Research

NSF CAREER Award for Roling’s nitrate pollution research
Assistant Professor and Jack R. and Carol A. Johnson Faculty Fellow in Chemical and Biological Engineering Luke Roling has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Read More

April 24, 2025
Building a career foundation with 3D printed concrete
CCEE Student Ben Johnson helped create 3D printed concrete as his undergraduate research project. Read More

December 19, 2024
Graduate students Ashley, Digavalli, Harris, Eghbalpur receive TEX-REX Awards
Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards for summer 2024 have been presented to four Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate students. Read More

October 11, 2024
Levitas research produces a breakthrough finding in silicon phase transformations
Research by Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and Murray Harpole Chair in Engineering Valery Levitas looks at plastic strain-induced phase transformations in silicon. It has seen publication in Nature Communications. Read More

October 3, 2024
Bion Pierson, longtime Aerospace Engineering faculty member, passes away
Bion Pierson, a noted aerospace engineering researcher and member of the Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty for 43 years, has passed away. Read More

September 23, 2024
Nigel Reuel receives American Chemical Society BIOT Young Investigator Award
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering faculty member Nigel Reuel has received the 2024 American Chemical Society BIOT Young Investigator Award. Read More

September 17, 2024
Bastawros awarded for advances in packaging electronic devices
Ashraf Bastawros has been named recipient of the prestigious 2024 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD) Excellence in Mechanics Award. Read More

September 16, 2024
Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellowship for Chowdhury’s AI-based protein design research
Ratul Chowdhury was recently named a Black and Veatch Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow in Engineering. Read More

September 9, 2024
Teaching and research recognition for aerospace engineering graduate students
Four graduate students from the Department of Aerospace Engineering have received the Teaching Excellence (TEX) and Research Excellence (REX) Awards for spring semester 2024. Read More

August 8, 2024
Aerospace engineering group takes first place in national student paper competition
A group of Department of Aerospace Engineering graduate researchers and others has received first place in an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics paper competition. Read More

August 6, 2024
“An incredible opportunity:” Student-built cube satellite will be space-bound in August 3 launch
CySAT-1, a student-built cube satellite, is set to launch from the Kennedy Space Center on a trip to the International Space Station August 3. Read More

July 29, 2024
Servadio space debris research to be aided with NASA EPSCoR funding
Aerospace engineering assistant professor Simone Servadio has received a NASA EPSCoR 2024 Rapid Response Research national grant for research into dealing with space debris. Read More

July 26, 2024
Halder part of research group honored with best paper award
Abhishek Halder of the Department of Aerospace Engineering is part of a research group that has received a prestigious award from the American Automatic Control Council. Read More

July 16, 2024
NASA Iowa EPSCoR research award will assist David D. Lee in CubeSat navigation
Iowa State University Department of Aerospace Engineering assistant professor Dae-Young Lee has been awarded a research award through the NASA Iowa EPSCoR program. Read More

July 1, 2024
Silence! Aerospace Engineering’s anechoic chamber makes noise in (quiet) research
Silence is golden, as the saying goes. Its significant value in scientific research can be found in the anechoic chamber in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. Read More

May 2, 2024