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Dick and Judy Smith

Alumnus Richard Smith donates $7.7M to University of Iowa College of Engineering

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
The University of Iowa College of Engineering has received a $7.7 million gift from alumnus Richard "Dick" and Judy Smith to endow the deanship as the Dick and Judy Smith Dean of the College of Engineering and support facility enhancements.

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Nanoparticle Effects in Multiphase Combustion: Liquid-Phase Transport, Droplet Combustion Response, and Premixed Gaseous Flame Structure promotional image

Nanoparticle Effects in Multiphase Combustion: Liquid-Phase Transport, Droplet Combustion Response, and Premixed Gaseous Flame Structure

Thursday, October 29, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

The Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Seminar

PRESENTATION: Nanoparticle Effects in Multiphase Combustion: Liquid-Phase Transport, Droplet Combustion Response, and Premixed Gaseous Flame Structure. Nanoparticles offer effective ways to influence heat transfer, radiation absorption, and flame behavior, but their effects in combustion depend on more than simply how much material is added. Over time, particles can aggregate, settle, and redistribute, changing the state of the fuel or...

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ISE:5000 GRADUATE SEMINAR -- DR. QIHANG LIN

Thursday, October 29, 2026 3:30pm to 4:20pm
Seamans Center

Join the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering for a graduate seminar presented by Dr. Qihang Lin, “Penalty-Based First-Order Methods for Bilevel Optimization with Minimax and Constrained Lower-Level Problems,” on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. in 3505 Seamans Center.

Dr. Lin will discuss bilevel optimization problems in which both the upper- and lower-level problems have minimax structures, with applications such as hyperparameter tuning and machine unlearning. The talk will...

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Party After the Parade hosted by the College of Engineering

Friday, October 30, 2026 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Seamans Center
Continue the party after the Homecoming Parade with a stop at the Seamans Center, home of the College of Engineering.
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