Corridor Business Journal: Corridor Manufacturers Bringing Jobs Back
Web Note: Engineering alumnus Gerald Beranek earned a BSE degree in mechanical engineering in 2010.
By Dave DeWitte Corridor Business Journal
Gerald Beranek looks through his truck cab for his lip balm on his drive to work at BeraTek Industries, his fast-growing contract...
Operator Performance Lab Credited in Assisting Rockwell Collins with Unmanned Aircraft System Development
The Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL), a unit of the College of Engineering's Center for Computer-Aided Design, has collaborated with Rockwell Collins in successfully controlling
an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) using its end-to-end UAS integrated avionics solution. The test flight was...KCCI-TV: The Future Is Here: Self-driving Cars Hit the Road
By Todd Magel KCCI-TV
[VIDEO: The future is here: Self-driving cars hit the road]
Dan McGehee, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator – an $80 million...
Six Engineering Students Earn Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Honors
Six College of Engineering student-athletes are among 42 from the University of Iowa who have been honored by the Big Ten Conference with Distinguished Scholar Awards.
They are Anthony Gregorio, a senior from Palatine, IL, majoring in mechanical engineering, for men's cross country;...
Ratner Conducts Research That Could Deactivate Avian Flu Among Chicken Carcasses
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. Incineration is expensive, so the birds are simply buried.
The research of Albert Ratner, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, could...
Lin Appointed Mielnik, Harding Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Ching-Long Lin, professor and departmental executive officer of mechanical and industrial engineering, has been appointed the Edward M. Mielnik and Samuel R. Harding Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, effective July 1, 2016.
"Dr. Lin is an internationally recognized...Engineering, Medicine Collaborate on New ATV Virtual Reality Simulator
A new virtual reality simulator will help University of Iowa researchers study how and why people lose control
while driving all-terrain vehicles.In Iowa, more than 200 ATV-related crashes occur every year, sending patients to...
Farrell receives Best Paper Award at International Digital Human Modeling Conference
Kim Farrell, senior application developer and senior team leader at the Virtual Soldier Research program in the UI Center for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD), has received
Best Paper Award, 2nd Place, for her presentation of the paper, "Body-Based Obstacle Avoidance for Motion Simulation using...Mohaghegh Named ASME Fluids Engineering Division Graduate Scholar of the Year
Mechanical engineering doctoral student Fazlolah Mohaghegh, who is studying under H. S. Udaykumar, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, has been selected as a 2016 ASME
Fluids Engineering Division Graduate Scholar of the Year.The selection is based on his paper titled, "...