When John Kessler (81BSCHE) looked back on his career, he realized how valuable a mentor could have been. Now, he’s helping University of Iowa engineering students, including Aoife Cleary, through the CBE Undergraduate Mentoring Program.

University of Iowa engineering professors and their students are developing next-generation manufacturing systems to make Iowa more competitive in the global marketplace with help from a $1.3 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR Graduate Fellow Program grant.

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

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.

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.

Xi Chen, a University of Iowa engineering researcher, has won the Richard M. Goody Award for early career scientists investigating how tiny particles interact with light and other electromagnetic particles in the atmosphere so scientists can improve weather forecasting and monitor air quality.

The University of Iowa (UI) recently hosted 34 undergraduates from Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, and Nebraska for an intensive two-week summer camp focused on environmental data collection and extreme weather resilience.

University of Iowa engineers investigating the deadly 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcano in the South Pacific Ocean – the largest underwater explosion ever recorded – discovered differences in how volcanoes in the ocean affect Earth’s climate compared to landlocked volcanoes.

Shiljashree is currently completing her final year as a graduate student in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering.

The University of Iowa College of Engineering honored graduate students, faculty, and staff that have helped shape graduate programs and research at a banquet on April 30.

Hyeongmin Seo is a professor in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department. Learn more about Professor Seo and how his career path led him to the University of Iowa.

University of Iowa students in chemical and biochemical engineering participated in the 2025 AIChE student regional conference hosted by the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, on April 11 and 12.