Information Solutions Resources at the College of Engineering
Biosciences Resources
Advanced Manufacturing Resources
Faculty Teaching and Research Excellence
Biomedical Engineering
Edwin L. Dove, interim departmental executive officer
- Biomechanics of tractor roll-over injuries
- Control and coordination of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
- Development of thermal seeds for hyperthermia in prostate
- Genomic resources
- Hemodynamics of arterial disease
- Low back pain and scoliosis
- Mechanical properties of diseased arteries biomechanics and rupture prediction of abdominal aorta aneurysms
- Computational simulation of artificial heart valve dynamics
- Medical image acquisition
- Processing and quantitative analysis
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
David W. Murhammer, departmental executive officer
- High speed computing
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Keri C. Hornbuckle, departmental executive officer
- Constitutive modeling
- Design simulation
- Rainfall and flood forecasting
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jon G. Kuhl, departmental executive officer
- Agent technologies
- Bioinformatics
- Communication systems and computer networks
- Controls
- Design and testing of very large scale integrated circuits
- Parallel and distributed computing systems
- Photonics
- Plasma waves
- Quantitative medical image processing
- Signal processing
- Software engineering
- Wireless communication
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
L. D. Chen, departmental executive officer
- Informatics
- Computer-aided analysis and design
- Engineering management
- Human-computer interfaces
- System simulation
- Virtual prototyping
College of Engineering Research Centers, Institutes, and Laboratories
Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Thomas Casavant, director
- Application of high performance networking and computing to basic life science and applied biomedical research
Center for Computer-Aided Design
Karim Abdel-Malek, director
- Virtual soldier research--human modeling and simulation, virtual reality, biomechanics, control, optimization, clothing, human performance measures, electromyography, artificial intelligence, human kinematics and dynamics.
- Cognitive systems--ergonomics, human interaction with advanced technology and automation, cognitive processing burden assessment/sensory and data input cognitive impact.
- Operator performance--optimal aircraft instrumentation configuration, flight simulation supporting aircraft operation task analysis, warning system effectiveness, roadway markings and illumination analysis, driver performance measurement.
- National Advanced Driving Simulator--highway safety and transportation efficiency, equipment product development effectiveness enhancement via virtual prototyping, vehicle dynamics and simulation, simulator technology and virtual reality environment and human factors.
IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering
Larry J. Weber, director
- Fluid dynamics
- Turbulent flows
- Vortex dynamics
- Ship hydrodynamics
- Biological fluid flow
- Atmospheric boundary layer
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Environmental hydraulics
- Hydraulics structures
- Ice-related hydraulics
- Fish management at dams
- Sediment management
- Heat disposal in water bodies and power production
- Bioremediation of groundwater
- Computational hydraulics
- Water quality monitoring
- Water and air resources
- Air pollution
- Hydroclimatology
- Hydrogeology
- Hydrology
- Remote sensing
- Water resources
Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging
Milan Sonka, co-director
- Angiography-intravascular ultrasound data fusion
- Intracardiac ultrasound image reconstruction
Engineering-related Interdisciplinary Research Centers at
The University of Iowa
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute
Vicki H. Grassian, director
- Information and interdisciplinary resource of University of Iowa faculty engaged in nanotechnology