Articles from December 2021
![team members](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-12/image002.jpg?h=31148674&itok=N8iKdn8i)
![Switzerland](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/switzerland-11785.jpg?h=144d094f&itok=GnMvblo6)
![Noah Brown in grey and gold Iowa sweatshirt at a desk with computer monitor and a lot of wires](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-12/2021_11_08-brown_noah_jatorner_-0104.jpeg?h=2c0da726&itok=RdvKu2Lc)
From Club to Career
Thursday, December 9, 2021
University of Iowa graduating senior Noah Brown was a fifth-grader in a science club in Wilton, Iowa, when he was invited to participate in a special project. Little did he know, his involvement—and particularly the person he met—would lead to his post-graduation job.
![professor xiao works with students on kuka robot](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-11/2019_03_01-ENG%20Kuka%20robot%20demonstration%20jatorner%20-0026.jpg?h=58c8a5e7&itok=i7f9oIFH)
NSF grant to support ME professor's study of specially modified materials
Thursday, December 9, 2021
![Noah Brown in grey and gold Iowa sweatshirt at a desk with computer monitor and a lot of wires](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-12/2021_11_08-brown_noah_jatorner_-0104.jpeg?h=2c0da726&itok=RdvKu2Lc)
From club to career
Thursday, December 9, 2021
University of Iowa graduating senior Noah Brown was a fifth-grader in a science club in Wilton, Iowa, when he was invited to participate in a special project.
Milan Sonka named to National Academy of Inventors
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Milan Sonka has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the organization announced on December 7, 2021. He is the third UI faculty member ever named an NAI Fellow.
![Solar panels on farm](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2022-04/decarb_2040_2.jpg?h=169f58d4&itok=puOWp7Hc)
Decarb 2040 – Positioning Iowa as an energy exporter in the coming era of deep decarbonization
Monday, December 6, 2021
Federal infrastructure and science policies are calling for “moonshot” projects to ensure carbon-free energy infrastructure to combat the anticipated large negative impacts of climate change. Iowa’s abundant wind, bioenergy and solar resources make it a strong player in the emerging green energy landscape.
![h.s. udaykumar](/sites/engineering.uiowa.edu/files/styles/widescreen__1024_x_576/public/2021-12/UDAYKUMAR-151007-TS-001-web.jpg?h=6ec41484&itok=I7VVhqQW)
University of Iowa researcher receives $2.2M in grant funding for hypersonics research
Friday, December 3, 2021