The goal of engineering is to improve lives by solving the world’s problems, and Iowa State’s College of Engineering believes it’s never too early to start thinking globally. Several courses in the college require students to identify and find solutions to major issues in poverty-stricken countries. Students use the semester …
When faculty members from the Aerospace Engineering (AerE) department were in need of small steel bars used to test for failure, faculty from the Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) department stepped up to provide just that. Faculty members from the ABE department and the AerE department recently found a way …
While Gretchen Mosher is a newly appointed tenure track assistant professor in agriculture and biosystems engineering, she is not unfamiliar with life at Iowa State. Having completed every level of her education at Iowa State, Mosher is happy to find a permanent home in the College of Engineering and is …
Zengyi Shao, who will join the chemical and biological engineering department at Iowa State in January 2013, says she was encouraged to pursue the field early on by a high school teacher. “Mr. Yuduo Tang first suggested I consider biochemistry as my undergraduate major because I was very interested in …
Hyung Seok “David” Jeong, who joined the College of Engineering as associate professor in CCEE in August, believes construction engineering is facing a huge leap forward in the 21st century as the industry learns to take advantage of innovations in information technology. “The rapid IT advancements in data collection methods, …
Meng Lu, who will be joining the ECpE department as an assistant professor in January 2013, believes that label-free biosensors, which use biological or chemical receptors to detect analytes, will make the leap from laboratory research to applications in a variety of disciplines, including medical screening, pharmaceutical research, and environmental …
Qun Wang, an assistant professor with a joint appointment in CCEE and CBE, is using his multidisciplinary background in environmental, chemical, and petroleum engineering to create novel functional materials—materials specifically designed to possess certain properties or functions—to improve human and public health. “Some of the most challenging problems in the …
Jennifer Johannsen has spent a great deal of time applying her problem-solving and engineering skills in industry jobs. But after a year serving as a teaching assistant, she found herself inspired by the idea of shaping the minds of future engineers. This new-found interest led her down a new path and …
Ten weeks and counting
13 Jun 2013
On to the next stage
6 May 2013
Engineering is my passion
15 Apr 2013