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Tips for a Successful Career Fair

The 2010 Spring Engineering Career Fair is Tuesday, February 9, from 12 to 6 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum. Over 150 companies will be in attendance seeking candidates for employment, internships, and...

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Engineering faculty, students featured in iPhone app report

Eliot Winer, Brandon Newendorp, and Tyler Streeter were recently featured in a KCCI news report on the ever-increasing number of applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Winer, an associate...

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Brown included in “Top 100 People in Bioenergy” list

Biofuels Digest has released its “Top 100 People in Bioenergy” list, which includes Iowa Farm Bureau Director of the Bioeconomy Institute Robert C. Brown making the list at #61. View the entire list here.

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Winds of Change

More than 220 participants took part in what Iowa State University hopes will be a long-term initiative in alternative energy technologies, the First ISU Wind Energy Symposium.

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Biorenewables Brain Trust Gathers at ISU

Biorenewable technologies are everybody’s business. That’s why Iowa State’s two-week Intensive Program in Biorenewables brings to campus a diverse set of top students from different academic, ethnic,...

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Interlock House Heads for D.C.

A team of students from Iowa State's College of Engineering, along with students from the College of Design, have created a house that generates more electricity than it uses, and they've taken it to...

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Ammonia Powered Vehicles

Iowa State University Mechanical Engineering grad student Matthias Veltman is working on a project using ammonia to power cars.

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Diesel Efficiency

Mechanical Engineering PhD. student Adam Witthauer works on a research team striving to make diesel engines more efficient

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VLSI Research

Three Iowa State University electrical engineering graduate students share information on their research

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ME Design Expo

One team of Iowa State University mechanical engineering students has designed a simple device to sort coffee beans. Another team designed a low‐cost prosthesis. And another has designed a new kind of...

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Sharing is caring

This post is the first in a series of guest blog posts that will appear in the Dean’s Blog over the next year. The author is Travis Ballstadt, digital media coordinator for the Iowa State University...

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Ames Lab CRO will also hold MSE, CBE, and Physics Appointments

Duane D. Johnson has been named chief research officer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory following a national search that spanned several months. Johnson becomes the first to hold the...

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ISU graduates leverage university resources to fast-track bio-oil enterprise

Iowa State University graduates Jared Brown, Cody Ellens, and Anthony Pollard have been featured in an article published by Biorefining Magazine.  The article focuses on the group’s startup, Avello,...

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Biorenewables Research Laboratory opens doors to collaboration

The new Biorenewables Research Laboratory (BRL), formally dedicated on September 17, establishes a visible “front door” to the university’s programs in biorenewables. The post Biorenewables Research...

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Brown included in "Top 100 People in Bioenergy" list

Biofuels Digest has released its “Top 100 People in Bioenergy” list, which includes Iowa Farm Bureau Director of the Bioeconomy Institute Robert C. Brown making the list at #61. View the entire list...

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CCEE Hybrid School Bus Project featured on Iowa Public Radio

Hybrid vehicles, integrating battery-powered electric motors as helpers to traditional-fueled engines, are catching on with car drivers. But, applying the same technology to larger vehicles is taking...

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CoE Alum takes the wheel at NSF

Science Magazine sat down with Iowa State University College of Engineering alum Subra Suresh, MSME’79, after his first week as director of the US National Science Foundation. Click here to read the...

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Flooding Impact On Agricultural Systems

Matt Helmers, Iowa Nutrient Research Center Director and Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering talks about this spring’s flooding in the midwest, and the effect it will have on...

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A visit from Ullo

After several years of sending #CycloneEngineers to Ullo, Zack Saeed of Ullo has finally been able to visit Iowa State. In this special edition of Factor Analysis, Michelle Friedman of Iowa State's...

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Learning the language of tomorrow’s problem solving

With the constant evolution of new agricultural technology, ISU's faculty must not only stay on top of the trends, but learn how to effectively teach the technology. The post Learning the language of...

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Discipline for Success

As a NCAA champion in cross-country, Edwin Kurgat knows about the level of discipline required to reach goals. He also applies this same level of discipline to his study habits as an industrial...

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Engineering Apple Park to “Think Different”

When you are engineering a project for one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, perfection isn’t an option … it’s a requirement. The post Engineering Apple Park to “Think...

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An Adventure in Confidence

Take a look inside Iowa State's mentoring program designed to provide professional development for international students and build community between international and domestic graduate students. The...

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Coming Together at the Seams

Transporting generated electricity is much more efficient than transporting fuel stock, but it cannot yet happen from coast to coast. In this episode of Factor Analysis, we talk to Dr. James McCalley,...

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CyberSafety During COVID-19 & Working From Home

University Professor Doug Jacobson offers insight and tips on what to be looking for, and how to avoid potentially costly and potentially dangerous mishaps online. The post CyberSafety During COVID-19...

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A Fitbit for Plants

We all wear or know someone who wears a fitness tracker, or an activity monitor. But what sort of impact could be made on food security if we had a tracker for our plants' health? The post A Fitbit for...

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An Emergency Response

McCormick Place in Cook County, Illinois, is being transformed from a massive convention center to an alternative care facility for treating low acute COVID-19 patients. Meet the #CycloneEngineer who...

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