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Friday, August 23 2024

  • Quad Cities Manufacturing Institute launched to serve defense, manufacturing sectors

    Iowa State University, the University of Illinois System and Western Illinois University are launching the Quad Cities Manufacturing Institute. The institute will work with local industries, including the U.S. Army's Rock Island Arsenal, to study and innovate in advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing and materials engineering. The institute will also work with local partners and schools to develop a skilled workforce.

     

  • Engineers develop general, high-speed technology to model, understand catalytic reactions

    A research team led by Iowa State's Qi An has developed artificial intelligence technology that could find ways to improve researchers’ understanding of the chemical reactions involved in ammonia production and other complex chemical reactions.

  • Fair visitors can experience Iowa State through ‘Cyclone Vision’

    If you’ve ever wanted to climb to the top of the Campanile for a noon concert or go inside the huddle with the Cyclone football team, you can have that experience at Iowa State University’s exhibit at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. The “Catch the Cyclone Vision” exhibit will feature a series of 360-degree videos highlighting unique campus experiences.

  • Engineers use data to manage grid transformers, boosting reliability to homes, farms

    As we use electricity to power more and more -- everything from vehicles to lawn mowers -- it's getting harder for utilities to manage the distribution transformers that are in every neighborhood. With the support of a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Iowa State's Zhaoyu Wang is leading an effort to develop a system that will help utilities maintain the important links between the power grid and homes, farms and businesses.

  • Growing losses from PRRS cost pork producers $1.2 billion per year, new study shows

    The economic impact of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome increased 80% between 2010 and 2020, costing the pork industry more than $1 billion per year in lost production. Improved biosecurity is essential to reversing the mounting losses.

  • ISU studies explore win-win potential of grass-powered energy production

    Two recent studies by Iowa State University researchers modeled the impact of using anaerobic digestion to produce renewable natural gas from grassy biomass in different settings and from varying perspectives, analysis that helps flesh out the system’s potential.