College of Engineering
Iowa cousins pursue similar paths as researchers at Iowa and ISU
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Brian Hornbuckle has an old photo of himself as a boy, talking—mouth wide—while cousin Keri Hornbuckle’s brother rests his chin on his fists, elbows on the table, looking exasperated. Brian grew up in Shenandoah, in the southwest corner of Iowa, while Keri, a decade his senior, grew up 260 miles away in Cedar Rapids. Because their fathers were close, their families often saw one another at their...
Celebrating Excellence awards salutes faculty, staff and student innovation and discovery
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Recognizing a year of innovation, scholarship and service, the University of Iowa Celebrating Excellence: Discovery and Innovation Awards Ceremony was held April 24.
UI spinout company VIDA Diagnostics raises $5.1 million Series B funding
Monday, January 30, 2017
VIDA Diagnostics Inc., a medical software and services company based in the UI BioVentures Center and created through research at the UI College of Engineering, recently announced the company raised $5.1 million in Series B funding.
UI engineering professor awarded prestigious AGU Macelwane Medal
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Thanking family, friends and colleagues, Gabriele Villarini, accepted the prestigious American Geophysical Union (AGU) James B. Macelwane Medal at an honors ceremony in San Francisco on Dec. 14.
Flint water activist calls for fixing public science at Creative Matters lecture
Monday, November 7, 2016
Setting the tone at the joint Richard L. Valentine Distinguished Lecture and Creative Matters lecture on Oct. 27, Virginia Tech environmental scientist and water quality activist Marc Edwards blasts the opening bars from a classic Twisted Sister song:
Water Treatment Expert Marc Edwards to Present 2016 Valentine Lecture
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Marc Edwards, Charles P. Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and an expert on water treatment and corrosion, will present the Richard L. Valentine Distinguished Lecture, titled "The Flint Michigan Water Crisis: Miracle or Disaster?", from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, October 27, in W10 Pappajohn Business...
UI wins NSF grant to launch water sustainability graduate program
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
The University of Iowa recently received a five-year, $3 million National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) grant to develop a Sustainable Water Development graduate program.
UI research could deactivate avian flu among chicken carcasses
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Across the state of Iowa, six million dead chickens are buried in pits in the ground—left from the last outbreak of the avian flu.