LEGO robots promote teamwork, ingenuity
Iowa middle school students worked together on January 17 for the FIRST LEGO League competition. Originally posted in the Iowa State Daily. Written by Dakota Carpenter.
View ArticleEngineering students take part in 2015 Raw Midwest Powerlifting Championship
Several members of the ISU weight club will travel to Dubuque, Iowa to join about 70 lifters from across the Midwest at the 2015 Raw Midwest Powerlifting Championship on Jan. 31 to Feb. 1. “Some of...
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Deconstruction of 93-year-old Davidson Hall begins
Davidson Hall, the former home of the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, is being demolished after 93 years. Most of the furniture in the building is being recycled, but some has...
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Video game industry is more than just a degree
What does it take to make it in the video game industry? Everything and nothing. Keith Fuller, head of Fuller Game Productions, spoke to a full room of game developing hopefuls about the ups and downs...
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Daily reporter gets hacked
One hour is how long it could take for my identity to be stolen. And that’s how long it took three graduate students to create a website façade that would allow them to see the password that could lead...
View ArticleISU students have opportunity to learn about, care for baby horses at horse farm
After a few clumsy steps, Quency collapsed into the straw and immediately fell asleep, her mother standing over her protectively. Quency was born Monday morning — the 17th foal to be born this spring...
View ArticleAmes EcoFair welcomes unique environmental businesses
The city of Ames held its first annual EcoFair, formerly the Energy Fair, on Saturday to give Ames residents the chance to learn more about water conservation, reducing electric consumption, Energy...
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Haircuts to fundraise for homeless shelter
Many would not consider another’s outrageous styling suggestions when it comes to getting a haircut, but for three ISU students, there will be no shame when it comes to styling their hair for charity....
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Graduate students present clean energy product at Clean Energy Challenge
ISU graduate students spent Tuesday, April 14, in Chicago to present their product ARTichar, a renewable activated carbon used for water filtration, at the Clean Energy Challenge. The six students...
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Students showcase research, projects at symposium
Iowa State’s ninth annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression Symposium took place Tuesday in the Pioneer Room of the Memorial Union. The symposium included 49 majors, 145 students and 113...
View ArticleFreeman, Faculty Senate approves letter to Board of Regents
The Faculty Senate met Tuesday for the first time this semester and focused on discussions surrounding the new University of Iowa president, as well as hearing a presentation related to Information...
View ArticleIowa State agriculture and biosystems engineering program ranked No. 1 in nation
Iowa State’s agricultural and biosystems engineering program was ranked first in the nation, according to the 2017 U.S. News and World Report on university graduate programs. Steven Mickelson, chair of...
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Eloise (Heckert) Lantz – ISU’s First Female Member of Pi Tau Sigma
Eloise Heckert’s senior photo. Via the 1946 edition of The Bomb yearbook This article is part of a series of stories for Women’s History Month. To learn about other pioneering female engineers from...
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ME alum Edgar Stanton helped to lead Iowa State through 1918 flu pandemic
State Gym, just south of the engineering complex, transformed into a temporary hospital during the Spanish influenza epidemic in 1918. RS 13/16/D, Box 1123 More than a century ago, Iowa State’s campus...
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