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Hans van Leeuwen named "Innovator of the Year"
Hans van Leeuwen, CCEE professor, who has led research teams awarded back-to-back R&D 100 awards for biofuels developments, has just been named the 2009 Innovator of the Year by R&D Magazine. Van Leeuwen is being recognized for his work using microscopic fungi to improve the production of biofuels and for other innovations to protect the environment and improve water quality. "I do appreciate that by presenting this award, R&D Magazine is recognizing the importance of the environment and finding ways to create new products from wastes and ultimately feed a hungry Third World," van Leeuwen said. The innovator award will be presented November 12 at the Renaissance Orlando Hotel at SeaWorld in Florida. (News link) Hoppe professorship medallion ceremony is November 5
Please R.S.V.P. to the Iowa State University Foundation special events office by calling 294-5055 or via e-mail. Contact Kristin Littlejohn with any questions. EPLI event--Engineering in the Coming Era of Insufficient Plenty--on November 10
An Engineering Policy and Leadership Institute (EPLI) event, "Engineering in the Coming Era of Insufficient Plenty," will be Tuesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall. Learn more about critical infrastructure security from John G. Voeller, senior vice president, Black & Veatch, and consultant to the White House and Department of Homeland Security. Voeller helped lead the first all-agency security research and development plan for the nation. University Professor Steffen Schmidt, political science, will moderate a roundtable discussion following Voeller’s presentation. Roundtable participants are Doug Jacobson, University Professor, ECpE, and director of Iowa State’s Information Assurance Center; Tom Baumgartner, homeland security coordinator with Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management; and Brian Pallesch, managing director, Government Relations and Infrastructure Initiatives at the American Society of Civil Engineers. If you plan to attend, please e-mail Katy Rice. Open forum with president, provost is November 13
Iowa State University President Gregory L. Geoffroy and Provost Elizabeth Hoffman will hold an open forum for the College of Engineering at 4 p.m.* on Friday, November 13, in Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall. They will give opening comments followed by questions and answers. A reception will follow at 5:00 p.m. in the lobby outside of the auditorium. *There is another meeting in the auditorium prior to the forum, so please wait in the lobby until the doors are opened so as to not interrupt the meeting. |
Construction teams sweep awards
Four teams of Iowa State construction engineering students placed first in the 17th Annual Associated Schools of Construction Region IV Student Competition held October 28-31 in Nebraska City, Nebraska. This was the first sweep ever of all four divisions (commercial, design-build, heavy-civil, and residential) by one university. Twenty-nine teams (six students per team) representing 13 universities from Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota competed. Over the past eight years, Iowa State teams have placed first 17 times. (News link) Learn@Lunch--Do it write ... or do it right!
Either way, your writing captures who you are and editing makes the picture clearer. Carol Gostele and Jessi Strawn--two of ECM's word gurus--will give a Learn@Lunch presentation on Wednesday, November 11, noon-1 p.m., in 114 Marston Hall to help you focus your writing and editing skills. Discussion to focus on resources that support faculty flexibility
An ISU ADVANCE discussion on Tuesday, November 17, noon-1 p.m. in the Memorial Union Gallery will focus on resources and policies that support faculty flexibility. Mary Harris, faculty fellow in 2008-09, will report on her work on faculty flexibility, which supports the theme for the ISU ADVANCE Program last year, "Recruiting the Best: The Role of Work-Life Flexibility." Harris will lead the lunchtime discussion during which she will present resources that are available to faculty, including policies and guidelines for increased flexibility to balance work/life demands.
Symposium to address a 2050 challenge issue
 The Engineering Policy and Research Institute (EPLI) is co-sponsoring a daylong symposium, "National Energy and Transportation: Investment Strategies for 2050," on Monday, November 30, 7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall. This symposium will address the biggest challenges of our time: transportation responsible for consuming 69% of total U.S. energy and emitting 74% of total U.S. greenhouse gases. Visit the EPLI symposium Web site for agenda and registration details. Registration is free. Welcome back the Solar Decathlon team
A reception to congratulate the Solar Decathlon team is planned for Friday, November 13, at 5 p.m. in the College of Design atrium (Lightfoot Forum). Dean Jonathan Wickert will speak, as will several other dignitaries. Refreshments will be served. Mark your calendars!
November 5--Biotechnology open house, Protein, Proteomics, and DNA Facilities, 1182 Molecular Biology, 0079 Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory, and 1184 Molecular Biology, 1-4 p.m. November 5--Hoppe professorship medallion ceremony, 5 p.m., Memorial Union Sun Room November 10--Engineering Policy and Leadership event, "Engineering in the Coming Era of Insufficient Plenty," 7 p.m., Howe Hall Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium November 11--Learn@Lunch: Do it write ... or do it right! Noon to 1 p.m., 114 Marston November 17--ISU ADVANCE discussion, "ISU Resources and Policies that Support Faculty Flexibility," 12 noon, Memorial Union Gallery |
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