Engineering News

BlueGAP

Iowa Engineering, CLAS promote education and sustainable practices in Iowa watersheds

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
University of Iowa students from various humanities backgrounds collaborated with researchers in engineering and environmental studies to promote education and sustainable practices around nitrogen runoff in Iowa’s watersheds as part of the NSF BlueGAP project.
ECE Alum

ECE alum wins prestigious IEEE award for signal processing achievements

Friday, January 10, 2025
Kumar Vijay Mishra, who earned a PhD in electrical engineering at University of Iowa in 2015, was selected for the 2024 IEEE SPS Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award.
Craig Just

Helping small towns meet wastewater needs, affordably

Monday, January 6, 2025
Craig Just at the University of Iowa has sought an affordable wastewater solution for small towns. Now, through Just’s research, partnerships, and persistence, a pilot system in Dow City appears poised to meet federal wastewater treatment regulations. The technology would then be available for hundreds of small towns in Iowa.
Wang Simpson Medal

Wang wins 2024 Joanne Simpson Medal

Thursday, January 2, 2025
Jun Wang, University of Iowa’s Lichtenberger Family Chair in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, was awarded the 2024 Joanne Simpson Medal for mid-career scientists in recognition of significant contributions to Earth and space science.
A father and young sons posing for a photo with a large lighted diamond ring

Holiday lighting often increases light pollution, but there are ways to minimize it

Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Jun Wang, professor and DEO of chemical and biochemical engineering, talked to The Gazette about light pollution and public health.
2024 Driving Safety Research Institute Year in Review cover photo

2024 Driving Safety Research Institute: A Year in Review

Friday, December 20, 2024
Learn about DSRI's work with students from across the country; their research on driver monitoring systems, advanced driver assistance systems, and connected simulation; and new features for the miniSim.
Keith Schilling giving a presentation

Geological Survey celebrates 10 years at the University of Iowa

Thursday, December 19, 2024
The survey came to the UI in 2014 after initially living as a bureau within the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Since then, it has worked on 186 projects that have taken its researchers to nearly every county in the state.
Jun Wang poses near a sensor outside

Wang leads $4.9M project to create a space instrument for studying tiny particles in the atmosphere

Monday, December 16, 2024
A new space instrument being developed at the University of Iowa College of Engineering in collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will help scientists probe how tiny particles in the air known as aerosols are distributed three dimensionally across the world, influencing cloud, weather, and climate patterns
Riley Post poses for a photo by the Iowa River

Going with the flow

Monday, December 16, 2024
Studying water led CEE alum Riley Post from the rivers of Iowa to the Pacific Ocean and back.
New distillation column

New distillation column enhances learning in CBE lab

Thursday, December 12, 2024
A new distillation column in the CBE lab is enhancing students' understanding of chemical processes by allowing real-time observation. This upgrade, supported by alumni donations, bridges the gap between theory and practice.