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College isn’t just “academic.” Once here, you’ll discover that Iowa State is every bit a part of the real world. In fact, change in the real world starts here, in the labs and classrooms of the College of Engineering.

Filled a gas tank lately? (It doesn’t get much more real than that!) Our partners in solving the energy challenge include auto manufacturers, oil companies, and other real-world organizations you might work for once you leave college.

Driven to succeed

While Iowa State mechanical engineers are hard at work making internal combustion engines more efficient, others are driving new forms of energy. Materials science professor Steve Martin and his undergraduate research team are exploring innovative ceramic membranes for the fuel cells that will eventually drive fleets of hydrogen-powered cars.

Right, Martin measures the ability of a ceramic specimen to conduct protons at varying temperatures, a critical function for the efficiency of any fuel cell.