Though much of Francis B. Francois’ career took place outside of Iowa, it seems that the general engineering graduate never forgot about his Iowa roots. Francois was born in 1934 and grew up on a farm in Barnum, Iowa. He chose to attend Iowa State College (now called Iowa State University), which was about 75 …Continue reading “Iowa roots shaped late alum’s career”
Charles E. Sukup, an Iowa State University agricultural engineering alumnus, was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering on Sept. 30 at the NAE’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. He is one of 83 new members and 16 foreign members elected in 2018. There are currently 2,293 members of the NAE. Election into the NAE …Continue reading “ABE alumnus, Charles Sukup, inducted into National Academy of Engineering”
A mechanical engineering faculty member was recently selected to attend a symposium for a prestigious non-governmental engineering organization. Nicole N. Hashemi, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, was among 84 early career engineers selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 24th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. The two-and-a-half day event will bring …Continue reading “ME professor selected to attend National Academy of Engineering symposium”
Three Cyclone Engineers have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, an honor among the highest distinctions in engineering. Dennis A. Muilenburg (aero engr ’86), W. Mark Saltzman (chem engr ’81) and Charles E. Sukup (agr engr ’76, M.S. ’82) are honored for their outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice or education.
Ukraine. Armenia. Moldova. Bosnia-Herzegovina. Jim Alleman, Cerwick Faculty Professor of Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University, provides his environmental engineering expertise to these countries as a way of implementing, in part, key U.S.-eastern Europe policy. Alleman is one of 13 U.S. university professors to complete a 2014-2015 Jefferson Science Fellowship. The Jefferson Science Fellow Program …Continue reading “Iowa State’s Alleman completes US Department of State, USAID fellowship”
David C. Jiles, Palmer Endowed Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State, has been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering, the United Kingdom’s national academy for engineering. Jiles is the ECpE department’s first RAE Fellow. He was cited for his seminal contributions to the scientific understanding and engineering applications …Continue reading “Jiles elected to Royal Academy of Engineering”
The life and career of Aziz Fouad (PhDEE ’56), distinguished professor emeritus of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State, was celebrated during an honorary symposium July 7 at the Memorial Union. Friends, family and colleagues joined in the Campanile Room to honor Professor Fouad and welcome him back to campus. “Whether …Continue reading “ECpE hosts honorary symposium for Aziz Fouad”
At the end of October, a select group of 73 engineering educators from around the country will be gathering in Irvine, Calif., to discuss innovative approaches to teaching during the National Academy of Engineering’s fifth Frontiers of Engineering Education symposium. Iowa State’s Tim Bigelow, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering, and …Continue reading “Bigelow, Raman selected for National Academy of Engineering symposium”
Michael Kessler, associate professor of materials science and engineering, is one of 53 of the nation’s most innovative young engineering educators selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s second Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium. Early-career faculty members who are developing and implementing innovative educational approaches in a variety of engineering disciplines …Continue reading “MSE’s Kessler selected to participate in NAE symposium”
The global Ignite movement does all it can to live up to its motto: “Enlighten us, but make it quick.” And so speakers at Ignite networking events around the world have to work with 20 PowerPoint slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds. That means speakers have exactly five minutes to share an idea, a …Continue reading “Wanted for Ignite Ames: Computer pros, entrepreneurs or ‘just big geeks (like us)’”
It’s not a ’70s rock band reunion, but a critical message to Congress from Iowa State’s Karl Gschneidner
L. K. Doraiswamy, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) at Iowa State University, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. The NAE class of 2010 includes 68 new members and nine foreign associates. Doraiswamy becomes one of eight NAE members with Iowa State affiliations. “I feel …Continue reading “Doraiswamy elected to National Academy of Engineering”
