for their high professional achievements, service to the profession, community and/or the department and a high degree of character and integrity. Read More

    August 26, 2022

  • The value of an engineering education

    “The benefit of an engineering education is that, in addition to the specific subject matter, you learn the habits of self-study that will carry you through your career. In engineering you are always having to learn new material along the way, which is a very valuable skill,” said Stephen Mosher (’70 elec engr). Read More

    August 25, 2022

  • Meet the new MSE faculty: Boyce Chang

    In August, new assistant professor Boyce Chang joined the faculty in the department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Chang brings extensive experience and research to the department. Read More

    August 25, 2022

  • Photo of all 18 Kiewit Scholars standing
    Iowa State College of Engineering selects first Kiewit Scholars Program cohort

    AMES, Iowa – This spring, Iowa State University’s Kiewit Scholars Program selected 18 students for the inaugural cohort for the Kiewit Scholars Program at Iowa State. This first group of scholars includes nine incoming freshmen and nine currently enrolled Iowa State students. Read More

    August 18, 2022

  • CCEE’s Beena Ajmera receives mentoring and leadership award

    Beena Ajmera, an assistant professor at Iowa State University’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE), was surprised and honored when she learned she had been selected to receive the Early-Career Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award from the Engineering Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research. Read More

    August 15, 2022

  • Iowa State University introduces ground-breaking vehicle testing technology at preview days, Aug. 30-Sept. 1

    Iowa State University will hold a set of preview days to introduce its new state-of-the-art off-road vehicle chassis dynamometer, Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 1, from 3-5 p.m. each day. Read More

    August 15, 2022

  • Meet the new MSE faculty: Lin Zhou

    Starting in the fall, Lin Zhou will be a new professor for Material Sciences and Engineering. Lin brings years of experience and research to the MSE department. Read More

    August 11, 2022

  • Meet the new ECpE faculty: Mohammad Tayeb Al Qaseer

    Starting this fall, Mohammad Tayeb Al Qaseer, currently a research associate professor, will move into the appointment of a tenure-track associate professor for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE). Al Qaseer brings extensive experience and research to the department. Read More

    August 11, 2022

  • Miller undergrad education grants awarded to faculty

    Nine Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) faculty are involved with Miller faculty grant projects. The Miller Faculty Fellowship Program seeks to provide opportunities to better understand undergraduate academic programs. Read More

    August 11, 2022

  • Iowa State Power Pullers place 4th in tractor competition

    The Iowa State University Power Pullers Club came in 4th overall at the International ¼ Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. Read More

    August 8, 2022

  • Undergrads wrap up a summer of opportunities in CBE’s BioMaP REU program

    This summer, an expanded BioMaP REU program provided 18 college students from across the nation with the opportunity to work under the mentorship of ISU chemical and biological engineering faculty members and graduate students to gain hands-on research experience in topics that match their educational interests and goals. Read More

    August 8, 2022

  • A group of student and instructors smile and pose for the camera
    Agronomists join forces with engineering students to create innovative in-field research chamber to breed heat tolerant varieties

    A multidisciplinary project at Iowa State University is harnessing engineering to solve agronomic challenges, enlisting undergraduates to develop an innovative research chamber to study soybeans’ responses in the field to current and future climate conditions. Read More

    August 4, 2022

  • Two CBE postdocs receive excellence awards

    Postdocs Jungkuk Lee and Susheel Kumar Nethi of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) have been awarded Postdoctoral Scholar Excellence Awards from the Graduate College of Iowa State University. Read More

    August 3, 2022

  • A man smiles and hold up his bicycle after completing RAGBRAI
    ME grad student completes his 4th RAGBRAI

    While he could have just spent his summer in the comfort of an air-conditioned lab, mechanical engineering (ME) graduate student Nick Schnoebelen decided to brave the heat and trek more than 450 miles across Iowa’s northern terrain on his bike. Schnoebelen, a M.S. student in ME, recently completed his fourth full RAGBRAI route. Read More

    August 3, 2022

  • Chowdhury, Kozminsky, Wang join CBE faculty in fall semester

    The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering welcomes three new faculty members: Ratul Chowdhury, Molly Kozminsky and Jing Wang, who are beginning their appointments in the fall 2022 semester. All will be tenure-track assistant professors. Read More

    August 2, 2022