Department News

Meet the engineer behind MasterGrass

July 6, 2021

Women in Cyclone Engineering: Zengyi Shao

International Women in Engineering Day is an annual celebration of the outstanding contributions of women engineers. The theme of this year’s Women in Engineering Day… Read More

July 2, 2021

Meet the engineers behind Core Living Compost

July 2, 2021

Software engineering grad Sami Williams Named Iowa State’s Female Athlete of the Year

Iowa State softball All-American Sami Williams was honored by the Iowa State Athletics Department as the recipient of the 2021 Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year award. Read More

June 30, 2021

Meet the engineer behind Filtraponics

June 30, 2021

Women in Cyclone Engineering: Alice Alipour

International Women in Engineering Day is an annual celebration of the outstanding contributions of women engineers. The theme of this year’s Women in Engineering Day… Read More

June 29, 2021

Serving his country by teaching armed service members

Lt. Ben McFarland Ben McFarland was inspired by the good teachers he had as a student at Iowa State University and now he’s looking… Read More

June 28, 2021

Meet the engineers behind City City Bang Bang

June 25, 2021

Meet the engineer behind Instrument Lights

June 24, 2021

Long-time CCEE Cyclone Doug Wood retires

Doug Wood retired in May from the department of civil, construction and environmental engineering as a research scientist and structural engineering lab manager. … Read More

June 24, 2021

Iowa State University and partners receive major National Science Foundation research grant to drive innovation in rural broadband connectivity

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program announces Iowa State University and its partners as the fourth testbed in a diverse portfolio of large-scale research platforms located throughout the United States. Designated as ARA: Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities, the new platform in central Iowa complements the technical specialties of earlier PAWR platforms, adding a focus on technologies for rural broadband connectivity. Read More

June 22, 2021

Iowa State University’s solar car team unveils its newest car

A shot of the Team PrISUm’s newest solar car model: Eliana. The team unveiled their new car during an event at the Student Innovation… Read More

June 18, 2021

Yoons’ $2m gift establishes Dr. Thomas D. McGee and Dr. Ick-Jhin Rick Yoon Department Chair in Materials Science and Engineering

June 17, 2021

Team SMAlloygator wins CASMART Student Design Challenge

A team of Iowa State University engineering students, team SMAlloygator, won the 2021 4th CASMART Student Design Challenge. The challenge, organized by… Read More

June 11, 2021

Meet the Cyclone Engineer behind RecHelper

June 10, 2021