The Program for Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) honors CCEE’s Beth Hartmann for support of STEM education to young women This month, Senior Lecturer Beth Hartmann was honored as a 2016 WiSE (Women in Science and Engineering) Champion. Hartmann, a construction engineering faculty member of the civil, construction and environmental engineering department at Iowa …Continue reading “Hartmann named 2016 WiSE Champion”
Capstone course gives seniors chance to interact with industry partners, gain real-world experience Benjamin Claypool will graduate with a bachelor of science degree in construction engineering (ConE) this coming December. By the time he crosses the graduation stage, he’s already passed a milestone. Claypool has just finished his senior capstone project. From the moment he …Continue reading “CCEE seniors finish multi-disciplinary course to cap off semester”
The Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering’s (CCEE) Graduate Student Council hosts its Sixth Annual CCEE Graduate Student Research Showcase and Poster Competition on Nov. 30. The event takes place in Howe Hall Atrium on Iowa State University’s (ISU) campus from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. This year, CCEE’s Graduate Student Council accepted nearly …Continue reading “Sixth Annual CCEE Graduate Student Research Showcase and Poster Competition on Nov. 30”
Student competition team places first, “expands horizons” after design-build experience When it comes to career opportunities, experience and networking are crucial. That’s why Lauren Bennett is a member of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA). “Employers see it on my resume, and they ask about it,” Bennett said of her involvement in the student chapter …Continue reading “Design-Build Institute of America team wins third consecutive regional competition”
DeWayne Heintz has been convinced for a long time that Iowa State University (ISU) is unique. “I remember the first time I went to the ISU campus, when my parents took me there on a class visit in February of ’81,” Heintz said. “I just thought it was the most beautiful place I had ever …Continue reading “Lifetime learning: CCEE alumnus completes bucket list goal at Iowa State”
Construction engineering students get hands dirty while learning from industry partners Julie Penton has built a campanile. No, we’re not referring to the Campanile on Iowa State University’s (ISU) campus. Penton’s campanile stood five feet high. She only had 20 minutes to build it. And participation went toward credit in a class lab. Last month, Penton, …Continue reading “CCEE students attend Masonry Student Field Day”
Mackenzie ‘Mac’ Alberts never forgot her first Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) competition. “I got home to my apartment. I grabbed my roommate out of her room and I was jumping on her bed because it just solidified just exactly what I wanted to do with my career,” Alberts said, smiling at the memory. That …Continue reading ““Learning Legacy”: ISU CCEE teams bring home honors from Associated Schools of Construction regional competition”
Outstanding things come in threes. At least, that’s the case for Sri Sritharan and his team of Iowa State University (ISU) alumni and industry collaborators. Earlier this year, the ISU professor learned that he and research partners had earned three prestigious awards: the T.Y. Lin Award, the Martin P. Korn Award, and the George D. …Continue reading “Sritharan, alumni, collaborators receive honors from Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers”
THE TEAM: Mid-September in a Cyclone Energy practice session. Ten students listen as their peers, one by one, run through a presentation for an ELECTRI/International NECA Green Energy Challenge (GEC) proposal. One member, Regan, makes edits to the PowerPoint. The group throws comments up rapid-fire style. There is joking, but there is also an edge in …Continue reading “Cyclone Energy earns third consecutive first place finish in Green Energy Challenge”
Ask engineer and historian Raymond “Paul” Giroux to describe his recent recognition as a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The first answer you will hear is “humbling.” Giroux, a ’79 construction engineering graduate of Iowa State University’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (ISU CCEE), accepted the prestigious honor …Continue reading “CCEE alumnus Raymond “Paul” Giroux named Distinguished Member of American Society of Civil Engineers”
With three professionals joining Iowa State’s Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department (ISU CCEE), you’d expect unique skill sets from each new staff member. But similarities are shared … each professional’s eagerness to devote time and energy to his or her new “home” department. Emma Estrada Operations Assistant “I keep hearing that it’s like a family in this department.” …Continue reading “Professionals bring safety skills, university experience to new “home” department of ISU CCEE”
For emergency responders and traffic operators, safety on highways has long been a struggle to reduce response times to accidents while keeping roadway congestion to a minimum. For researcher Anuj Sharma, there’s subtler factors to be taken into account. One of those factors? It’s a syndrome called cognitive bottleneck. “Even if there is an incident …Continue reading “Bypassing cognitive bottleneck: $1M National Science Foundation grant awarded to CCEE’s Sharma, multi-disciplinary team”
If you’re planning to be a transportation engineer, you had better be ready to meet the challenges of changing infrastructure, growing populations and evolving technologies. “There’s lots of things happening, and all of those things have to be a part of how we tackle transportation,” JoNette Kuhnau [BSCE’2000] explained. Kuhnau is an alumna of Iowa …Continue reading “School to career: ITE Midwest Student Leadership Summit explores transportation engineering”
Between the student organizations, the grilling hamburgers, and the guest appearance from Iowa State University’s (ISU) mascot Cy, it’s easy to get distracted at a Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) Fall Picnic. But Kaoru Ikuma knows exactly why she’s at the event. “The students are why I’m here,” Ikuma says. No hesitation. On Sept. …Continue reading “Students, faculty, staff share engineering adventure at annual CCEE Fall Picnic”
Iowa State University (ISU) is the place to study civil engineering. U.S. News & World Report released its 2017 “Best Colleges” rankings Tuesday. In civil engineering programs that offer a doctorate, ISU’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) ranked no. 16 nationally, or no. 12 among public universities. In this 2017 ranking by …Continue reading “ISU CCEE earns no. 16 spot in U.S. News and World Report undergraduate rankings”
