The Iowa Geological Survey is undertaking a comprehensive five-year project to survey and assess Iowa's 900 miles of levees using cutting-edge geophysical technology, an important precautionary measure to ensure flood protection is ready for the next natural disaster.

A $500,000 NASA grant led by Xi Chen, principal investigator, and Jun Wang, co-investigator, will leverage state-of-the-art satellite-based measurements of aerosol optical centroid height (AOCH) — a key indicator of smoke layer altitude.

Tyler Bell, engineering associate professor, and Ali Hasan, philosophy associate professor and department chair, will co-teach the core class for University of Iowa's new artificial intelligence certificate.

The U.S. Army has awarded a $5 million contract led by Karim Abdel-Malek, a University of Iowa engineering professor, for a groundbreaking study aimed at improving soldier fitness standards and training.

Tyler Bell, a University of Iowa associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, contributed to studies of AI-integrated virtual reality training for teacher preparation, which won the Thomas N. Urban Research Award.

George Barrera is a third year graduate student in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering.

River to River host Ben Kieffer spoke with Aislinn Conrad, a former child welfare investigator, and mechanical engineer Karim Abdel-Malek. The two are developing an AI system that monitors physical behaviors to detect violence as it happens.

Pranev Karthik, a finance and business analytics information systems major, and Lane Neshiem, a mechanical engineering major, won the $500 People’s Choice award at the fall IdeaStorm competition for SmartStack Systems, an all-in-one stacked washer and dryer system.