Research

Worldwide impact: Two engineering faculty selected for Jefferson Science Fellows Program
Two Iowa State University College of Engineering faculty members have been selected for the 2021-2022 Jefferson Science Fellows Program. Ramesh Kanwar, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished… Read More

April 9, 2021
Nanostars guide the way to better disease treatment and diagnosis

April 8, 2021
MEs take top prizes during campus-wide research poster competition
Mechanical engineering students had an impressive showing during the Research Days 2021 competition, hosted last month by Iowa State University’s Office of the Vice… Read More

April 7, 2021
New professorship in Chemical and Biological Engineering awarded to Eric Cochran
Mary Jane Skogen and Randy L. Hagenson Professor Eric Cochran Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering professor Eric Cochran has been named the inaugural… Read More

April 7, 2021
Two Cyclone Engineers receive 2021 NSF CAREER awards
Nigel Reuel, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, and Zhaoyu Wang, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, have been selected for 2021 National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER). CAREER awards are the NSF’s most prestigious awards given to early-career faculty. The program aims to build a firm foundation for leadership in integrating research and education. Read More

April 7, 2021
Smorphacade

April 6, 2021
Undergraduate research experience launches ME student to NASA internship
Tyrrell As someone who benefited greatly from the encouragement she received to pursue studies in STEM, mechanical engineering senior Olivia Tyrrell wants other girls… Read More

April 6, 2021
Cochran biobased paving research team receives national honor
Mary Jane Skogen Hagenson and Randy L. Hagenson Professor Eric Cochran Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) Mary Jane Skogen Hagenson and Randy… Read More

April 5, 2021
Virtual reality, real cybersickness

April 2, 2021
Engineering sustainable, safe food from the field to the table

March 31, 2021
Discoveries led by MSE’s Thuo appear on two journal covers
Discoveries led by Martin Thuo, associate professor of materials science and engineering, appear on the cover of Angewandte Chemie and Materials Horizon. Read More

March 31, 2021
Study by CoMFRE researcher Hu confirms impact of ice on wind turbine blades

March 31, 2021
CoMFRE researchers measure, model desalination membranes to maximize flow, clean more water
Researchers -- including engineers from Iowa State University -- have used transmission electron microscopy and 3D computational modeling to quantify and visualize why some desalination membranes work better than others. Their work is featured on the cover of the Jan. 1, 2021, issue of the journal Science. Read More

March 31, 2021
A legacy left by late IE alum Linda Schmidt
Linda Schmidt. Photo courtesy of University of Maryland. Industrial engineering alum Linda Schmidt passed away earlier this month at the age of… Read More

March 30, 2021
Pandemic impacts ME student’s graduate school selection process
Antonio Alvarez-Valdivia It took a pandemic and the inability to do on-campus visits that led one mechanical engineering student to decide he wanted to… Read More

March 29, 2021