Research

New light-controlled nanoprinting for new meta-surfaces

Jaeyoun Kim, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and In-Ho Cho, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, have received a new $525,000 award from the National Science Foundation to develop single-step, rapidly reconfigurable grayscale nanoprinting by light-controlled nanocapillary effect. Read More

August 26, 2021

ME researchers take second place in national Hackathon competition

A mechanical engineering (ME) team of two graduate students and a postdoctoral researcher took second place at the national Hackathon competition hosted earlier this… Read More

August 26, 2021

Engineers study advanced manufacturing methods in zero-gravity

A team of engineering researchers at Iowa State University is studying the most effective ways for manufacturing materials in outer space, with the hope that astronauts can use these methods while on space missions. Read More

August 26, 2021

From CoMFRE Grad Student to Notre Dame Faculty

Emily Johnson completed her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and wind energy science, engineering, and policy this summer. This fall, she started at… Read More

August 23, 2021

IMSE students, faculty recognized by industrial engineering professional society

Eleven students and faculty members from Iowa State University’s Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE) were named award winners during the Institute… Read More

August 10, 2021

From grocery store cashier to department chair: Chris Cornelius shares his journey

All Chris Cornelius ever wanted to be was a grocery store produce manager. When he was younger, he never dreamed of being where he is today. Now, he is the department chair of Iowa State University‘s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Read More

August 6, 2021

Summer of valuable undergrad research wraps up in CBE BioMaP

The BioMaP REU students share a final moment together at the program’s conclusion with a poster session and reception. A summer of expanded horizons… Read More

August 6, 2021

Iowa State part of U.S. National Science Foundation newly established artificial intelligence research institute on cyberinfrastructure

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the establishment of 11 new NSF National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, building on the first round of seven institutes funded in 2020. The combined investment of $220 million expands the reach of those institutes to include a total of 40 states and the District of Columbia. One of the 11 institutes, called the AI Institute for Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure with Computational Learning in the Environment (ICICLE), is led by The Ohio State University, with Iowa State Professor Hongwei Zhang of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering leading the edge wireless component of that project. Read More

July 30, 2021

$20 million federal grant launches AI institute for better crops, agricultural production

The researchers behind a new artificial intelligence institute say their work can accelerate the productivity and sustainability of agriculture. The National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture are supporting the researchers’ idea with a five-year, $20 million grant to establish an AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture based at Iowa State University. Read More

July 29, 2021

Iowa State ABE associate professor receives BBI’s Award of Excellence

Kurt Rosentrater, executive director and CEO of the Distillers Grains Technology Council and associate professor at Iowa State University’s Department of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering,… Read More

July 27, 2021

ECpE’s Vaswani and Ramamoorthy awarded NSF grant for secure and efficient algorithm design for signal recovery from “messy” data

Professors Namrata Vaswani and Aditya Ramamoorthy, from Iowa State University‘s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently received a $564,500 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to solve problems related to data distribution and compression. Read More

July 15, 2021

CNDE director Reza Zoughi receives IEEE I&M Society Career Excellence Award

Reza Zoughi, director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation and the Kirby Gray (Battelle) Chair in Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded the 2020 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement (I&M) Society Career Excellence Award. Read More

July 7, 2021

Joining forces to find the flow in printing core-shell metals

CoMFRE researcher Thomas Ward, associate professor of aerospace engineering, leads a project to develop a new self-filtration processes to create an almost smooth surface in core-shell particles after the carrier solvent evaporates. Read More

June 22, 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

Sri Sritharan appointed assistant dean for research

Sri Sritharan has been named assistant dean for research in the Iowa State University College of Engineering. In this newly created role, Sritharan will provide visionary leadership to help expand the scope of research endeavors in the college, assist with achieving strategic research goals and enhance research productivity and volume. Read More

June 15, 2021