As launch pad supervisor, UI senior Suman Sherwani pushed the button to fire a sounding rocket toward space.
The exhilarating moment was the culmination of a weeklong international field school where undergraduates design, build, and launch a 9-foot-tall rocket from Andøya Space Center...
Shamus Roeder will graduate from the University of Iowa this spring with a master’s degree in biomedical engineering.
But the UI will still have plenty of Roeders to go around. Shamus’ brothers, Tristan and Teagan, and his mother, Shona, still will be students.
“We’re all here...
Iowa is a leader in flood preparedness, thanks in large part to the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) and its innovative online platform, the Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS). IFIS allows Iowans to access up-to-the-minute data on river and stream levels, precipitation, flood inundation maps, and more...
Researchers at the University of Iowa have been awarded funding to design and use smart technology to maximize crop yields and use water more efficiently in rural agriculture.
The four-year, $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls for UI engineers to design and...
When it rains in Iowa and elsewhere, stormwater runoff causes contaminants to enter lakes and rivers, affecting aquatic life and drinking-water supplies. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recognized the need for more research and education on green stormwater treatment by awarding a...
Abdalrhman (Abdul) Elgaali, a senior studying industrial engineering with a focus in management, will receive the Alliant Energy Erroll B. Davis, Jr. Achievement Award from the University of Iowa. Elgaali is also pursuing minor degrees in business administration and Arabic languages.
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When Casey Harwood accepted a position as assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Iowa, he did so knowing that he would be conducting research at one of the premiere institutions in his chosen specialty: hydrodynamics.
The UI’s renown also helped him land his...
Loreen Herwaldt, MD, professor in Infectious Diseases and of Epidemiology, and Priyadarshini Pennathur, PhD, assistant professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering, presented an invited talk on personal protective equipment (PPE) design problems to a standing committee within the National...
Radiation therapy is often an essential part of cancer treatment. And it is radiation oncologists like Chris Wilke, MD, PhD, who partner with other cancer experts to plan and carry out that therapy for patients.
Wilke recently joined University of Minnesota Health Cancer Care. He focuses...
More than 450 Iowa high school students representing 48 teams will be competing February 22 and 23 in the Iowa FIRST Tech Challenge Competition in Coralville. Hosted by the University of Iowa College of Engineering and Collins Aerospace, students will test their engineering skills and teamwork...