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Watch Iowa Engineering student on Family Feud

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

University of Iowa engineering major Ashley Constantino, a senior from Fredon, New Jersey, will appear alongside her family on Family Feud, hosted by Steve Harvey, at 6:30 p.m. CT on Oct. 30.

Engineering students develop custom gaming controller for spinal cord injury patient

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

After a cervical spinal cord injury limited Dylan Huntbach's hand function, video games became difficult or impossible to play. A team of biomedical engineering students at the University of Iowa set out to change that.

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Iowa Geological Survey unearths evidence of natural hydrogen beneath Iowa

Monday, October 26, 2026

Researchers with the Iowa Geological Survey (IGS) at the University of Iowa have found evidence that naturally occurring hydrogen gas has accumulated deep beneath Iowa, raising the possibility of a future low-cost, near-zero-emission energy source.

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New study aims to reduce radiation-related lung damage for lung cancer patients

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

A new research study could help preserve lung function and improve the quality of life of lung cancer patients by making radiation treatments more precise and reducing damage to healthy lung tissue.

Three cyclists ride loaded touring bikes across a rocky volcanic landscape in Iceland, following a dirt track with a large flat-topped mountain visible in the distance under a partly cloudy sky.

From hand-built bike to the edge of space, UI student discovers the breadth of an engineering education

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

For University of Iowa chemical and biochemical engineering PhD student Jackson Begolka, the past year has taken him far beyond the traditional boundaries of an engineering education.

UI professor looks to develop formula for quicker response in self-driving underwater vehicles

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Iowa Now

Venanzio Cichella, associate professor of mechanical engineering, has won a grant to develop a mathematical algorithm to help self-driving underwater vehicles more quickly make decisions and react to changed conditions.

A student uses a screwdriver to connect electronic components on a prototype while classmates work nearby with laptops, wires, and engineering materials in a makerspace.

Rev your engines: RC car workshop helps engineering students build STEM skills

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

University of Iowa engineering students created a workshop series called Assemble. Wire. Drive., a hands-on workshop series designed to make engineering skills more accessible to younger peers.

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Everything that happens to your body on a road trip

Monday, October 26, 2026

Outside Magazine

UI water quality sensors face precarious future as midterms loom

Thursday, October 15, 2026

The Daily Iowan

Iowa Flood Center launches updated Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS) platform

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter

Upcoming events

Nanoparticle Effects in Multiphase Combustion: Liquid-Phase Transport, Droplet Combustion Response, and Premixed Gaseous Flame Structure

Thursday, October 29, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm

Seamans Center

The Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar

PRESENTATION: Nanoparticle Effects in Multiphase Combustion: Liquid-Phase Transport, Droplet Combustion Response, and Premixed Gaseous Flame Structure. Nanoparticles offer effective ways to influence heat transfer, radiation absorption, and flame behavior, but their effects in combustion depend on more than simply how much material is added. Over time, particles can aggregate, settle, and redistribute, changing the state of the fuel or...

ISE:5000 GRADUATE SEMINAR -- DR. QIHANG LIN

Thursday, October 29, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm

Seamans Center

Join the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering for a graduate seminar presented by Dr. Qihang Lin, “Penalty-Based First-Order Methods for Bilevel Optimization with Minimax and Constrained Lower-Level Problems,” on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. in 3505 Seamans Center.

Dr. Lin will discuss bilevel optimization problems in which both the upper- and lower-level problems have minimax structures, with applications such as hyperparameter tuning and machine unlearning. The talk will...