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Department News
Ramker, Ding receive MATFab seed grant funding
Stern wins Regents Award for Faculty Excellence
Iowa research engineer invents physics-based approach for measuring river flow
Passing the Torch: IIHR welcomes next generation of water research innovators
Mechanical engineering student launching company
Iowa engineers leverage ‘digital twins’ to shape future of military fitness training
Alumnus Richard Smith donates $7.7M to University of Iowa College of Engineering
New AI certificate program to be introduced in fall 2026
UI researchers model ocean tech after octopus for easier exploration
Named, endowed positions announced for engineering professors
Department Events
Optimal Control of Bio-Inspired Propulsion Systems
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar
PRESENTATION: Natural swimmers and flyers exhibit exceptional propulsive performance by harnessing complex unsteady flows through mechanisms such as oscillating fish tails and flapping insect wings. To engineer high-performance bio-inspired robots, effective control of propulsors in these unsteady regimes is essential. However, this control problem is challenging due to two primary difficulties: 1) the high-dimensional parameter space governing...
Icing and Rain Effects on Advanced Air Vehicles: Physics and Mitigation Strategies
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PRESENTATION: Inflight icing and heavy rainfall pose significant hazards to aircraft and aero-engine operations, leading to aerodynamic performance degradation, propulsion efficiency loss, and increased risks to flight safety. This presentation introduces recent research efforts aimed at elucidating the fundamental physics of adverse weather interactions with aircraft and propulsion systems and developing effective mitigation strategies to ensure assured, all...
Integrating Fluid Dynamics With Virology: An Intra-airway Model for Inhaled Transmission of Pathogens
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar
PRESENTATION: While substantial research has focused on the spatial transmission of human respiratory ejecta, progress has been relatively limited in understanding how the physics of inhalation flow within an exposed subject's airway affects the local transport of pathogen-laden particulates, ultimately influencing infection onset. In the first part of this talk, Dr. Basu will present a pathogen-agnostic fluid dynamics model that explores...
College Events
FIRST Tech Challenge Iowa Championship
Library Workshop: Creating Citations with Endnote
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...
Leaders in Discovery: Bioengineered Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine with Andrés J. Garcia
Maker Breaks: Pi Day Celebration!
Take a break and get creative with monthly, themed crafts. Each activity takes only 10 to 20 minutes. Stop by at any time during the 1.5-hour session and explore your creativity!
Celebrate circles and the magic of Pi! Make your own Pi-themed buttons and enjoy free apple pie bites.