Iowa State University College of Engineering

Alumna Lori Ryerkerk of Celanese Corporation enters CBE Hall of Fame
Lori Ryerkerk, an alumna of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE), has been inducted into the CBE Hall of Fame. She accepted the honor November 18 as part of the department’s Honors and Awards ceremony that celebrated student scholarships, fellowships and other achievements. Read More

November 29, 2021
Hagenson professorship ceremony honors CBE’s Eric Cochran
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering professor Eric Cochran has been officially recognized as Mary Jane Skogen Hagenson & Randy L. Hagenson Professor in a medallion ceremony on the Iowa State University campus. Read More

October 20, 2021
Skroot Laboratory, led by CBE’s Reuel, takes top venture honor in Pappajohn competition
Skroot Laboratory, Inc., a startup business founded and led by Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering associate professor and Jack R. and Carol A. Johnson Faculty Fellow Nigel Reuel, took first place in the 2021 John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition. Read More

October 4, 2021
New funding for Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites; ISU CBE is a collaborator
The Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2), co-located at Iowa State University’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE), has been awarded Phase II of a National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program grant. Read More

October 4, 2021
Q&A with International Space Station astronauts in live broadcast Sept. 27; time confirmed for 11:10 a.m.
Questions from youth across Iowa will be asked of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in a live broadcast arranged by the Iowa Space Grant Consortium and Iowa State Extension and Outreach. Read More

September 17, 2021
Black and Veatch Faculty Fellowship for Roling’s computational tools-based research
Luke Roling, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was recently named a Black and Veatch Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow in Engineering. Read More

September 13, 2021
Fair food favorites fly far with M:2:I HABET balloon demonstration
M:2:I director Matthew Nelson (right) and students make adjustments to the HABET balloon prior to launch. The midway was nearby. But for some, one… Read More

August 20, 2021
In memory of CBE alum, hall of fame member John G. McDonald
John G. McDonald John G. McDonald, a 1957 B.S. graduate of Iowa State’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) and member of the… Read More

August 6, 2021
Summer of valuable undergrad research wraps up in CBE BioMaP
The BioMaP REU students share a final moment together at the program’s conclusion with a poster session and reception. A summer of expanded horizons… Read More

August 6, 2021
CBE BioMaP undergrad research program returns with in-person format
BioMaP is back in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Undergraduate students from around the nation are settling into their summer home, and research… Read More

June 4, 2021
Vernon Guse Faculty Fellowship awarded to CBE’s Zengyi Shao
Vernon Guse Faculty Fellow Zengyi Shao Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering associate professor Zengyi Shao has been named the inaugural Vernon Guse Faculty… Read More

May 20, 2021
Cargill supports Jarboe bioindustrial research with professorship
Cargill Professor in Chemical Engineering Laura Jarboe Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering professor Laura Jarboe has been named Cargill Professor in Chemical Engineering. Read More

May 10, 2021
Two honored with CBE’s Burkhart senior award
Alex Kauffmann and James Trettin are co-recipients of the Lawrence E. Burkhart Memrorial Award for the spring 2021 commencement. The honor is bestowed upon graduating… Read More

May 5, 2021
New cyber-physical systems minor leverages industry ties to enhance student futures
A first-of-its-kind curriculum in Iowa will soon be available to students in Iowa State University’s College of Engineering – and will help prepare them for… Read More

April 21, 2021
Boeing Undergraduate Research Fellowship program takes flight

April 15, 2021