Research Innovations

Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellowship for Chowdhury’s AI-based protein design research
Ratul Chowdhury was recently named a Black and Veatch Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow in Engineering. Read More

September 9, 2024
Josh Peschel receives NSF CAREER Award for Foundational Interaction Research Manipulating Drones
Throughout much of his career, Peschel has been doing the groundwork of defining questions and answers related to human-robot interaction with drones. This project is the culmination of knowledge and testing he has done so far, and it provides an opportunity to define and build implementable solutions for specific drone use cases in the future. Read More

July 11, 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
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
$20 million project grows Iowa biomanufacturing
Cyclone Engineers lead a state-wide effort to make Iowa a leader in advanced biomanufacturing. Researchers will use microbes and other biological systems to produce plastics for 3D printing, fibers for flexible and rigid materials and proteins for medical diagnostics and therapeutics. Read More

May 11, 2023
Researchers receive $1.35 million from EPA, collaborate with Alaska Native community to reduce water insecurity due to climate change
A team of engineers and scientists at Iowa State University is conducting research to empower an Alaska Native community and reduce the burden of water insecurity accelerated by climate change. Read More

April 12, 2023
Accelerating environmental equality in rural communities, Kaoru Ikuma receives $3.2 million EPA grant
Engineers at Iowa State University are starting a project to normalize and accelerate water reuse for rural communities. Water reuse is already implemented in small ways across the nation, especially in urban areas, but society still tends to turn heads at the thought of drinking what used to be “unusable” water. Read More

October 19, 2022