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College welcomes new ME chair  Jonathan Wickert joined the faculty July 23 as the new chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He comes to Iowa State following 17 years on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University. Wickert is the author of the textbook An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, the inventor of two U.S. patents, and the author of over 120 papers in archival journals and at technical conferences. His research in the fields of mechanical vibration and noise control combines analytical techniques and measurement. Wickert is a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has received many awards in recognition of his teaching and research. He earned BS, MS, and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and he was an NSF/NATO postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK. (News article)Deal interns in Washington, D.C.
For the third consecutive year, a student from the College of Engineering has participated in the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) Program. Chris Deal, senior in mechanical engineering, was one of 11 engineering students from across the country selected to participate in the nine-week internship in the nation’s capital. As part of the program, each intern researches and writes a policy paper on a topic of personal interest. For his paper, Deal focused on global climate change policy pertaining to the advance of sustainable development through the transfer of clean energy technologies. The papers are published on-line in the WISE Journal of Engineering and Public Policy. In addition, Deal says he will likely present his paper at conferences associated with his sponsor, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, during this next year. |
Alum takes first spacewalk
Aerospace engineering alum Clay Anderson took his first spacewalk last week. Anderson, who is flight engineer serving on the International Space Station, spent seven hours and forty-one minutes outside the station. In his in-flight journal, Anderson, who has been in space since June 8, describes what it is like to be 220 nautical miles above Earth. “It is a place that is absolutely free of borders; a place where its beauty is for lack of a better word … overwhelming. I have been amazed at the differences you can see from orbit, simply by the change in the sun’s angle, the time of day, or the direction from which I look.” To learn more about his experiences, see his in-flight journal.
The 15 interns participating in the Summer Program for Interdisciplinary Research and Education-Emerging Interface Technologies (SPIRE-EIT) at VRAC will present posters and technical demonstrations on Friday, August 3. The program is from 10 a.m. to noon in the Molecular Biology Building atrium and is open to the public. |
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Plan now to attend the College of Engineering Fall Convocation on Wednesday, August 22, at 3:10 p.m. in Howe Hall, Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium. The theme is Iowa State’s sesquicentennial, which will be celebrated throughout this academic year. The program includes new faculty and staff introductions, a welcome to our two new chairs, and recognition of promotion and tenure candidates, endowed faculty positions, and recipients of the 2007 college awards. Dean Mark J. Kushner will give the State of the College Address. A reception will follow the program.
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