Material Advantage wins World Materials Day Award
Iowa State’s student chapter of Material Advantage received one of three World Materials Day awards for its outreach efforts. The award highlights the members’ efforts to demonstrate the importance of...
View ArticleMSE group named best chapter for 7th straight year
The Iowa State Chapter of Material Advantage (MA) received the “Most Outstanding Chapter” Award at this year’s national Materials Science and Technology Conference, marking seven consecutive years of...
View ArticleStudents learn more than materials engineering in Mali
The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society member journal JOM featured a story about Iowa State engineering students working on projects in Mali, Africa.
View ArticleIE sophomore part of group working to improve education standards in Africa
Bennett Coffman, sophomore in industrial engineering, is the current vice president of Hope 4 Africa at Iowa State. The group, which began at Valley High School in West Des Moines, has since expanded...
View ArticleFemale civil engineering students work to create outreach program
Civil Ladies, a diverse female club, is teaming up with the American Society of Civil Engineers to secure a grant to develop an energy-related outreach program. One aspect of the program has the group...
View ArticleFormula SAE Team tests its engineering skills at international competition
Members of Iowa State’s Formula SAE Team are going flat out to build a mini racing car that can show off their engineering skills. Designs for a super-light, 350-pound car are all drawn up. The chassis...
View ArticleSolar car hits the race pace, but is slowed by chassis repairs
The students of Team PrISUm were feeling good about the start to this year’s Formula Sun Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The team qualified sixth and began the day recording lap times...
View ArticleStudent group takes on design-and-build of Cyclone jet
The College of Engineering is known for numerous accomplishments, but one team of students is taking on a project that literally aims for the sky: designing and building a 10-passenger business jet....
View ArticleAerE revamps undergrad design sequence
This summer, Iowa State’s aerospace engineering department will be fine-tuning a program that promises to offer more design experience for the department’s undergraduates. The new design sequence,...
View ArticleEngineering students active in noncompetitive clubs
Engineering students are active in all sorts of clubs and organizations offered at Iowa State. Two engineering students who are part of noncompetitive clubs talked about their experiences in an Iowa...
View ArticleFresh off the assembly line: Power Pullers set to compete with newly built...
An ISU ABE student organization that spent the school year designing and building a quarter-scale tractor will enter a lean and versatile machine into a competition in an effort to climb the leader...
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