More than 260 attendees from academia, government, and industry met April 6 at the Iowa State Center’s Scheman Building for the 2010 Conference of the Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Design, or IAWIND. The event was at once a celebration of Iowa’s national leadership in wind power, a challenge to do even more …Continue reading “Culver, energy experts tout advances, challenges at IAWIND conference at Iowa State”
Iowans interested in wind energy may participate in a pair of conferences in April that will provide updates on trends in wind energy technology, workforce development, and policy changes that affect the entire wind industry. The Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IAWIND) Conference and the 2010 Iowa Wind Energy Association’s (IWEA) Annual …Continue reading “Upcoming wind energy conferences examine trends, policy changes”
Iowa State’s Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute hosted a symposium titled “National Energy and Transportation: Investment Strategies through 2050” on Monday, November 30. Professor Jim McCalley of electrical and computer engineering said its goal was to help guide public discourse and policymaking in causing energy and transportation to become more efficient and sustainable. Read The …Continue reading “Engineering symposium addresses energy policies”
Three College of Engineering professors discuss the decline of fossil fuel use and its likely replacements: Alan Russell, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Vikram Dalal, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; and Carolyn Heising, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering. Read the Iowa State Daily‘s story here.
