Articles from August 2024

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CEE alum Ron Knoche named Top Ten Public Works Leader for 2024

University of Iowa engineering alum Ron Knoche was honored by the American Public Works Association (APWA) in its Top Ten Public Works Leaders for 2024.
Shamus Roeder BME alum

Iowa JPEC honors BME alum as 'Mentor of the Year'

Friday, August 30, 2024
Shamus Roeder, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees in biomedical engineering at the University of Iowa, is among seven entrepreneurs to be recognized by the Iowa John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center at its Innovation and Entrepreneurship Honors event in October.
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Jun Wang elected American Meteorological Society fellow

Tuesday, August 27, 2024
A University of Iowa engineering professor recognized as an expert in how atmospheric composition affects climate has been elected as a fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS). 
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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.”
Caleb Coulthard with Liam Horan at Fauske and Associates

CBE Student Internship Spotlight: Caleb Coulthard

Thursday, August 22, 2024
Caleb Coulthard, an undergraduate chemical engineering student, was a summer intern with Fauske & Associates (FAI), a world leader in nuclear, industrial and chemical process safety.
Lingala BME prof

$2M NIH grant backs UI research on sleep disorder connected with snoring

Wednesday, August 21, 2024
University of Iowa researchers in engineering, otolaryngology, and neurology are working to improve treatment planning for those struggling with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common cause of snoring. The research is being backed by a new National Institute of Health R01 grant from the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, which is expected to reach $2 million over five years.
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University of Iowa awards $6 million to expand weather, soil network for Midwest farmers

Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Earlier this year, the University of Iowa's National Science Foundation awarded a $6 million grant for a project to help midwestern agricultural communities deal with the changing climate.
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Worthington awarded $1.9 million NIH grant to study eye disease

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
A new federal grant will support Kristan Worthington, a University of Iowa associate professor of biomedical engineering, in investigating factors that contribute to age-related macular degeneration, an eye disease that gradually causes central vision loss.
Xuan Mu holds a silk pellet

Mu receives grant to develop a new model for studying cystic fibrosis airway epithelium

Wednesday, August 7, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Xuan Mu, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has been awarded a new grant for the project "Proteinaceous Silk Fibroin Membrane for Modeling Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelium."
Michael J. Schnieders

Schnieders on team awarded $2M NIH grant to grow Iowa biotech talent

Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Michael Schnieders, University of Iowa professor of biomedical engineering and faculty affiliate of the Iowa Technology Institute, Mark Arnold, professor of chemistry, and Maria Spies, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, have been awarded a grant for the Iowa Biotech-TP: Predoctoral Program in Biotechnology.