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UI engineering professor leads DARPA project to make nitric acid from air and water

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Engineering alumnus Young Sunwoo awarded 2026 International Impact Award

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CBE Graduate Seminar: Chang Geun Yoo

Thursday, October 15, 2026 11:00am to 12:15pm
Seamans Center

Join us to welcome Chang Geun Yoo an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Topic: Engineering Sustainable Manufacturing Pathways from Lignocellulosic Biomass

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CBE Graduate Seminar: Rebecca Walters

Thursday, October 22, 2026 11:00am to 12:15pm
Seamans Center

Rebecca Walters is a PhD candidate at the University of Iowa

Topic: Investigating structure and molecular conformation in post-shock energy localization zones of energetic materials

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CBE Graduate Seminar: Marina Zhang

Thursday, October 29, 2026 11:00am to 12:15pm
Seamans Center

Marina Zhang is an Engineering and Informatics Librarian at the University of Iowa

Topic: AI and Literature Discovery

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Sci-Fi Flix: Fact or Fiction - 'Jurassic Park'

Thursday, October 8, 2026 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Seamans Center
Sci-Fi Flix: Fact or Fiction - 'Jurassic Park'

Fall 2026 CoE Improv

Tuesday, October 13, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Seamans Center
Fall 2026 College of Engineering Improv
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