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CEE professor wins 2023 ES&T Letters Excellence in Review award
Monday, September 16, 2024
Gregory LeFevre, University of Iowa associate professor of civil and environmental engineering has been selected for a 2023 Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T) Letters reviewer award, the publication revealed in its September 2024 edition.
Watch: NSF explores Iowa's efforts to protect pedestrians, particulary children, at crosswalks
Monday, September 16, 2024
The National Science Foundation (NSF) examined funded research at the University of Iowa Hank Lab and Driving Safety Research Institute investigating what changes will be needed to protect pedestrians at road crossings as the number of self-driving vehicles increase.
Lamuta wins achievement award from mechanical engineering society
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Caterina Lamuta, University of Iowa associate professor of mechanical engineering, has been honored for contributions to the field of smart materials, adaptative structures, and intelligent systems by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Sander named editor-in-chief for prestigious biomedical engineering journal
Monday, September 9, 2024
Edward Sander, University of Iowa’s Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow in Engineering, has been selected as the new editor-in-chief of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering.
Toor receives $1M EPSCoR award to improve quantum computing
Monday, September 9, 2024
Fatima Toor, University of Iowa’s Lowell G. Battershell Chair in Laser Engineering, has received a $999,985 grant to bring next generation quantum computing closer to reality.
BME undergraduate awarded Tau Beta Pi scholarship
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Hannah Vogts, a fourth-year University of Iowa biomedical engineering (BME) student, has been awarded a scholarship from Tau Beta Pi, which is among the oldest engineering honor societies in the country.
Sander named American Society of Mechanical Engineers fellow
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Edward Sander, University of Iowa’s Robert and Virginia Wheeler Faculty Fellow in Engineering, was elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) in March 2024.
CEE alum Ron Knoche named Top Ten Public Works Leader for 2024
Friday, August 30, 2024
University of Iowa engineering alum Ron Knoche was honored by the American Public Works Association (APWA) in its Top Ten Public Works Leaders for 2024.
Iowa JPEC honors BME alum as 'Mentor of the Year'
Friday, August 30, 2024
Shamus Roeder, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in biomedical engineering at the University of Iowa, is among seven entrepreneurs to be recognized by the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at its Innovation and Entrepreneurship Honors event in October.
Jun Wang elected American Meteorological Society fellow
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
A University of Iowa engineering professor recognized as an expert in how atmospheric composition affects climate has been elected as a fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).