Ph.D. student returns to Brazil “When I started looking for universities to get my degree, I was looking for the best ones – the top five universities – and ISU was very well ranked,” explained Laurimar Goncalves Vendrusculo about her choice to attend Iowa State’s agricultural engineering Ph.D. program. Although she recently completed the program …Continue reading “Laurimar Goncalves Vendrusculo: Applying agricultural engineering knowledge to scientific career”
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will hold a three-day school beginning Aug. 19 to teach how to plan, layout, and install subsurface drainage systems. “The last several wet springs have shown the need for good drainage systems for profitable agricultural production. To function most efficiently, all components of a subsurface drainage system should be …Continue reading “Agricultural drainage techniques to be presented at Iowa drainage school”
A graduate student’s love for the great outdoors inspires him to educate the public about the increasing presence of emerging contaminants – chemical and microbial agents in the environment. Emerging contaminants might be the next big thing when it comes to future policy-making decisions related to human health and water quality, says Maurice Washington. Washington, …Continue reading “Monitoring water quality in Iowa”
At Iowa State University, there is a good partnership brewing between the football players and the engineers. In multiple cases, they are one in the same. Three offensive linemen headline a pack of aspiring engineers, who double as Cyclone football players. Daniel Burton (who started 8 games as a freshman) is majoring in mechanical engineering …Continue reading “Several linemen distinguishing themselves in the engineering lab”
Written by Fred Love, Iowa State University News Service If the genuine article performs like the prototype, the 2014 Cyclone Power Pullers are in business. The Cyclone Power Pullers, a team of Iowa State University students who have designed and built a ¼-scale tractor from scratch over the course of the last academic year, know …Continue reading “Cyclone Power Pullers look to prototype tractor for glimpse of the future”
Carol (Gilbertson) Lehtola is the recipient of the 2014 Bethany Lutheran College Distinguished Alumna Award. Lehtola earned both a master’s and doctoral degree in agricultural engineering at Iowa State. It was during this time in graduate school where her agricultural engineering interests became focused. Lehtola renovated agriculture safety courses at Iowa State and also developed a …Continue reading “Lehtola is 2014 Distinguished Alumna of Bethany Lutheran College”
The Iowa State Dairy Association (ISDA) has awarded fourteen $500 college scholarships to deserving Iowa students. “ISDA is excited to award these scholarships,” says Larry Shover, President of the Iowa State Dairy Association. “It’s always fun to review the applications and see so much potential in the students. The applicants amaze us year after year.” …Continue reading “Iowa State Dairy Association Announces 2014 Scholarship Winners”
Kristine Vanderwiel (BS’11 Agricultural Engineering) developed a passion for energy efficiency in the high school classroom when she wrote an English paper about renewable fuels. She had researched biofuels, solar energy and wind energy for her paper, but she said it was biofuels that caught her attention. “I thought the idea of turning plant biomass, …Continue reading “Alumna engineers reliability for biofuel production at Flint Hills Resources”
The biological systems engineering (BSE) program at Iowa State University teaches students how to use life sciences and engineering principles together to solve complex problems, such as those related to food security and next generation biofuels. It’s a diverse program that lets students tailor their educational experiences to their interests through an option structure that …Continue reading “BSE combines engineering and life sciences to create a new generation of professionals”
Michael Solberg, senior in mechanical engineering, was presented the 2013-2014 Student Employee of the Year Award on Feb. 26. The award recognizes student employees for their hard work and achievements at Iowa State University. Solberg works at Iowa State’s BioCentury Research Farm near Boone, Iowa. “I do everything from grounds keeping to assisting in facility …Continue reading “Solberg wins 2013-2014 Student Employee of the Year award”
Corn stover experts have found ways to reduce the cost of bringing corn stover from the field to cellulosic ethanol plants. A study conducted by DuPont Cellulosic Ethanol and Iowa State University was able to reduce the cost of moving corn stover from $91 per ton to $52 per ton – a reduction of about …Continue reading “Cellulosic ethanol requires efficiently collecting corn stover bales”
Bret Euken graduated from Iowa State University in 2007 with a bachelor’s in agricultural engineering. He is currently a process water recovery supervisor for the Grain Processing Corporation (GPC) plant in Muscatine, Iowa. Why did you choose ISU? I knew I wanted to study engineering, and I knew that ISU had a great engineering school. …Continue reading “Five questions for agricultural engineering alumnus Bret Euken”
AMES – With the recent spike in propane prices, it’s never too soon to start conserving heating energy. Pork producers may have propane contracted at a reasonable rate, but managing heating costs should always be a priority, especially when expenses are rising. “Often the first idea for saving heating fuel in hog buildings is to …Continue reading “Pork producers tips on conserving propane”
The Distillers Grains Technology Council has named Kurt Rosentrater, an assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering at Iowa State University, to be its executive director and chief executive officer. Rosentrater joined Iowa State in 2011 after eight years at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he led the agency’s only research program devoted to …Continue reading “Iowa State faculty member to Head Distillers Grains Technology Council”
This fall, Norman Muzzy returned to Iowa State University with 35 years of industry experience to teach classes as a lecturer in agricultural and biosystems engineering. Muzzy graduated with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Iowa State in 1978. He also completed more than 60 credit hours of graduate coursework related to communication and training …Continue reading “Agricultural and biosystems engineering lecturer brings wealth of farming, industry experience to classroom”
