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  • Members of AIChE student chapter pose for group photo at 2022 AIChE Annual Student Conference in Phoenix, AZ
    Help uphold AIChE student chapter’s tradition of excellence! FundISU page is now available

    Twenty Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering undergraduates have made the trip to Phoenix for the AIChE Annual Student Conference. While the experience is definitely worth the trip, it is costly. Prior to departing, the chapter’s faculty advisor Dr. Stephanie Loveland estimated more than $10,000 had been spent on air and hotel reservations and conference registration fees alone. The chapter has established a FundISU page through the Iowa State University Foundation to allow contributions that will help defray some of these costs. Contributions can be made through December 9. Read More

    November 14, 2022

  • CBE chair Andy Hillier presents the Hall of Fame plaque to Mark Lashier
    Phillips 66 CEO, alumnus Mark Lashier to CBE Hall of Fame

    Mark Lashier earned a B.S. in chemical engineering at Iowa State University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1989. In the years since he has earned respect and recognition as an engineer, business professional and industry leader. The President and Chief Executive Officer of Phillips Petroleum Co. joined the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) Honors and Awards Banquet where he was inducted into the department’s alumni Hall of Fame. Read More

    November 9, 2022

  • Helping law enforcement hunt evil

    Guan serves as the Cyber Forensic Coordinator for the Center for Statistic and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE). It was through CSAFE that Guan and his team developed EviHunter. This software can analyze a smart phone’s apps for evidence relating to a crime, and it is automatic and can speed up the investigation process by shortening the time to only 20-30 minutes per device. Read More

    November 1, 2022

  • Earthquake generic graphic
    “Groundbreaking” research in earthquake mechanisms sees publication in Nature Communications for AerE’s Levitas

    Hypotheses and theory regarding what occurs during deep-focus earthquakes have been taken on by Department of Aerospace Engineering Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Vance Coffman Faculty Chair Valery Levitas, in his first work on geophysical problems. Read More

    October 31, 2022

  • Perfect Pitch top vote-getters Elizabeth Grego, Peter Meyer, Thivani Senathiraja, Dhananjay Dileep
    Four graduate students top CBE’s Perfect Pitch research competition

    The comment, “So, tell me about your research!” will be easier to field for CBE’s graduate students who took part in this year’s Perfect Pitch competition. The students once again faced a 90-second time limit (with the aid of one PowerPoint slide) in presenting an “elevator speech” of what their research is all about. Read More

    October 19, 2022

  • MSE student spends summer researching in Japan

    This past summer Adam Eichhorn, who just started his senior year in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), was able to visit Japan as a part of a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) where he was able to gain valuable research experience before he moves on to graduate school. Read More

    October 6, 2022

  • Guiping Hu
    Guiping Hu to join national program aimed at helping STEM faculty from underrepresented backgrounds ascend to leadership roles

    Guiping Hu, associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, has been named a fellow in the fourth cohort of the IAspire Leadership Academy. Read More

    October 5, 2022

  • Meet the new ECpE faculty member: Cheng Wang

    Starting this fall, Cheng Wang is a new professor for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE). Wang brings extensive experience and research to the department. The following Q and A is a chance to get to know Wang as the semester begins. Read More

    September 30, 2022

  • Testing hybrid, soft/hard nanocarriers to deliver drugs to the brain

    Rizia Bardhan made a fist with one hand then covered it with her other hand, like a baseball player catching a ball in the web of a fielder’s glove. The fist represents a special nanocarrier filled with medicine, said the Iowa State University associate professor of chemical and biological engineering. The other hand represents a cell working out whether to catch that nanoparticle then take it, drugs and all, across its protective membrane into its interior. Read More

    September 22, 2022

  • NASA selects MSE professor to test materials for future missions

    NASA has selected five different ground-based proposals to investigate important problems using existing data from the Physical Sciences Informatics System and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) assistant professor Sid Pathak’s proposal was one of those chosen. Read More

    September 13, 2022

  • Instructor stands in computer classroom
    Cyber informed thinking

    A new cybersecurity faculty fellows program has been created within the College of Engineering to equip students with cybersecurity concepts.  An inaugural cohort of nine engineering faculty members spans across several departments in the college. Read More

    September 1, 2022

  • Dwight DeJong
    Marine aviator, ISU alum Dwight DeJong is new flight simulator instructor in Aerospace Engineering

    In the Marine Corps Dwight DeJong spent many hours training aviators in the fine points of flying military aircraft. In Iowa State’s Department of Aerospace Engineering he’ll be employing that experience teaching undergraduate students the basics of flying – without leaving Howe Hall. DeJong has joined the department as director of the Flight Simulation Laboratory. He’ll be introducing students to techniques of flying fixed-wing aircraft with the use of six simulators. Read More

    August 29, 2022

  • The value of an engineering education

    “The benefit of an engineering education is that, in addition to the specific subject matter, you learn the habits of self-study that will carry you through your career. In engineering you are always having to learn new material along the way, which is a very valuable skill,” said Stephen Mosher (’70 elec engr). Read More

    August 25, 2022

  • Meet the new MSE faculty: Boyce Chang

    In August, new assistant professor Boyce Chang joined the faculty in the department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Chang brings extensive experience and research to the department. Read More

    August 25, 2022

  • CCEE’s Beena Ajmera receives mentoring and leadership award

    Beena Ajmera, an assistant professor at Iowa State University’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE), was surprised and honored when she learned she had been selected to receive the Early-Career Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award from the Engineering Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research. Read More

    August 15, 2022