
Travis Ballstadt
Saw A Prairie Home Companion at the Civic Center on Saturday. During the pre-show banter, Garrison Keillor joke :
Q: What do you get if you drive through Ames too slow?
A: A degree in Engineering.

Despite the national economy, there has been no recession in research support at the Iowa State University College of Engineering. Funding for grants and contracts during the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 (July 1 to September 30, 2009) totaled $35 million, which is more than double the amount for the same time last year. The [...]

Iowa State University - College of Engineering The Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute will present "National Energy and Transportation: Investment Strategies through 2050" on Monday, November 30, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium on Howe Hall on the Iowa State campus. The symposium will present the first half of what is possibly the greatest 2050 Challenge of our time.
Time:7:00AM Monday, November 30th
Location:Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

Ames, Iowa–Four teams of construction engineering students from Iowa State University placed first in the 17th Annual Associated Schools of Construction Region IV Student Competition held October 28â31 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. This was the first sweep ever of all four divisions (commercial, design-build, heavy-civil, and residential) by one university. Twenty-nine teams (six students per [...]

After only a year in existence, the Iowa State University chapter of Engineers Without Borders has been selected by The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society for their first collaborative grant with EWB-USA in Mali, Kati Cerle, Nana Kenieba, Africa. Read the story here. Pass It On:

Iowa State University - College of Engineering
Iowa State University President Gregory L. Geoffroy and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman will hold an open forum for the College of Engineering at 4 p.m. on Friday, November 13, in Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium in Howe Hall. They will give opening comments followed by questions and answers. A reception will follow at 5 p....m. in the lobby outside of the auditorium.
(There is another meeting in the auditorium prior to the forum, so please wait in the lobby until the doors are opened so as to not interrupt the meeting.) Read More
(There is another meeting in the auditorium prior to the forum, so please wait in the lobby until the doors are opened so as to not interrupt the meeting.) Read More
Time:4:00PM Friday, November 13th
Location:Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

Iowa State University - College of Engineering
The Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute will present the first of this year's lectures on Tuesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu auditorium in Howe Hall on the Iowa State campus. John G. Voeller, ASME White House Fellow in the Office of Science and Technology Policy and principal architec...t of POWRTRAK, the automated engineering system of Black & Veatch that was used to build over 500 power facilities around the world, will speak on "Energy in the Coming ERA of Insufficient Plenty." The presentation is in conjunction with the Technology, Globalization and Cultures course.Read More
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

Iowa State University - College of Engineering
There will be a reception to congratulate the Solar Decathlon team on Friday, November 13, at 5 p.m. in the College of Design atrium (Lightfoot Forum). Dean Jonathan Wickert of the College of Engineering will speak, as will several other dignitaries. Cookies and punch will be served.
Help welcome back and honor the Iowa State team!

Iowa State University - College of Engineering
Iowa State University President Gregory L. Geoffroy and College of Engineering Dean Jonathan Wickert cordially invite you to a special installation ceremony honoring Dr. Jackie Shanks as the recipient of the Manley R. Hoppe Professorship in Chemical Engineering.
This endowed professorship was made possible by the genero...sity of Jean (BS Zoology '60) and Mike Steffenson (BSChE'59) in recognition of Jean's father, Manley Hoppe (BSChE'32/ MSChE'35).
R.S.V.P. to the Iowa State University Foundation special events office at 515 294-5055 or via e-mail to EventRSVP@foundation.iastate.edu.
Business attire is suggested.
Please contact Kristin Littlejohn at klittle@iastate.edu with any questions.Read More
This endowed professorship was made possible by the genero...sity of Jean (BS Zoology '60) and Mike Steffenson (BSChE'59) in recognition of Jean's father, Manley Hoppe (BSChE'32/ MSChE'35).
R.S.V.P. to the Iowa State University Foundation special events office at 515 294-5055 or via e-mail to EventRSVP@foundation.iastate.edu.
Business attire is suggested.
Please contact Kristin Littlejohn at klittle@iastate.edu with any questions.Read More

Iowa State University - College of Engineering
Iowa State’s van Leeuwen named R&D Magazine’s 2009 Innovator of the Year http://bit.ly/1WzlaD

Iowa State University - College of Engineering
New Video Online :: ABE Professor becomes R&D Innovator of the Year http://bit.ly/1pxEYD

Iowa State University - College of Engineering
New Video Online :: Nature’s Way to the Biofuel Future http://bit.ly/yUf8v

John This might be old news, but I just read that the Solar house house was bought by the DNR and will be permanently installed down at Honey Creek resort for people to see and to continue the research, etc. cool!













