| | CEE students designed a trail that would make a busy business corridor safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and motor vehicles in West Burlington, Iowa. Community leaders discovered the students’ efforts had also saved the town’s taxpayers $60,000. | | | Registration is now open for the 2025 Party after the Parade. Join us at the Seamans Center on Friday, September 26, after the Homecoming parade for a fun evening of activities, including a visit from Herky. Please RSVP for the free event today. | | | | Vanessa Robledo, an Iowa Engineering graduate student researching flood prediction models, has been selected for NASA’s competitive Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) program. | | |
Xi Chen, an engineering researcher, has won the Richard M. Goody Award for early career scientists investigating how tiny particles interact with light and other electromagnetic particles in the atmosphere. | | | | Marian Muste, a research engineer and adjunct professor in the College of Engineering, has been awarded a Fulbright for spring 2026. He will be hosted by the Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering (FESE) at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. | | | The Washington Post highlighted Witek Krajewski, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and the Iowa Flood Information System in the article titled “The best flood warning systems? Here’s what works to save lives." | | | | John Gaspar, director of human factors research at UI’s Driving Safety Research Institute, and a team of researchers studied whether drivers who take voluntary breaks during late-night drives would have improved driving. | | | A new satellite-based method gives scientists and air quality managers a 3D picture of wildfire smoke plumes, providing detailed data of the risks down to the neighborhood level for urban and rural areas alike, writes Jun Wang. | | | |
