Kleinheksel	Miller	Molian

Three of this year's National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate fellowship winners have ties to Iowa State University. Cory Kleinheksel, a senior in computer engineering; Joseph Miller, a PhD student in mechanical engineering; and Raathai Molian, a 2008 mechanical engineering graduate, were recently awarded fellowships through the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. This program funds three years of study—up to $121,500—in master's or doctoral degrees focusing on research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This year, 950 students nationwide received fellowship awards. (News release)


Shanks named Hoppe professor

CBE Professor Jacqueline Vanni Shanks has been named the first holder of the Manley R. Hoppe Professorship in Chemical Engineering. Hoppe, of Moline, Illinois, was the chairman emeritus of Parr Instrument Company, a privately held corporation that engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of laboratory instruments and apparatus for testing fuels and for conducting chemical reactions and tests under heat and pressure. (News release)

Biorenewables program draws global participation

The Bioeconomy Institute and the Center for Crops Utilization Research are hosting a two-week Intensive Program in Biorenewables June 3–15. This inaugural program will provide advanced training in the expanding field of biorenewable resources and technologies with a focus on innovative ideas and technologies. A group of 45 high-caliber student participants from such places as Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Hungary, Uruguay, and the United States has been selected to participate. The group includes two Fulbright Scholars.

Activities will include lectures, recitation periods with research experts, and tours of area biorenewable fuel plants, biomass production and conversion facilities, and the BioCentury Research Farm at Iowa State University.

This program is sponsored by a grant from Cargill, Inc., an international provider of food, agricultural, and risk management products and services.

For more information, visit www.biorenew.iastate.edu/brtip

E-News schedule

E-News is published once a month during May, June, and July. The next issue is scheduled for June 9.

This year, Rollins focused recruitment efforts on four inner-city Kansas City schools. Three students from these schools have received exceptional scholarship awards. Jonathan DeBarge Morgan, ME, and Donathan LeBarge Morgan, EE were featured in the May 2 Kansas City Star article "For Ruskin High School twins, it's two times the success." The twins have both received Gates Millennium Scholarships from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition, Donathan has been selected to receive a college E2020 scholarship. Steve Johnson, IMSE and business, is the third student who has enrolled. He has been selected as a George Washington Carver Scholar. (Full article)


Alumni Days are May 14–16

Alumni from Iowa State University's class of 1959 will be at Iowa State May 14–16 to celebrate their 50-year reunion. Special recognition will also be given to alumni from the classes of 1954, 1949, 1944, 1939, 1934, and 1929. A College of Engineering reception and program is planned for Friday, May 15, at 9:30 in Howe Hall, and there will be open houses and tours in engineering from 10 to 11:30 a.m.


Students prepare for Mars rover challenge

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