News and annoucements

Mohammad Tayeb Al Qaseer, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and faculty researcher at the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ASNT).

Best Paper Award at the 28th International Conference on Information Fusion held in Rio de Janeiro, July 7-11 2025.

Iowa State University is offering a new, online undergraduate certificate in cybersecurity to help strengthen the skills of workers and build the state’s workforce.

Todd Kingston, with the help of a federal grant, has equipped his lab with a unique instrument that allows him to test battery safety and performance. Yes, he said, “This allows us to safely blow up batteries.”

The CELT Teaching Excellence Award in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is presented annually to recognize and celebrate one to three ISU faculty, staff, or administrators.

For Namrata Vaswani, the Joseph and Elizabeth Anderlik Professor in Engineering, improving college students’ success in STEM fields starts long before freshman year.

Alexander Goldman hopes by adding just the right elements to magnesium he can make a lighter and stronger, more malleable metal option for manufacturing.

Engineers and plant scientists worked together to improve a basic tool of plant research.

The Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering embraced the challenge when alumni from the Iowa Barn Foundation had a vision for a 1910 glazed tile silo to appear at the Iowa State Fair.

Wyatt appreciates the flexibility and the competitive but collaborative culture on campus that made his path possible; “I’m definitely proud to say that I got my engineering degree at Iowa State.”

Colin Livesay’s job in the Boyd Lab has provided “the enjoyment of working with your hands and seeing a project through.”

“My goal is to develop sustainable and resilient transportation infrastructure by using waste materials, helping conserve natural resources for future generations”

Graduate student Metrid Okumu and her research team are finding ways to analyze data from aircraft moving faster than the speed of sound.

Maedeh Ahmadipour, mechanical engineering graduate student, grew up in a family of educators. “My grandpa was a high school mathematics and physics teacher and inspired me to pursue engineering,” says Maedeh.

Six graduates recognized with AerE department honors

Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate student Seth Zoppelt has received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

The award recognizes Albaugh for outstanding early career contributions to learning communities.

A team of IE 4350X: Engineering Problem Solving for Defense students worked this semester in a class taught by IMSE associate professor Cameron MacKenzie with specific focus on origami drones, a unique design featuring folding & shape shifting in the wings.

Matthew C. Frank has been named the C.G. “Turk” and Joyce A. Therkildsen Department Chair of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University. Frank’s appointment begins July 1.

The Iowa State University College of Engineering is proud to present the spring 2025 outstanding seniors.