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Iowa professors developing AI camera to detect physical abuse
Thursday, October 31, 2024
University of Iowa professors in engineering and social work are inventing a camera that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and physics to detect real-time abuse of vulnerable people, such as children or the elderly.
Engineering staff awarded seed funding for radiochemistry project
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Engineering staff from IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering and Iowa Geological Survey are part of a radiochemistry project awarded seed funding from the University of Iowa Research Development Office as part of the Seeding Excellence Initiative.
Corn monument: Hawks by a million
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Civil engineering students pay homage to Kinnick Stadium and America Needs Farmers (ANF) in this year's corn monument Homecoming tradition.
UI dancers, engineers explore human-tech connections at Dance Gala 2024
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Faculty, students, and staff at the University of Iowa College of Engineering and the Department of Dance created an interpretive performance involving dancers and robots that culminated at Dance Gala 2024: Agile at Hancher Auditorium.
Udaykumar secures $1M DoD grant to study energetic materials
Monday, October 21, 2024
H.S. Udaykumar, Roy J. Carver Professor of Engineering and associate dean for research and faculty in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, secured a 4.5-year, $982,705 grant from the Department of Defense, Air Force Office of Scientific Research to study energetic materials.
Schnoor inducted into National Academy of Construction
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Jerald “Jerry” L. Schnoor, a renowned University of Iowa professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been inducted into the National Academy of Construction for contributions to environmental design.
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and UI's Operator Performance Laboratory partner to prepare future test leaders, conduct autonomy research
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The United States Air Force Test Pilot School, in collaboration with the University of Iowa's College of Engineering Operator Performance Laboratory, recently made advances in modernizing the student curriculum while providing critical data for continued research in machine learning.
Fiegel part of $400,000 NSF grant to enhance engineering education
Monday, October 14, 2024
Jennifer Fiegel, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, and Shaun Vecera, director of the University of Iowa Honors Program, have received a three-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to integrate cognitive science-based strategies from the Learning at Iowa initiative into second-year engineering courses.
Working to safely bring automated driving to rural roads
Monday, October 14, 2024
Researchers at the Driving Safety Research Institute at the University of Iowa have completed more than three years of testing to learn the challenges automated vehicles encounter when operating on rural roads.
Engineering alum William D. Ashton, known for service and philanthropy, has died at 84
Thursday, October 10, 2024
William “Bill” David Ashton, a cherished member of the University of Iowa College of Engineering community who was among 30 members and four generations of the Ashton family to attend Iowa over a 90-year span, died on Sunday following injuries sustained in a car crash.
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