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  • 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

  • Meet the new MSE faculty: Lin Zhou

    Starting in the fall, Lin Zhou will be a new professor for Material Sciences and Engineering. Lin brings years of experience and research to the MSE department. Read More

    August 11, 2022

  • Meet the new ECpE faculty: Mohammad Tayeb Al Qaseer

    Starting this fall, Mohammad Tayeb Al Qaseer, currently a research associate professor, will move into the appointment of a tenure-track associate professor for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE). Al Qaseer brings extensive experience and research to the department. Read More

    August 11, 2022

  • Miller undergrad education grants awarded to faculty

    Nine Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) faculty are involved with Miller faculty grant projects. The Miller Faculty Fellowship Program seeks to provide opportunities to better understand undergraduate academic programs. Read More

    August 11, 2022

  • Iowa State Power Pullers place 4th in tractor competition

    The Iowa State University Power Pullers Club came in 4th overall at the International ¼ Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. Read More

    August 8, 2022

  • Chowdhury, Kozminsky, Wang join CBE faculty in fall semester

    The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering welcomes three new faculty members: Ratul Chowdhury, Molly Kozminsky and Jing Wang, who are beginning their appointments in the fall 2022 semester. All will be tenure-track assistant professors. Read More

    August 2, 2022

  • Kirillova to join MSE faculty in the fall

    Starting in the fall, Alina Kirillova will be a new professor for Material Sciences and Engineering (MSE). Alina brings extensive experience and research to the department. Read More

    July 29, 2022

  • Sidharth GS
    New AerE faculty member Sidharth GS brings strong computational fluids background

    The Department of Aerospace Engineering (AerE) welcomes new faculty member Sidharth GS, who has joined the department as an assistant professor officially starting fall semester 2022. Read More

    July 28, 2022