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UI alumni and staff contribute to NASA’s lunar rover research

Tuesday, February 10, 2026
UI alumnus Dan Negrut and current staff member Chris Schwarz are helping to design simulations for a rover that may be used for the Artemis campaign.
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OPL at 8,000 feet: Iowa lab tests the future of flight

Monday, February 9, 2026
University of Iowa staffer details experience flying in Aero L-29 Delfin trainer jet with the Operator Performance Laboratory. In full flight suit, strapped into one of OPLs oldest birds with a parachute attached to my seat, we bank east. Off the right wing, a second L-29 and a Beechcraft Bonanza slide into echelon formation.
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The Conversation: Colleges teach the most valuable career skills when they don’t stick narrowly to preprofessional education

Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A quiet tension underlies this evolution in higher education – the widening divide between practical, technical training and a comprehensive education that perhaps is more likely to encourage students to inquire, reflect and innovate as they learn, writes Daniel McGehee, University of Iowa professor of industrial and systems engineering and director of the Driving Safety Research Institute.
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Alumnus Richard Smith donates $7.7M to University of Iowa College of Engineering

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
The University of Iowa College of Engineering has received a $7.7 million gift from alumnus Richard "Dick" and Judy Smith to endow the deanship as the Dick and Judy Smith Dean of the College of Engineering and support facility enhancements.

ISE Events

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ISE 5000 GRADUATE SEMINAR --DR. Shancong Mou

Thursday, February 19, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Join us in welcoming Shancong Mou, an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, to the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Graduate Seminar.

Dr. Mou will present his seminar titled "AI/ML-enabled Data Fusion for Complex Engineering Systems." He will start with an overview of the research landscape, followed by a discussion on AI/ML-enabled data fusion, demonstrated through several key examples:

· Surface...

Engineering Events

Design Challenges: Shoe Design

Thursday, February 26, 2026 5:00pm to 7:30pm
Seamans Center

Grab your friends and dive into two exciting hands-on challenges! No need to prepare or plan ahead — all materials will be provided — and, yes, there will be pizza both nights. Show up ready to build, create, eat pizza, and have fun. Are you up for the challenge?

Can you design a winter-ready shoe using everyday items? Bring your creativity and teamwork to make something impressive and useful!

This event is sponsored by the Lichtenberger Engineering Library, KEEN, NEXUS, and the Hanson Center for...

Library Workshop: Creating Citations with Endnote

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Seamans Center

An introduction to the desktop version of EndNote will be covered in this workshop. The software is freely available to graduate students, faculty, and staff. EndNote is a citation management tool that assists with importing, organizing, sharing, and managing citations and documents, as well as creating correctly formatted in-text citations and bibliographies in almost any style—in seconds. Presented by Marina Zhang, engineering and informatics librarian at the Lichtenberger Engineering Library.