Tom "Mach" Schnell

Schnell wins Regents Award for Faculty Excellence

Monday, April 7, 2025
Tom “Mach” Schnell, University of Iowa professor of industrial and systems engineering and incoming director of the Iowa Technology Institute, is among six faculty members selected by the Iowa Board of Regents for extraordinary contributions and sustained record of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.
Operator Performance Laboratory

OPL honors student researchers for innovation in flight testing

Wednesday, April 2, 2025
The University of Iowa Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) has announced awards for three students whose outstanding contributions led to flight test innovation.
Bill Bangel stands in his lab at the College of Engineering

Military experience positions Iowa engineering student for success

Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Serving in the U.S. Marines gave Arnold “Bill” Bangel III the focus he needed to pursue a PhD in industrial and systems engineering. Learning how to navigate a devastating loss gave him life perspective.
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2024 Driving Safety Research Institute: A Year in Review

Friday, December 20, 2024
Learn about DSRI's work with students from across the country; their research on driver monitoring systems, advanced driver assistance systems, and connected simulation; and new features for the miniSim.
Caterina Lamuta Xuan Song Rising Stars

Lamuta, Song honored as 'rising stars' by ASME

Thursday, November 21, 2024
University of Iowa engineering professors Caterina Lamuta and Xuan Song, who have already gained acclaim in their fields for research contributions, are now being recognized as "rising stars" by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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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.
DSRI Rural Driving

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.
KEEN

College of Engineering joins KEEN: The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network

Monday, August 26, 2024
The College of Engineering at the University of Iowa has joined KEEN: The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network, a partnership of more than 60 colleges and universities across the United States focused on reaching “all undergraduate engineering students with an entrepreneurial mindset (EM) so they can create personal, economic, and societal value through a lifetime of meaningful work.”
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College welcomes four new faculty members

Monday, August 5, 2024
The College of Engineering is pleased to welcome four new faculty members this month. Each brings knowledge, expertise, and diverse perspectives that will enrich our academic community. Please join us in welcoming them to the college.
OPL Jet

Sky is the limit: Iowa engineers making UI a leader in measuring atmospheric and environmental data 

Monday, August 5, 2024
University of Iowa engineering researchers are building capabilities to make Iowa a destination for measuring atmospheric and environmental data crucial for understanding effects of climate change.

ISE Events

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Ruben Beltran del Rio Farewell Open House

Friday, May 9, 2025 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Seamans Center
Join us for an afternoon of reminiscing on Ruben Beltran del Rio's impressive career at Iowa! Professor Beltran del Rio's open house farewell celebration will be held on May 9th from 3:00-5:00pm. Come sign a book keepsake for Professor Beltran del Rio, as well as enjoy some refreshments and music. A group picture will be taken at 3:45pm with Ruben. We hope to see you there!If inclement weather, open house will be held in 2040SC

College Events

Maker Breaks: Robotics Showcase

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 11:30am to 1:30pm
Seamans Center
See robots from around the College of Engineering and make your own papercraft robotic claw.  
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Leaders in Discovery: Modeling Climate Science and Earth Systems with Lai-yung Ruby Leung

Monday, April 14, 2025 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
L. Ruby Leung, an atmospheric scientist internationally recognized in Earth systems modeling and hydrologic processes, will be the University of Iowa's inaugural "Leaders in Discovery" speaker on Monday, April 14.Leung, Battelle Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Chief Scientist of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model, is known for her contributions to the development of local climate models and her understanding of the consequences of climate...

Iowa PFAS Conference: Learn, Connect and Explore

Tuesday, April 15 8:00am to Wednesday, April 16, 2025 5:00pm
Graduate Iowa City
The 2025 Iowa PFAS Conference will be held April 15-16, 2025, at the Graduate by Hilton Iowa City and the University of Iowa campus. The conference is designed to exchange ideas and findings, provide learning and networking opportunities, and explore new ways to test and deal with PFAS in environmental and biological samples. It has the following objectives: Create a learning environment to share ideas and findings about PFAS.  Bring faculty members, researchers, staff, and students to one...

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