Engineering News
University of Iowa student making strides in soil research
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Cheryl Reuben is a junior chemical engineering student and an undergraduate research assistant in the Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab.
Students from across Iowa build robots to compete at FIRST Tech Challenge
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Hundreds gathered at Xtream Arena in Coralville Saturday for the FIRST Tech Challenge Iowa Championship. 72 high school and middle school teams from around Iowa and parts of Nebraska competed.
Dr. Jionghua (Judy) Jin to speak at ISE:5000 graduate seminar
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Join us in welcoming Dr. Jionghua (Judy) Jin, professor within the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan, to our graduate seminar. Dr. Jin will present her seminar titled, “Data Fusion Research to Empower Smart Manufacturing,” on Thursday, February 29, from 3:30-4:20 p.m. in 4030 SC. There will be a small reception in 3307 SC from 3:00-3:30 p.m.
DITV: Engineering students compete in mini golf challenge
Monday, February 26, 2024
At the University of Iowa, Engineering students competed in a design contest featuring mini golf. DITV’s Assistant News Director Johnny Valtman has more on the courses and the results.
Univ. of Iowa student highlights importance of engineering research
Friday, February 23, 2024
Cheryl Reuben is proud to show off one of the devices she assists on in her line of study. As a co-creator of a program that can forecast soil health, she is able to help farmers with water conservation.
Univ. of Iowa College of Engineering creates AI-generated advising tool
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Even as a senior, UI Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Luke Farmer acknowledges how overwhelming some academic advisor meetings can be for underclassmen. That’s why he says he is excited about the capabilities of DINA - the AI generated Departmental Intelligent Neural Advisor.
‘It’s virtually unregulated at this point’: Experts explain risk of AI-generated content on elections
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Milan Sonka is the director of the Iowa Initiative for Artificial Intelligence at the University of Iowa. He said right now, there is little oversight on AI-generated content.
'It's corn!': Environmental engineering students explore new use of corn to improve public health
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Promising research being conducted in the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering is raising the possibility for a new use for corn: using bacteria through a bioremediation process to clean up toxic chemicals in sediments contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.
3 leading universities preparing PhD engineering students for global success
Friday, February 16, 2024
An advanced degree in engineering can greatly improve your career prospects. If you’re aiming for a career in academia, a research master’s is the best pathway towards a PhD, a terminal degree that trains you to become an expert in your field while pursuing your passion. Most PhD graduates progress into teaching roles in academia, working towards becoming a tenured professor.
UI College of Engineering develops AI chatbot to answer advising questions
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
DINA is a simplified search engine for all information available on the electrical and computer engineering website.
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