Research

A better way to (re)harvest rare-earth metals
Ratul Chowdhury is fine-tuning the protein Lanmodulin so it can be used to recover rare-earth materials from e-waste. Read More

February 13, 2024
Hugo Villegas Pico receives NSF CAREER award to cement research of long-term electromagnetic-transient simulations
Department of electrical and computer engineering Harpole-Pentair Assistant Professor Hugo Villegas Pico has been selected for a 2023 National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award for his project “Advances to the EMT Modeling and Simulation of Restoration Processes for Future Grids.” Read More

February 9, 2024
Lee receives NSF CAREER award to research how salt solution structure changes affect final crystal formation
Jong Lee, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research on how salt solution structure changes affect final crystal formation. Read More

January 31, 2024
NSF CAREER Award will support Secor lab develop multi-material additive manufacturing technologies for electronics
Ethan Secor, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for research on additive manufacturing technologies for electronic materials. Read More

January 25, 2024
Valery Levitas’ unique laboratory study leads to inclusion in one of the world’s leading scientific academies
The European Academy of Sciences and Arts has elected Valery Levitas of Iowa State's Department of Aerospace Engineering to its Technical and Environmental Sciences division. Read More

January 24, 2024
Davarnia receives NSF CAREER award, his second early career award in two years
Danial Davarnia, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for research of efficient scalable methods for solving large-scale network optimization problems. Read More

January 24, 2024
NSF CAREER Award will support Sheidaei microstructural materials research for many applications
Department of Aerospace Engineering assistant professor Azadeh Sheidaei’s research in microstructural materials has been recognized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) with the NSF CAREER Award. Read More

January 22, 2024
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. Read More

December 1, 2023
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. Read More

November 28, 2023
“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. Read More

October 23, 2023
M:2:I’s HABET balloon project takes on new challenges in MTGSC, ISGC, & NASA funded mission
Iowa State’s High-Altitude Balloon Experiments and Technology (HABET) team will soon celebrate another milestone in its quest to study and understand our planet's atmosphere. Read More

October 12, 2023
New REMADE project: Eco-friendly strategies to remove metal corrosion
Yiliang (Leon) Liao, associate professor of industrial engineering, leads a new project to develop hybrid laser surface processing technology that will be an easy-to-use, highly controllable and eco-friendly solution for metallic surface remanufacturing. The work is supported by $880,000 in funding from the Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Reducing Embodied Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE). Read More

October 6, 2023
Shao and Bardhan: Two faculty members in Chemical and Biological Engineering will see research advances with new appointments to professorships
CBE faculty members Zengyi Shao and Rizia Bardhan have been named to two important professorships. Read More

October 6, 2023
Four-year, $14 million grant to design a national testing facility to simulate tornadoes, downbursts and gusts
A team led by Cyclone Engineer Partha Sarkar has won a four-year, $14 million grant to design a national testing facility that will simulate tornadoes and other windstorms. Experiments will measure the loads that windstorms exert on structures and help researchers engineer building improvements. Read More

October 5, 2023
Three in AerE receive TEX-REX summer honors
Three graduate students in the Department of Aerospace Engineering have been named recipients of teaching and research excellence awards for summer 2023. Read More

October 4, 2023