For all the incredible work that engineers perform each day to make our lives better, it seems that we often don’t hear much about them unless we’re faced head-on with a crisis. We hear of “scientific discoveries” and “engineering disasters.” The general public’s knowledge of what engineers do is limited. We just know that our …Continue reading “Time to listen”
Margaret Harding (BSNucE’81) appeared on FOX NEWS on March 14, 2011, to speak about the nuclear reactor situation in Japan. Watch the video. Harding also answered CNN’s five OFF-SET questions about nuclear safety.
Iowa State’s American Nuclear Society strives to advocate the potential of nuclear energy, bringing in various guest speakers to their meetings and taking trips to nuclear power plants. The group was recognized last semester as an active student organization, introducing the nuclear engineering minor into the Iowa State curriculum. Leaders of the group, including its …Continue reading “Iowa State’s American Nuclear Society stresses nuclear energy’s positives”
Carolyn Heising, a professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering , wrote a guest column for The Des Moines Register about the power of nuclear plants and clean energy. The column was originally printed on February 4, 2010. What the administration does about loan guarantees for building new nuclear power plants in the …Continue reading “Guest column: New nuclear plants power economy, too”
