Ames EcoFair welcomes unique environmental businesses
The city of Ames held its first annual EcoFair, formerly the Energy Fair, on Saturday to give Ames residents the chance to learn more about water conservation, reducing electric consumption, Energy...
View ArticleWeitz faculty fellow named at Iowa State University
Larry Cormicle, senior lecturer in civil, construction and environmental engineering (CCEE) at Iowa State University was named Weitz Faculty Fellow. This fellowship is the result of the Weitz Fund for...
View ArticleFrontier Communications Corporation promotes civil engineering alumnus to...
Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) announced today that John Lass has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Field Operations. In his new position, which became effective April 3rd,...
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Haircuts to fundraise for homeless shelter
Many would not consider another’s outrageous styling suggestions when it comes to getting a haircut, but for three ISU students, there will be no shame when it comes to styling their hair for charity....
View ArticleDistinguished Awards Celebration is April 17
The ISU Alumni Association and the ISU Foundation will honor 10 individuals and one company with the university’s highest awards during the annual Distinguished Awards Celebration on April 17 (1:30...
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Iowa Task Force 1 trains for tornado rescue in Davidson Hall
Former engineering building serves one more group before complete demolition Tornadoes, fires and floods are familiar to many Iowans, but Iowa Task Force 1 has more than the average amount of knowledge...
View ArticleHot Lotto scandal prompts security changes
Lottery officials say they have made changes to make sure their games are secure and fair in connection with allegations that a former security director rigged a Hot Lotto winning ticket worth $14.3...
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Graduate students present clean energy product at Clean Energy Challenge
ISU graduate students spent Tuesday, April 14, in Chicago to present their product ARTichar, a renewable activated carbon used for water filtration, at the Clean Energy Challenge. The six students...
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Students showcase research, projects at symposium
Iowa State’s ninth annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression Symposium took place Tuesday in the Pioneer Room of the Memorial Union. The symposium included 49 majors, 145 students and 113...
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ISU engineering students will auction Ghanaian folk art coffin to fund...
Iowa State University engineering students hope that auctioning a rare work of folk art can help fund construction of an earthen dam for an African village. The artwork is a painted coffin in the form...
View ArticleGuest post: Collaborating in Kenya
Martin Thuo is an assistant professor in the materials science and engineering department. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Kenyatta University in chemistry and mathematics. In...
View ArticleAgricultural engineering alumnus promoted to plant manager at Grain...
Brian Peters has been promoted to plant manager at Grain Processing Corporation (GPC). He joined the company in 2006 as Sweetener Division engineer and has held positions in other departments,...
View ArticleActually, it is rocket science
It’s not every day you get congratulated by NASA. The Cyclone Student Launch Initiative Team just finished competing against approximately 20 other university teams in a NASA competition for rocket...
View ArticleMake 2 Innovate MAVRIC team selected as one of seven U.S. teams to travel to...
A redesigned rover has earned a group of ISU engineering students a chance to compete against teams from across the world at the end of May. Make 2 Innovate’s MAVRIC team will join 20 student groups...
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Iowa State developing nation’s first school curriculum for computer security...
Iowa State University researchers are developing the nation’s first computer security literacy curriculum designed for middle school and high school students. During the IT-Olympics computer...
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Engineering college names student marshal, outstanding seniors for spring...
Twelve seniors to be honored at graduation ceremony Olivia Janusz, industrial engineering major and concurrent master’s degree student, will serve as College of Engineering student marshal during the...
View ArticleAlumni work on Genesis Medical Center development in Davenport, Iowa
Both Lauren Wiest and Bo Weber knew at a young age that they wanted to grow up and build something. They just didn’t imagine it would be one of the largest construction projects in Davenport history....
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SWE outreach event doubles in size to draw more females to engineering
SWE Sleepover becomes SWE University, attracts 53 high schoolers For 15 years, SWE Sleepover has brought 25-35 female high school seniors on campus to show them the ins and outs of engineering at Iowa...
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Coming home to Iowa State
Ron Leonard joins ABE department after graduating in 1956 After Ron Leonard’s 41-year career concluded at John Deere, his heart was still at Iowa State, where he graduated in 1956. That’s one reason...
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Iowa State engineer finds new ways to see data, train soldiers, help doctors
Eliot Winer likes to show off the magic and usefulness of immersive virtual reality. So there you were, in the middle of Iowa State’s MIRAGE lab, taking a shift at a military checkpoint. In this case,...
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