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  • MSE senior makes scholarship history

    Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) senior Ricardo Ortega made history as the first ever Iowa State student to be selected to receive the prestigious Copper Club Scholarship. Read More

    January 23, 2023

  • Dr. Shan Jiang standing and speaking to a student next to him. Both are looking at a document.
    Pitching plastics: innovation to entrepreneurship

    Shan Jiang, associate professor in MSE, wanted a way to connect student’s innovation with entrepreneurship, all while remaining sustainable. “You can teach a theory, but it is impossible to teach innovation,” Jiang said. “However, if you give students a problem they are engaged in, they will try their best, they will innovate on things they are passionate about. That is the challenge, combining what they learn in the classroom and using topics they are enthusiast about.” Read More

    January 22, 2023

  • George Burnet V, 1924-2023
    George Burnet, one of CBE’s most influential figures, passes away

    A pillar in the history of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has passed away. George Burnet V, who progressed from student to faculty member to department chair over a span of more than 60 years, died January 13 at the age of 98. Read More

    January 18, 2023

  • ECpE makes Fortune’s best cybersecurity master’s degree list

    A way to address the talent gap in expertise is with master’s degree programs. To help guide those people looking to launch their career in this fast-growing space, Fortune has ranked the top in-person master’s degree programs in cybersecurity in 2023. Read More

    January 17, 2023

  • MSE alumnus helps next generation of materials science engineers

    Auliff always felt an affinity toward chemistry and physics, and after falling in love with the park-like atmosphere of Iowa State’s Central Campus on a visit during high school, he started evaluating different engineering departments. MSE was the ideal fit for him. Read More

    January 11, 2023

  • Illustration of a ham, a cucumber, a lettuce salad, a glass of water, a beer, and a slided sweet potato on a cutting board.
    On the menu: Engineering for your next meal 

    Packaging reprocessed Xianglan Bai, associate professor of mechanical engineering, leads an interdisciplinary team developing new hybrid, plasma-based recycling technologies to convert plastic films from… Read More

    January 10, 2023

  • Man having conversation with student
    Growing companies and communities

    The Center for Industrial Research and Service connects Iowa’s small and medium manufacturers with applied research, education and technical assistance to help them grow and thrive.  Read More

    January 10, 2023

  • Landon Getting works on a project
    Educating future industrial engineering innovators

    "Working as an undergrad research assistant taught me to think differently, and I learned how we can design efficient systems to better conserve our resources – because I believe Cyclone Engineers have the talent and responsibility to create a better world for future generations." Read More

    January 10, 2023

  • students collecting water samples from river
    Environmental Engineering: Newest major is off to a strong start

    Building on a long-standing concentration area within civil engineering, a new major in environmental engineering is an early success with 81 students now enrolled. Read More

    January 10, 2023

  • Iowa State University College of Engineering, white wordmark on red background
    Interim director named for Center for Industrial Research and Service

    Assistant Director and Operations Manager Leah Barton has been appointed interim director for the Center of Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS). Following 25 years as CIRAS director, Ron Cox will step down from that role and join the College of Engineering team in the office of the dean. Barton has been serving CIRAS since 2008. She will begin her new role on January 5, 2023. A national search for a new director will begin in 2023. Read More

    January 5, 2023

  • G. Paul Wilhite
    CBE alumnus, Hall of Fame member G. Paul Wilhite passes away

    Paul Wilhite, a 1959 B.S. graduate of Iowa State’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and a member of the department’s Hall of Fame, has passed away. Read More

    December 20, 2022

  • BioMaP student conducting research in lab
    Apply now for CBE’s 2023 BioMaP undergrad research program

    The application period for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering’s 2023 BioMaP REU program is now open. The program will be held from May 30 – August 4. Read More

    December 14, 2022

  • Zhuoyi Zhao, INFORMS Iowa State Student Chapter President and members at the Student Award Ceremony.
    Award-winning INFORMS chapter celebrates diversity through food

    When Zhuoyi Zhao, a graduate student in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, and The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Student Chapter realized that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) set out to celebrate STEM - they decided food was a great way to highlight diversity. Read More

    December 12, 2022

  • Worries behind him, Rodríguez-Ocasio smiles brightly in front of a mural of Iowa crops.
    Efraín Rodríguez-Ocasio is growing a research career in the “corn place”

    Growing up, Efraín Rodríguez-Ocasio did not foresee himself pursuing a Ph.D. in chemical engineering in a state he thought of as the “corn place.”   But after discovering the opportunity to work with Laura Jarboe, Cargill Professor of Chemical Engineering, Rodríguez-Ocasio has found Iowa State fertile ground to grow a career in bioplastics research. Read More

    December 1, 2022

  • Student chapter president Hailey Bates and faculty mentor Stephanie Loveland display Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year award with AIChE president Christine Grant
    CBE’s AIChE student chapter proudly represents ISU at national conference in Phoenix

    The Department of Chemical Engineering’s American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) student chapter recently returned from the organization’s Annual Student Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Twenty ISU student members took part in the event. Read More

    November 30, 2022