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...
Larry J. Weber, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa (UI) and a research engineer at IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering (IIHR), has been named a Fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Board of Direction. Weber also holds the Edwin B....
The College of Engineering has won a grant worth $933,662 from the Office of Fossil Fuels of the Department of Energy to develop new products using carbon dioxide (CO2 ) or coal.
The research project, which will be led by Syed Mubeen, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical...
On Friday, January 18, the Engineering Fluids Laboratories held an open house to display the new facilities and equipment available to University of Iowa students. Numerous IIHR faculty members were on hand to guide students through the three labs in the suite: the Fluids Fundamentals Lab,...
The University of Iowa College of Engineering is partnering with Engineer Your World (EYW) at the University of Texas at Austin to provide hands-on engineering experiences to high school students across Iowa.
Engineer Your World has been recognized as one of 10 high-quality STEM programs...
Jerald L. Schnoor, the Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa, has received the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology.
According to the ACS, Schnoor...
The India Winterim course on Water Poverty in Rural India spent three weeks in India over the winter break.
In this course, students learned about the freshwater crisis in the poor rural agricultural Mewat District, located only 50 miles south of Delhi. The class partners with the...
Nate Pierotti was a third-year engineering student at the University of Iowa when he told friends Connor Early and Sawyer Theisen about an idea to revolutionize the sport of football around the country. At that time, Pierotti said, the Seeker was born.
The Seeker is a robot that throws...
You are cordially invited to the new Engineering Fluids Laboratories Open House on Friday, January 18, from 11am to 3pm. The labs are located at 1070 and 1074 SC in the SC annex.
Highlights include:
interactive stations including high-speed imaging, electronic test...
College of Engineering graduate Matt Finley plans to continue his education at Iowa and then head into space.
Matt Finley is aiming for the stars.
The electrical and computer engineering major, who will earn a Bachelor of Science in December, dreams of designing rockets for...