- Alina Kirillova aims to solve ‘delicate puzzle’ of connective tissue repair
Materials science and engineering assistant professor Alina Kirillova’s background in polymer synthesis has evolved into an interest in creating materials to interact beneficially with biological systems.
- Engineers work to recruit students, narrow U.S. talent gap in semiconductor workforce
A team of Iowa State researchers is starting a new semiconductor experiential training program launching in early 2026.
- Eman Alqudah awarded best paper: GCN-Driven Reinforcement Learning for Probabilistic Real-Time Guarantees in Industrial URLLC
“In this paper, we enhance the Local Deadline Partition (LDP) algorithm by introducing a Graph Convolutional Network (GCN) integrated with a Deep Q-Network (DQN) reinforcement learning framework to achieve improved interference coordination in multi-cell, multi-channel networks.”
- Materials engineering freshman Nathan Frye loving the Iowa State life
“I was an Eagle Scout,” says Nathan, “and I love the idea of being able to have a positive impact on the environment – particularly in refining materials in a more sustainable way.”
- Iowa State ‘feels like home’ to materials engineering student Sofia Johnson Quinchia
“I chose Iowa State because the Cyclone spirit really spoke to me,” says Sofia. “The whole campus has a positive buzz and a drive for innovation.”
- NSF funding awarded for REU site: Launching aerospace undergrads into the next chapter
This program aims to increase the number of undergraduate students pursuing graduate degrees (M.S. and Ph.D.) in aerospace engineering, focusing on space technology research.
- Researchers pilot potentially life-saving heat alert app
CommHEAT is a multi-year collaborative project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop and test a community-focused, indoor heat emergency alert system to help vulnerable residents and city planners.
- When a derecho strikes: Engineers build emergency management training game
Iowa State researchers are working with Polk County Emergency Management to develop an online, multiplayer training game to help emergency forces plan and practice their disaster responses.
- Industrial engineering transfer student’s educational journey ‘of growth, discovery, and learning to believe in myself’
For industrial engineering senior Olivia Andersen, a central Iowa community college was the “perfect starting place” after high school. She then attended an Iowa State career fair and secured an internship even before transferring here in the fall of 2024.
- Transfer student, lunar rover designer, mechanical engineer: ‘Iowa State enables students to thrive’
Nico Nevarez, a senior in mechanical engineering, transferred from his Chicago-area community college. A friend from the robotics club there had encouraged him to visit Iowa State — the start of his Cyclone Engineering story.
- Md Jalal Uddin Rumi’s article published in Science of The Total Environment
Mechanical engineering PhD student Md Jalal Uddin Rumi’s review article has been accepted in the Science of The Total Environment.
- Humphrey Wara Odhiambo earns TMS Light Metals Award
This award recognizes the TMS Conference paper “Al-Ce-Based Alloys: Processing, Mechanical Properties, and High-Temperature Stability.”
- ‘Grit over gift’: Rupsa Roy is driven to make a difference
Rupsa Roy, a graduate student in civil engineering, is creating a model to understand new aspects of geotechnical emergencies to enable future rapid response technology.
- Marlee Walton earns 2025 Surveying and Geomatics Educator Society Award
The Surveying and Geomatics Educator Society (SaGES) grants an award to an exceptional educator, mentor, and leader within the surveying and geomatics profession.
- Jacob Eisbrenner has a vision to help others – through engineering and education
Jacob Eisbrenner, a PhD student in electrical engineering, hopes to make an impact through his work in prosthetics and biomimetic design. “My passion lies in bridging the gap between engineering and biology to create innovative solutions that improve people’s lives,” he says.
- Ruoyu Meng publishes on quantum info theory in IEEE Transactions
Electrical engineering grad student Ruoyu Meng and his advisor Dr. Aditya Ramamoorthy have published the following paper: “Quantum advantage in zero-error function computation with side information“, IEEE Trans. on Information Theory, 2025.
- Seonghun Son advancing hardware and systems security
ECpE grad student Seonghun Son (Hun) is advancing hardware and systems security with papers at top-tier conferences and industry recognition.
- CyMath ECpE tutors have had one or more papers at every NeurIPS and ICML in the last two years
The papers were featured at each of the two top machine learning conferences (the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems and the International Conference on Machine Learning).
- Researchers modeling electrochemical processes to improve energy, critical technologies
Iowa State engineers are joining researchers from across the country to develop new tools to simulate electrochemical processes critical to energy, health care and manufacturing. The U.S. National Science Foundation is supporting the project.
- Shana Moothedath earns NSF funding for project on sustainable service handling in 6G
The project develops learning-based control strategies for sustainable network operations with enhanced energy efficiency and improved resource usage in future mobile networks.