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SWE section wins national recognition
The Iowa State University section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) received second place for Outstanding Collegiate Section at the National Conference for Women Engineers held in Nashville, Tennessee, October 24 & 27. The section was recognized for its diversity and outreach programs, according to section president Janice Marquardt, ME graduate student. Marquardt, who joined SWE as a freshman, says about 80 students consistently participate in activities and that the section has about 65 paid members. Fourteen students attended the national conference. Nancy Knight, director, Engineering Diversity and Graduate Programs, and Shauna Hallmark, associate professor, CCEE, are the advisers for the section, which was started in 1967.
The annual SWE banquet, with the theme "Gear Up for Life," will be November 29. Gwendolyn Boyd, the former national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., an international service organization, will be the keynote speaker. Boyd, who holds an MS in mechanical engineering from Yale University, is an engineer and executive assistant to the chief of staff at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Faculty and staff are invited to the semi-formal banquet. For more information about attending the banquet, please contact Marquardt at kaeledra@iastate.edu.
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SWE members display the plaque they received as an Outstanding Collegiate Section at the national conference in Nashville. Front row, from left: Ashley Polkinghorn, CPRE; Erin Bebar, ME; Ann Culver, ME; Cassiana Cope, AerE; and Katie Henning, AerE. Back row, from left: Angela Cannavo, ChE; Leigh Cumpston, ChE; Bethany Lintin, IE; Allison Machtemes, CE; Janice Marquardt, ME; Daniela Faas, ME; Carol Faulhaber, AE; Allison Wright, AerE; and Samantha Spiering, CE.
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Globalization backlash is topic of Nov 6 lecture
Iowa State University alumna Christine Romans, host of CNN’s weekend business roundtable, Your $$$$$, will speak at Iowa State on Tuesday, November 6. Her talk, “Globalization Backlash: How Politics, Culture, and Sovereignty Complicate Real Globalization,” will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Roman’s lecture is part of the Technology, Globalization, and Culture class taught by Jim Bernard, Anson Marston Distinguished Professor, ME, and Mark Rectanus, professor, world languages and cultures. The lecture is also offered as part of Iowa State’s 150th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series. Lecture cosponsors include the Colleges of Engineering and Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and World Languages and Cultures, Deere & Company, and Rockwell Collins.
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Iowa State establishes Bioeconomy Institute
The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, has approved establishment of the Bioeconomy Institute to help the university and state maintain their leadership in biorenewable fuels, chemicals, and technologies. Robert C. Brown, the Iowa Farm Bureau Director of Biorenewables Programs, will serve as director of the institute, which will replace the Office of Biorenewables Programs. (News release)
ADVANCE networking event planned
An ADVANCE Networking Event, “Making a Career in STEM: Three Women’s Stories,” is planned for Wednesday, November 14, from noon to 1 p.m. in 240 Bessey. Bring a brown-bag lunch and join this informal discussion of the special issues faced by women working in STEM careers. Kristen Constant, associate professor, MSE; Lisa Larson, professor, psychology; and Becky Stadlman, director of human resources, Sauer-Danfoss, will offer their perspectives. Topics will include research on the gender-related issues of working in STEM disciplines, experiences with the challenges of recruiting women into STEM careers in business and industry, and the challenges and rewards of maintaining a STEM career in the academy. There will be plenty of time for discussion. For more information, please call the ADVANCE office at 294-6151 or visit the ISU ADVANCE Program Web site.
Astronauts Doug Wheelock (left), STS-120 mission specialist, and Clay Anderson, Expedition 16 flight engineer
Alum departs from the
space station
AerE alum and astronaut Clay Anderson has begun his journey back to Earth onboard the space shuttle Discovery. Anderson, who has been living on the International Space Station (ISS) since June, and his fellow STS-120 crew members are expected back at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. For the last two weeks, the seven Discovery astronauts and three ISS crew members have worked on the installation of a new compartment on the ISS and doing repair work on the solar panels that are a major component of the ISS. After the repairs were successfully completed last Saturday, the Discovery crew packed their gear and said their farewell to the ISS crew.
Visit the college Sesquicentennial Highlights
 The College of Engineering now has a Sesquicentennial Highlights page on the Web. Links include biographies of some notable faculty and alumni as well as a timeline of important events. If you would like to suggest an individual or event to add, please send the information to mglanvil@iastate.edu
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