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Graduate student Mahtab Goudarzi is working with the Wisconsin DOT to optimize the design of traffic sign supports using advanced sensors, real-time monitoring and data analysis of wind loads.

A new instrument in a Black Engineering lab that subjects batteries to various abuses: electrical (such as overcharging or an external short circuit), mechanical (crushing) and thermal (overheating) also collects data about their condition, characteristics and performance -- vital for safety and innovation.

Seventeen Iowa teens were challenged to think critically about global sustainability, energy systems and how humans interact with the planet during their immersive week in Iceland, the 2025 edition of extension's STEM in Motion program.

Launching in the fall of 2024, a new master’s program in digital healthcare addresses workforce demands for employees with the skills to help providers offer real-time feedback to their patients about their medical needs. Better yet, the fully online program is designed for working professionals and can be completed from anywhere.

Junior Jarod Hart's music major will have dual emphasis in composing and education. He's also active in marching band, symphonic band, wind ensemble, orchestra and French horn and pipe organ studios. Born without a right hand, he's learned how to do more, musically, with his left hand.

A civil engineering team is monitoring a field test in rural Buchanan County of a web-like geosynthetic grid, created on a 3D printer and designed to improve the stability of gravel roads. The potential savings for counties on road maintenance is significant.

In teams, more than a hundred graphic design students offered their creative services to nearly 20 central Iowa nonprofits in a Saturday "design-a-thon." Staff told the students what they needed: Logos, apparel designs, social media campaigns, website updates, to name a few.

Citizen historian (and alumna) explores University Library's online and in-person special collections and archive from her farm in Madison County. Parks Library has since made her list of "happy places."

As a class project, dietetics students created cooking videos for Iowa youth. The goal is healthier kids, and research shows that kids who get involved with cooking are more likely to try the foods they make.

Needing more space to develop its tractor-less farm equipment, Salin 247 moved into incubator space at Iowa State's BioCentury Research Farm. The company aims to reduce soil compaction in fields and provide a less expensive equipment option.