The latest news from the College of Engineering
The latest news from the College of Engineering

College of Engineering

Latest News

Greg LeFevre

LeFevre named Early Career Scholar of the Year

Greg LeFevre, assistant professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and a researcher at IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, has been named Early Career Scholar of the Year by the university's Office of the Vice President for Research. Read more.

ISE student presenting via Zoom

Industrial and systems engineering students deliver senior projects online

Via Zoom, ten teams of industrial and systems engineering students presented senior design projects ranging from improved paint efficiency to creating enhanced heliport lighting guidance. Read more.

Model of high-throughput testing

Novel signal processing technology to significantly scale up COVID-19 test throughput

Researchers in electrical and computer engineering have developed a new high-throughput method of compressed sensing, with the potential to increase daily COVID-19 testing capabilities more than tenfold. Read more.

Prototype of face mask

Engineering and public health collaboration leads to NSF RAPID grant

Engineers at the University of Iowa and the University Notre Dame are collaborating with a UI College of Public Health faculty member to develop personal protective equipment (PPE) that captures and kills viral pathogens, thereby improving PPE performance and reusability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.

Graduate in Mortarboard

Celebrating the Class of 2020

While the Class of 2020 were unable to celebrate in person, Dean Alec Scranton, UI President Bruce Harreld, alumna Kristi Schmidt Bauerly and others recognized this year's graduates in a virtual commencement on May 17. Go here to view the ceremony and find slides recognizing individual graduates.

Sean Maxson with his brother Colin

A ‘Switch’ that could change lives

Biomedical engineering graduating senior Sean Maxson has found his calling: Developing technological innovations that can provide more independence for people with paralysis or other similar conditions. Read more.

Nate Young

IIHR's Nate Young among 12 to receive 2019 Regents Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards

Young was the primary investigator of the Iowa Statewide Floodplain Mapping Project, and he is currently leading implementation of the Iowa Watershed Approach (IWA), which is redefining how river communities address water quantity and quality issues together. Read more.

A sample of additive manufactured material

Team wins Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) competition

Researchers from industrial and systems engineering and mechanical engineering are working on a new additive manufacturing technique and nano additives to achieve next generation energetic composites with highly tunable sensitivity and performance. Read more.

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