A new tool to help patients with chronic lung diseases, being studied at the University of Iowa College of Engineering, has received a $2.55 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

UI engineering college dean Ann McKenna was interviewed about Ortberg, a UI engineering alum. “What I’ve heard is all positive,” she said. “It doesn’t surprise me that Kelly would have taken this on, because that’s just the kind of person he is.”

A new National Science Foundation-backed project led by Professor Soura Dasgupta at the University of Iowa College of Engineering is pioneering faster, more accurate, and efficient generative AI systems for creating images, text, and other content. 

The University of Iowa College of Engineering has announced the hiring of new faculty members for the 2025-26 academic year.

UI engineering professors Larry Weber and Jerald Schnoor along with UI research scientist Elliot Anderson, spoke to a crowd of about 500.

Gregory Carmichael, University of Iowa chemical and biochemical engineering professor, is a key investigator on a $4.9 million National Science Foundation project to help scientists better model and predict air quality and chemical behavior in the atmosphere.

As wildfire smoke becomes a frequent summer hazard across large parts of the US, knowing the risk at the neighborhood scale matters for human health, according to Jun Wang, University of Iowa engineering professor.

A new satellite-based method gives scientists and air quality managers a 3D picture of wildfire smoke plumes, providing detailed data of the risks down to the neighborhood level for urban and rural areas alike, writes Jun Wang, University of Iowa professor of chemical and biochemical engineering.

Ava Reed, a University of Iowa mechanical engineering student, built a replica of the TRACERS satellite that will study the magnetic fields of the sun and Earth.

Marian Muste, a research engineer and adjunct professor in the University of Iowa College of Engineering, has been awarded a Fulbright for spring 2026. He will be hosted by the Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering (FESE) at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.