CEE News

David Ramotowski poses for a photo in front of the Old Capitol

3MT winner exploring how to use corn to mitigate PCBs, improve public health

Monday, November 27, 2023
David Ramotowski won this year’s Three Minute Thesis competition, in which graduate students share their research in three minutes or less to a general audience.
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Engineering students' communications skills shine during 4-year run as Iowa’s 3MT champion

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
University of Iowa engineering students continue to rewrite the script that one can be an excellent engineer and an excellent communicator as evidence by a four year run as champions in the university's 3MT competition.
Professor Udaykumar presents a trophy to Chris Vidmar

Winners announced in 3MT competition

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Graduate students in the University of Iowa College of Engineering competed to see who could most effectively summarize their complex research pursuits in a three-minute soundbite that a non-technical audience could understand.
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Iowa researchers find emissions of PCBs from school building materials

Sunday, September 17, 2023
University of Iowa researchers studying toxic air chemicals have identified building materials used in a Vermont school could pose health risks to the school’s students and staff.
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Iowa Flood Center receives $1M for Eastern Iowa

Tuesday, September 5, 2023
The Iowa Flood Center (IFC) at the University of Iowa was awarded $1 million to expand flood and drought monitoring, watershed management, and forecasting services in Eastern Iowa through Congress’s Community Project Funding championed by Congresswoman Ashley Hinson and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
PhD student Riley Post in front of iowa river

CEE grad student authors article on limiting flooding in a warming world

Tuesday, July 25, 2023
As extreme storms become more frequent in a warming world, well-managed dams and improved forecasting are crucial for limiting flooding.
Ann McKenna

Ann McKenna named College of Engineering dean

Thursday, June 1, 2023
Ann F. McKenna, vice dean of strategic advancement at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University and professor of engineering in the Polytechnic School, has been named dean of the University of Iowa College of Engineering. She will begin on Aug. 16.
Seamans Center exterior at sunset

Eight faculty-led projects funded by Seeding Excellence Initiative

The Research Development Office (RDO) within the Office of the Vice President for Research has selected the winners of eight pilot grants intended to sustain the continued growth of the campus research enterprise by providing competitive seed funding in strategic areas.
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CEE professor’s publication named to ACS Editors’ Choice Program

Thursday, May 18, 2023
A new research publication by Jerry Schnoor, a University of Iowa civil and environmental engineering professor and Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering, has been selected for the ACS Editors’ Choice program.
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UI engineering study finds ChatGPT could pass exam needed to become licensed engineer

Friday, April 28, 2023
The controversial artificial intelligence chatbot called ChatGPT could pass the exam required to become a licensed professional engineer in the United States, according to the findings of a University of Iowa College of Engineering study. 
Tech Transfer

UI engineering faculty members license inventions

Thursday, April 6, 2023
Inventions of two University of Iowa College of Engineering faculty members have been licensed for commercial use. They are the latest technology transfer examples in which research emerging from UI laboratories is spun-out to a private company for broader public benefit
Jerry Schnoor

Listen: Schnoor discusses 'green' tax incentives in Inflation Reduction Act on Iowa Public Radio

Jerry Schnoor, University of Iowa professor of environmental engineering and co-director of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, discussed the Inflation Reduction Act on the Jan. 12, 2023, edition of River to River on Iowa Public Radio.