Welcome from Dean McKenna
Greetings, friends and alumni of Iowa Engineering! These articles highlight the many ways in which this college is a vibrant academic space with
dedicated faculty and staff, entrepreneurial and ambitious students, and a community committed to improving quality of life here in Iowa, across the United States, and around the world.
Research Excellence
Protecting bridges
Research by Priscilla Williams aims to mitigate the negative effects of powerful river flow, which can lead to bridge collapse and other destructive impacts.
Quantum future
Quantum computing research led by Fatima Toor is bringing next-generation computing closer to reality.
Predicting extreme weather
The Iowa Flood Center has installed 31 new hydrostations in Eastern Iowa to better monitor and predict floods and droughts.
Driver safety
DSRI is leading multiple projects assessing
the latest evolutions in driver monitoring systems.
Best invention
Yang Liu is behind an invention that Time selected among its best inventions of 2024.
Big data, smart decisions
Chao Wang focuses his research on using big data to create more certainty around decisions.
Underground opportunities
Iowa Geological Survey is leading a $11.3 million Department of Energy carbon sequestration study.
Building a bioeconomy
Hyeongmin Seo was awarded a $1.5 million grant to design, build, and test high-performing microorganisms.
Improving sleep
Sajan Goud Lingala is leading a new study to help those struggling with obstructive sleep apnea.
Return on investment
CBE professors have turned P3 seed funding into $9.4 million in NASA grants.
College News
BME: Celebrating the past, trailblazing the future
At 50, the Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering is shaping the future of human health solutions.
Taming the AI genie
Iowa Engineering helped create HawkAI to enhance campus AI literacy.
Human-Tech Connections
UI dancers and engineers scratched new ground when robots entered the world of art at Dance Gala 2024.
Giving back
Richard Hardin received a top honor from Steel Founders’ Society of America and donated the prize money to the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
College mourns loss
ME professor Christoph Beckermann mentored more than 25 PhD students and 23 MS students.
Mapping Iowa’s geological legacy
State Geologist Keith Schilling reflects on 40-year career illuminating Iowa’s geological mysteries.
A natural teacher
Rick Fosse’s 10-year detour before retirement
Faculty achievements
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Kristan Worthington, associate professor of biomedical engineering, received a $1.9 million NIH grant to investigate factors that contribute to age-related macular degeneration, an eye disease that gradually causes central vision loss.
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Eric Nuxoll, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, patented a noninvasive alternative to surgical interventions that uses a magnetic nanoparticle coating to heat the infection, reducing tissue damage and patient trauma.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
George S. Constantinescu, professor of civil and environmental engineering, co-authored a paper in Science finding that the Kakhovka Dam breach amid the war in Ukraine unleashed a “toxic time-bomb” of pollutants threatening ecosystems and water supplies.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Gary Christensen, DEO and professor of electrical and computer engineering, won the University of Iowa’s highest teaching prize. The President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence recognizes exceptional and ongoing contributions to student learning and success.
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Tom “Mach” Schnell, professor of industrial and systems engineering, won the Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, having led more than 424 research projects, secured more than $70 million in funding, and published numerous peer-reviewed papers.
Schnell was also named director of the Iowa Technology Institute. He succeeds Karim Abdel-Malek, who had led the institute for 20 years. Schnell’s vision is to deepen the connection between ITI faculty and industry as well as leverage interdisciplinary research to attract large-scale grants.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Caterina Lamuta, associate professor of mechanical engineering, won the 2024 Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for contributions to smart materials, adaptative structures, and intelligent systems.
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Jun Wang, DEO and professor of 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 from the American Geophysical Union.
Student Success
Seeing the experiment
Alumni support leads to new distillation column to enhance learning in CBE lab.
Success ahead
BME graduate Hannah Vogts awarded Tau Beta Pi scholarship.
From a family of dentists, an Iowa engineer emerges
Maquoketa native hopes to return to Iowa to work in health care.
Life-changing experience
A study abroad trip to study water scarcity in rural India allowed a graduating engineering student to see the human impact of civil engineering.
Always a Hawkeye
Alumni leaders in the industry
Iowa Engineering alumni hold some of the top positions in companies across the nation.
Honored Engineering Alumni Awards
The 2025 Honored Engineering Alumni class were honored during a banquet at Kinnick Stadium on April 10, 2025.
Alumni updates
1972
Mulukutla Bala Subrahmanyam (72MS, 75MS, 75PHD) joined Raytheon Missiles & Defense as senior principal guidance and control engineer.
1981
Todd Howard Steinberg (81BSE) was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Radiology.
1982
Becky Svatos (82BSCE) retired from Stanley Consultants and became an adjunct lecturer in the University of Iowa College of Engineering.
1985
Rhett Livengood (85BSCHE) was named national candidate chapter director of Theta Tau, a professional collegiate engineering fraternity.
1986
Thomas Seaberg (86BSE, 15MBA) launched a new business, Seaberg Quality Consulting, LLC, and started a position as principal quality engineer at BAE Systems.
1990
Christopher Martineau Miller (90BSE, 92MS, 95PHD) retired from the University of Akron after 30 years as a civil engineering professor, and the business he founded, Fontus Blue, was acquired by USALCO.
1992
Alan Kallmeyer (92MS, 95PHD) was named dean of the College of Engineering at North Dakota State University.
1998
Binh Tran (98PHD) was named chief academic officer at Marian University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1999
Sheldon Tan (99PHD) was inducted as a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
2000
Matt Johnson (00BSE) accepted a position as the assistant public works director for engineering at the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
2003
Jin Wen (03PHD) was named head of the Penn State University’s Department of Architectural Engineering.
2004
Steven DellaBetta (04BSE) started a position with Engie as a senior project manager.
James Tian (04MS) was named associate editor at Mathematical Reviews.
2013
Muhammad Mahboob Ur Rahman (13PHD) led a project developing a novel non-invasive and non-contact sensing mechanisms for dehydration monitoring while on sabbatical as a research scientist with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia.
Paul Wittau (13BSE) was appointed county engineer of Johnson County, Iowa.
2014
Ben Goerdt (14BSE) was named head of engineering at Claimable, a company that uses AI to help patients appeal insurance denial.
Ryan James Stolley (14BSE) is a cloud application development engineer at Intel in Chandler, Arizona.
2015
Eric Scott Mortensen (15BSE) is pursuing a PhD in water and climate risk specializing in flood risk management, disaster risk reduction, and social vulnerability assessment from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
2018
Hayder Abdulkhaleq Alalwan (18PHD) is head of the renewable energy techniques department at Middle Technical University in Baghdad, Iraq.
2020
Joshua Deutsch (20BSE) began a position as radio frequency verification engineer at Skyworks Solutions in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
2021
Garret Hinson (21BSE) was promoted to aerospace design engineer for the University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy where he has been working on the TRACERS mission.
2022
Megan Lindmark (22PHD) started a non-profit called Mangrove Water to provide technical assistance to drinking water service providers.
2023
Hunter Zieser (23BSE) led the set-up for radiology, operating room, emergency department, and ortho/sports medicine imaging equipment at the University of Iowa Health Care’s new North Liberty campus.
2024
Joshua Steven Anderson (24BSE) accepted a position as pace rotational associate at BMW in South Carolina.
Priyasha Kaustubh Apte (24BSE) accepted a position as manufacturing engineering co-op at Tenneco in Burlington, Iowa.
Daniel H. Bereman (24BSE) accepted a position as mechanical engineer 1 at KEDbluestone in Johnston, Iowa.
Matthew Daniel Dutton (24BSE) accepted a position as software engineer at BAE Systems in Hudson, New Hampshire.
Luke Michael Fanella (24BSE) accepted a position as project engineer at Zip-Pak in Carol Stream, Illinois.
Clayton James Garmon (24BSE) accepted a position as mechanical engineer at Design Engineers in Madison, Wisconsin, and began an MS at the University of Michigan.
David Haro (24BSE) accepted a position as product engineer at Klein Tools in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
Braden Thomas Jensen (24BSE) accepted a position as supply chain associate at PepsiCo in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Evan Matthew Johnson (24BSE) accepted a position as associate R&D engineer at Medical Murray in North Barrington, Illinois.
Kaitlynn Kimmel (24BSE) accepted a position as civil engineer 1 at IMEG in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Kendall Maloney (24BSE) accepted a position as civil/rail engineering specialist at STV in Chicago, Illinois.
Blake William Misfeldt (24BSE) joined the United States Army as an active duty second lieutenant.
Shaun Matthew Richter (24BSE) accepted a position as software engineer at Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Cristian Sanchez (24BSE) began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Sayre Satterwhite (24BSE) is pursuing a PhD in naval architecture and marine engineering at the University of Michigan.
Carson Soles (24BSE, 25MS) began a position as mechanical engineer at KEDbluestone in Iowa City, Iowa.
Nur Selin Sucu (24BSE) accepted a position as manufacturing engineering ECDP at HNI in Muscatine, Iowa.
Zachary Edward Thomas (24BSE) accepted a position as process engineer at East Dubuque Nitrogen Fertilizers in East Dubuque, Illinois.
Nicole Becca Tirrito (24BSE) accepted a position as PE 1 at F.H. Paschen in Chicago, Illinois.
2025
Kimberly Alvarado (25BSE) accepted a position as structural engineer at Westbrook in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Ricky Alvarez (25BSE) accepted a position as manufacturing and engineering associate at General Mills in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
Caiden Atienza (25BSE) began a PhD at the University of Wisconsin.
Gabriel Baird (25BSE) accepted a position as HVAC sales engineer at Johnson Controls in Des Moines, Iowa.
Miranda Basart (25BSE) began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Nathaniel Bastianen (25BSE) accepted a position as building intelligence and integration advisor at IMEG in Chicago, Illinois.
Lacey Beck (25BSE) accepted a position as supply chain associate at Quaker Oats in Bridgeview, Illinois.
Aaron Begy (25BSE) accepted a position as transportation engineer 1 at Clark Dietz in Chicago, Illinois.
Matthew Botello (25BSE) accepted a position as field engineer at Turner Construction in Des Moines, Iowa.
Grant Caltrider (25BSE) accepted a position as civil engineer at Shive-Hattery in Iowa City, Iowa.
Riley Coulter (25BSE) accepted a position as associate process engineer at International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Caleb Coulthard (25BSE) accepted a position as safety analysis engineer at Fauske & Associates in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
Ethan Cox (25BSE) accepted a position as EDP engineer at John Deere in Des Moines, Iowa.
Seth Croonquist (25BSE) accepted a position as a Leadership Development Program engineer at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, Connecticut.
MyKayla Davis (25BSE) accepted a position as a member of the robotics and automation engineering development program at Caterpillar Inc. in Chillicothe, Illinois.
Tommy Dillon (25BSE) accepted a position as project engineer 1 at F. H. Paschen in Chicago, Illinois.
Jenna Dinges (25BSE) accepted a position as project engineer at Engineering Enterprises, Inc. in Sugar Grove, Illinois.
Ainsley Dodd (25BSE) accepted a position as field engineer at Kiewit Construction in Seattle, Washington.
Haley Downe (25BSE) accepted a position as civil engineer at Snyder & Associates in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Brandon Draper (25BSE) accepted a position as associate engineer at Olsson in Des Moines, Iowa.
Michael Duax (25BSE) accepted a position as biomedical engineer at Atirix Medical Systems in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Derek Durst (25BSE) accepted a position as APM at Siemens in St Louis, Missouri.
Erin Elshoff (25BSE) accepted a position as civil engineer 1 at Muscatine Power and Water in Muscatine, Iowa.
Ivan Fisher (25BSE) accepted a position as summer intern at Guernsey in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Dylan Freeman (25BSE) accepted a position as traffic engineer at KLOA, Inc. in Rosemont, Illinois.
Giuseppe Gianforte (25BSE) began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Claire Graham (25BSE) began a PhD at Mayo Clinic School of Biomedical Sciences.
Nicholas Hageman (25BSE) accepted a position as software engineer at Apple in San Diego, California.
Eisfelder Halle (25BSE) accepted a position as civil EIT at HDR in Des Moines, Iowa.
Blake Hayden (25BSE) accepted a position as assistant structural engineer at Burns & McDonnell in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Andy Hein (25BSE) accepted a position as associate engineer at UCC Environmental in Waukegan, Illinois.
Elliot Heinrichs (25BSE) began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Vincent Hodges (25BSE) began an MS at the University of Minnesota.
Trenton Hohn (25BSE) began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Nathan Hollett (25BSE) accepted a position as industrial engineer at Collins Aerospace in Coralville, Iowa.
Colin Houts (25BSE) began a PhD at the University of Minnesota.
Hayden Hoxmeier (25BSE) accepted a position as civil analyst at Kimley-Horn in Chicago, Illinois.
Ben Hughes (25BSE) accepted a position as civil design professional at Shive-Hattery in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Beyza Ilerisoy (25BSE) began a DDS program at the University of Iowa.
Michael Jennett (25BSE) accepted a position as project engineer at USG (US Gypsum) in East Chicago, Illinois.
Ellie Johnson (25BSE) accepted a position as electrical engineer at IDT in Coralville, Iowa.
Austin Jones (25BSE) accepted a position as management development associate - engineering at Purina in Clinton, Iowa.
Jacob Kitzmann (25BSE) began a PhD at the University of Iowa.
Jonah Koch (25BSE) accepted a position as electrical engineer designer 1 at IMEG in Rock Island, Illinois.
Elise Koltonowski (25BSE) accepted a position as process engineer - MEDP at GE Aerospace in Huntsville, Alabama.
Joseph Krueger (25BSE) accepted a position as robotics engineer at John Deere in Urbandale, Iowa.
Ean Lovett (25BSE) began an MS and PhD at the University of Iowa.
Jonathan Luman (25BSE) accepted a position as junior civil engineer/geological engineer at TRC Companies in Madison, Wisconsin.
Cullen McDermott (25BSE) began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Xandra McGlasson (25BSE) began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Allison Miranda (25BSE) accepted a position as project engineer at Sambatek in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Guillermo Ng yi (25BSE) began an MS program at the University of Iowa.
Sarah Onysio (25BSE) began a PhD at Duke University.
Sebastian Parecattil (25BSE) accepted a position as software engineer 1 at Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Thomas Parisi (25BSE) began an MS at Northwestern University.
Sydney Parks (25BSE) accepted a position as civil engineer at Shive-Hattery in Iowa City, Iowa.
Matt Pauling (25BSE) began an MS at the University of Iowa.
Joey Phillips (25BSE) accepted a position as technical solutions engineer at Epic Systems in Verona, Wisconsin.
Brian Pietrzykowski (25BSE) accepted a position as asphalt plant project coordinator at Payne and Dolan, a Walbec Group Company in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Patrick Preece (25BSE) began the operations leadership development program at BAE Systems, Inc. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and an MS at Purdue University.
Quinn Radeke (25BSE) accepted a position as field engineer at Turner Construction in Des Moines, Iowa.
Cheryl Reuben (25BSE) accepted a position as associate consultant at Trinity Consultants in Des Moines, Iowa.
Brooke Scanlon (25BSE) accepted a position as intelligent operations engineer at Pella Corporation in Pella, Iowa.
Mia Scoblic (25BSE) began an MS and PhD at the University of Iowa.
Ashley Sheehan (25BSE) accepted a position as associate process engineer at Roquette in Keokuk, Iowa.
Carter Smith (25BSE) accepted a position as aviation on-site representative at McClure Engineering in Clive, Iowa.
Jacob Smith (25BSE) accepted a position as industrial engineer at Collins Aerospace in Coralville, Iowa.
Ben Soldwisch (25BSE) accepted a position as staff engineer at McClure Engineering in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Tyler Steffen (25BSE) accepted a position as radio frequency verification engineer at Skyworks Solutions in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Ethan Stigler (25BSE) accepted a position as process engineer at Roquette in Keokuk, Iowa.
Cole Swanson (25BSE) accepted a position as technical solutions engineer at Epic in Madison, Wisconsin.
Grayson Talaski (25BSE) accepted a position as customs engineer at restor3d in Durham, North Carolina.
Jerin Ugrin (25BSE) accepted a position as civil engineer at Foth in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Andres Valdez Perez (25BSE) accepted a position as scientist 1 at Medtronic in Mounds View, Minnesota.
Kenna Vanorny (25BSE) accepted a position as embedded systems software engineer 1 at Medtronic in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Baylor Verbrugge (25BSE) accepted a position as civil engineer at Snyder & Associates in Ankeny, Iowa.
Gianna Vitale (25BSE) accepted a position as automation engineer 1 at OSF Healthcare in Peoria, Illinois.
Sabrina Vlk (25BSE) began a PhD at the University of Iowa.
Gabriella Wagy (25BSE) began an MS at Northwestern University.
Maximilian Wernke (25BSE) accepted a position as manufacturing engineer at Midwest Manufacturing in Shelby, Iowa.
Sydney Williams (25BSE) began a design engineering co-op at Skyworks Solutions in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and an MS at the University of Iowa.
Nolan Yoerger (25BSE) accepted a position as ELDP engineer 1 at Boston Scientific in Arden Hills, Minnesota.
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In memorium
1940s
Richard F. Bukacek (49BSCHE)
Walter G. Mollman (49BSME)
1950s
John K. Hoover (51BA, 77MS)
Harold P. Wendler (53BSCE)
Charles L. Larsen (54BSCE)
William R. Zaruba (54BSME)
Roger A. Starner (55BSME)
Donald G. Tweed (55BSME)
Ted F. Dunnington (57BSME, 60MS)
Jack J. Hill (57BSME)
Donald W. Campbell (58BSEE)
James W. Jewett (58BSME)
Paul E. Pentony (58BSME)
Warren C. Fackler (59BSME, 69MS)
Franklin D. Hockett (59BSEE)
Roy L. Pollock (59BSEE)
James L. Wells (59BSCE)
Glenn C. Zimmerman (59BSME)
1960s
Irvin F. Gerks (60BSME)
Melvin J. Holubar (60BSME, 69MS)
Harlan J. Nieuwsma (60BSEE)
Harold E. Smith (60BSCE)
Charles D. Bendixen (61BSME, 66MD)
Irvin Harold Housley (61BSCE)
Malcolm G. Risk (61BSEE)
Robert I. Risley (61BSME)
Lee E. Tucker (61BSME)
William D. Ashton (62BSCE, 63MS)
Roger G. Corman (62BSME)
Roger N. Klaas (62BSME)
James L. Long (62MS)
Gael E. Miller (62BSCHE)
Richard D. Eichner (63BSEE)
William L. Carson (64BSME, 68PhD)
Clifford L. Fudge (64BSME)
James Niday (64BSEE)
Floyd L. Krapfl (65BSCE)
Wayne L. Paulson (65PhD)
John C. McLane (66BS, 66BSCE)
Kenneth G. Riddle (66MS)
Larry A. Erb (68BSIE)
Paul E. Monohon (68BSCHE)
Thomas W. Moore (68BSCHE, 72MS)
Donald L. Logsdon (69MS)
Vern Reding (69BSCE)
1970s
Richard L. Peck (70BSCE)
Jack C. Ginther (73BSEE)
Gary R. McAllister (74BSCE)
Randall L. Eichelberger (76BSEE)
Richard A. Betterley (77BSCHE)
Michael E McDermott (77MS)
Robert S. Hansen (78MS)
Francis K. Farmer (79BSCE)
1980s
Robert M. Cooley (80BSME)
Paul V. Baumgarth (84BSE)
Thomas M. Cook (87PhD)
Stephen J. Forret (87MS)
Harihar Rajaram (87MS)
Scott A. Kacena (88BSE, 01MBA)
James E. Kleeman (88BSE)
1990s
Michael J. Steffen (96BSE)
Remembering William D. Ashton
1939–2024
Remembering Wayne L. Paulson
1934–2024
Graduation by the numbers 2024–2025
328 BSE degrees • 68 MS degrees • 29 PhD degrees • 8 candidates graduating with a second major • 139 candidates graduating with a minor • 24 candidates graduating with a certificate • 47 candidates graduating with university honors • 3 candidates graduating with engineering honors • 76 candidates graduating with distinction