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Xi Chen wins Goody Award for young scholars
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Xi Chen, a University of Iowa engineering researcher, has won the Richard M. Goody Award for early career scientists investigating how tiny particles interact with light and other electromagnetic particles in the atmosphere so scientists can improve weather forecasting and monitor air quality.
Midwest college students tackle extreme weather challenges through innovative summer camp
Thursday, June 19, 2025
The University of Iowa (UI) recently hosted 34 undergraduates from Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, and Nebraska for an intensive two-week summer camp focused on environmental data collection and extreme weather resilience.

Iowa study: Deadly volcano triggered year-long drop in atmospheric temperature
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
University of Iowa engineers investigating the deadly 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano in the South Pacific Ocean – the largest underwater explosion ever recorded – discovered differences in how volcanoes in the ocean affect Earth’s climate compared to landlocked volcanoes.

CBE Student Spotlight: Shiljashree Vijay
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Shiljashree is currently completing her final year as a graduate student in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering.

Engineering celebrates graduate programs and research
Thursday, May 1, 2025
The University of Iowa College of Engineering honored graduate students, faculty, and staff that have helped shape graduate programs and research at a banquet on April 30.

CBE Faculty Spotlight: Hyeongmin Seo
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Hyeongmin Seo is a professor in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department. Learn more about Professor Seo and how his career path led him to the University of Iowa.

Iowa CBE students find success at ChemE Jeopardy
Friday, April 18, 2025
University of Iowa students in chemical and biochemical engineering participated in the 2025 AIChE student regional conference hosted by the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, on April 11 and 12.

Engineering student, Navy veteran Lutz attends commissioning of USS Iowa
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
University of Iowa junior and U.S. Navy veteran Thomas Lutz attended the commissioning ceremony of the USS Iowa on April 5 in Groton, Connecticut, as a guest of the Crystal Group.
Iowa Engineering professor patents noninvasive method to kill medical implant infections
Monday, March 31, 2025
Eric Nuxoll, University of Iowa associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, has invented a noninvasive alternative to surgical interventions that uses a magnetic nanoparticle coating to heat the infection, reducing tissue damage and patient trauma.

CBE Student Spotlight: Ellie Johnson
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Ellie Johnson is a fourth-year undergraduate student in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering with a Chemistry minor.
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