Our faculty members are award-winning and ground-breaking innovators. Learn more about their national and international recognitions in the stories below.
ISE professor selected for Air Force’s Young Investigator Program
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Xuan Song, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Iowa, has been selected for funding by the Department of the Air Force’s Young Investigator Program.
Korean transportation technology R&D agency honors Lee for outstanding contribution
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Hosin “David” Lee, a University of Iowa professor of civil and environmental engineering, was honored with the outstanding contribution award at the annual meeting of the Korean Transportation Association in America.
DARPA Director’s Fellowship recognizes ME professor's progress on octopus-inspired robot
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Caterina Lamuta, a University of Iowa assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has received the selective Director’s Fellowship from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue development of an underwater robot that mimics the movement of an octopus or squid.
Bai receives Automatica Paper Prize at World Congress
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
A longtime professor, Er-Wei Bai at the University of Iowa College of Engineering has been honored for outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of control engineering and science as documented in a paper published in Automatica.
CEE Prof. Hornbuckle named 2023 UI Distinguished Chair
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Keri Hornbuckle, Donald E. Bently Professor of Engineering, has been named a recipient of the 2023 University of Iowa Distinguished Chair.
Xuan Song receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award to research novel ceramic manufacturing methods
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Xuan Song, University of Iowa engineering professor, has received the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to advance research of ceramic additive manufacturing, which could benefit industries, including health care, defense, and energy.
Cichella recognized with Amazon Research Award
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Venanzio Cichella, a University of Iowa assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded the Amazon Research Award (ARA) for his project studying concurrent allocation and planning for large-scale multi-robot systems.
CEE professor Lee receives outstanding overseas alumnus award
Friday, December 23, 2022
Hosin “David” Lee, a University of Iowa professor of civil and environmental engineering, received the outstanding overseas alumnus award from the Seoul National University, a national public research university based in Seoul, South Korea.
Casey Harwood earns NSF CAREER Award to study fluid-structure interactions
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is at the heart of research of Casey Harwood, University of Iowa assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and the focus of Harwood’s new National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.
UI engineering professor receives 2023 Young Investigator Program Award for naval research
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
The Office of Naval Research has awarded Caterina Lamuta, a University of Iowa assistant professor of mechanical engineering, funding through the 2023 Young Investigator Program to create “Softopus,” a soft underwater robot with the form and capabilities of a real octopus.
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