The University of Iowa Informatics Initiative (UI3), with cross-campus partners including the College of Engineering, has announced the first Informatics Week event on the University of Iowa campus during April 14-23, 2016. The week is designed to showcase on-going informatics-related research, central resources available to support informatics activities, and the educational and career opportunities in informatics.

Seventeen members of the College of Engineering faculty have become associated with the University of Iowa's Informatics Initiative.

Directing the initiative is Greg Carmichael, Karl Kammermeyer Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering.

Engineering faculty members who are associated with the initiative include Joe Assouline, Er-Wei Bai, Terry Braun, Tom Casavant, Hans Johnson, Dave Kristensen, Andrew Kusiak, Amaury Lendasse, Tim Mattes, Priya Pennathur, Joe Reinhardt, Mike Schnieders, Milan Sonka, Charles Stanier, Fatima Toor, and Gabriele Villarini.