As wildfires grow more frequent, intense, and destructive across the United States, researchers at the University of Iowa (UI), led by Prof. Jun Wang, have secured a National Science Foundation grant to study how fires behave after dark.

Yang Zhang, a University of Iowa engineering alumna and current professor at Northeastern University, has been elected as a fellow of the American Meteorological Society.

University of Iowa engineering students are helping researchers collect data on pyrocumulonimbus clouds formed by intense wildfires.

UI atmospheric scientist Gregory R. Carmichael reflects on four decades of advances in air quality research and the growing role of artificial intelligence.

New research from the University of Iowa uses data from the TEMPO satellite mission to examine how blue light common in LEDs may disproportionately affect sleep patterns and health conditions of those in lower income areas. The findings, published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, were presented at a TEMPO DART conference in Iowa.

Marcelo Mena, a University of Iowa engineering alumnus making a global impact on climate action, recently had an audience with His Majesty King Charles III at a reception following a call to action on methane emissions.

Cities facing a one-two punch of heat and air pollution could fight back with changes in city planning, according to a new study co-authored by Gregory Carmichael, University of Iowa Karl Kammermeyer Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and published in Nature Communications.

A University of Iowa faculty member contributed to a study finding airborne micro- and nanoplastics may contribute to global warming at a level equivalent to 16.2% of that caused by black carbon, or soot, according to findings published in Nature Climate Change. 

Karah Hook, from Belvidere, Illinois, will earn a bachelor’s degree in chemical and biochemical engineering this month. She will also be the first student to earn University of Iowa’s new Applied Climate Science and Energy Technologies (ACSET) certificate.

Klaertje Hesselink, a University of Iowa undergraduate from Cedar Falls studying biochemical engineering, has received a Fulbright grant for environmental chemistry research in Germany for the 2026–27 academic year.

University of Iowa College of Engineering announced winners of the 2026 Honored Engineering Alumni Awards.