College of Engineering News • Iowa State University

CCEE students lend a hand to Ames Emergency Residence Project

Associated General Contractors student organization pitches in to refurbish low finance housing in Ames Think of all the things a home provides … security, shelter, a place to relax or have fun. So what if you went home one day, just to find you had no place to go home to? Members of ISU AGC, …Continue reading “CCEE students lend a hand to Ames Emergency Residence Project”

Cyclone Energy comes full circle in Green Energy Challenge

In 2009, a five-person team of students from Iowa State’s civil, construction and environmental engineering department decided to participate in the Green Energy Challenge. The competition, which is sponsored by the ELECTRI International Foundation, challenges student chapters across the nation to create a proposal for sustainable updates to a building in their community. The students, …Continue reading “Cyclone Energy comes full circle in Green Energy Challenge”

Safety culture assessment by Keren saves Barilla money via better understanding of employee attitudes

The way Larry Covington describes it, there was nothing really wrong with the safety record at Barilla America, but things in 2013 just didn’t seem to be getting any better. “Our safety record for the most part was performing at good levels,” Covington, senior plant manager at the pasta maker’s Ames plant, recalled. “We had only …Continue reading “Safety culture assessment by Keren saves Barilla money via better understanding of employee attitudes”

Ames places first in top 10 best college towns 2014

Written by Livability.com College students make up more than half of the population in Ames, Iowa, which is our pick for the best college town. While Ames is more college than town, it provides those not attending Iowa State University with excellent quality-of-life amenities including affordable housing and an assortment of restaurants, cultural attractions, parks and …Continue reading “Ames places first in top 10 best college towns 2014”

Commitment to service

The flooding that overwhelmed Ames on August 10 caused widespread damage and disruption, with few citizens left untouched. While there were countless episodes of neighbors helping one another or citizens making small sacrifices for the greater good, a few examples of going above and beyond were found among College of Engineering faculty. On August 11, …Continue reading “Commitment to service”

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