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Mechanical engineering’s Todd Kingston and Cary Pint receive NASA EPSCoR grant for battery research and infrastructure development news.engineering.iastate.edu…

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Forever True Day is here! Visit forevertrueday.com and support Cyclone Engineering to make our Forever True Day a successful celebration of Cyclone spirit and Iowa State University. #ForeverTrueDay
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Mechanical engineering student, Samantha Guido, talks about her passion for LEGOs! news.engineering.iastate.edu…
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ME associate professors, Jonathan Claussen and Carmen Gomes, are working to develop biosensors that could help hydroponic farmers add just the right amount of fertilizer in order to boost production while reducing costs. iowastater.iastate.edu/sprin…
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#MechanicalEngineering senior Anthony David selected to present his biothreat detection research at the State Capitol #CycloneEngineering news.engineering.iastate.edu…

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ME's Xianglan Bai is leading two projects, each backed by over $2M from the U.S. Department of Energy, to study and develop new ways to break down waste plastics and convert them to useful materials news.iastate.edu/news/2023/0…
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Mechanical Engineering researchers, Reza Montazami and Nicole Hashemi, have been awarded funding by the Department of Defense for a project exploring a novel approach to investigate cells’ bioelectric activities. news.engineering.iastate.edu…

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ME professor of practice, Jim Heise, contributes to this 1:5 scale replica of the campanile and 27-bell carillon is standing tall in the Sukup Atrium > news.engineering.iastate.edu…
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Congrats to ME's Ashlyn Haack, named the mechanical engineering Outstanding Senior for Fall 2022 and this year's engineering student marshall! news.engineering.iastate.edu…

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Did you know ISU first adopted the “Cyclones” moniker in Sept 1895 after the football team beat Northwestern 36-0. The headline in the Chicago Tribune the following day read “STRUCK BY A CYCLONE.” This 1895 football squad included ME students O.P. Woodburn and Clarence Lewis #tbt
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“This non-contact printing allows us to fabricate functional electronic devices on large, curved surfaces such as airplane wings, turbine blades, vehicles and more.” -Ethan Secor, ME assistant professor news.engineering.iastate.edu…

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🌪️🏈 We’re just two days away from the kickoff to the Cyclone football season! Did you know that Iowa State’s original football facility – Clyde Williams Field – was located just southwest of where the engineering campus is located today? Here’s a shot from Iowa State’s...(1/2)
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...1934 contest against Iowa, where the Cyclones won 31-6, their first win over their in-state rivals in nearly two decades. Notice Marston Water Tower, the top of Marston Hall and the smokestack for a now-defunct engineering shop building in the background. #tbt #cyclones (2/2)
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Todd Kingston, assistant professor in ME, has been named a Building a World of Difference Faculty Fellow in Engineering. This Fellowship is supported by @Black_Veatch. Congrats, Dr. Kingston!! 👏🎉 #CycloneEngineers news.engineering.iastate.edu…
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🗣️The Fall '22 Engineering Ambassador Network (EAN) Regional Workshop will take place at ISU 9/30-10/2. Attendees will be trained on the assertion-evidence model of presenting. This effort is supported by @RaytheonTech and the ISU ME dept. For more info: me.iastate.edu/ean/
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😎👍 Great turnout for last week's ME Welcome Back event. Lots of cool clubs and other great opportunities available to students. Big thanks to everyone who was able to stop by!!
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.@SamEasterling, James L. and Katherine S. Melsa Dean of Engineering at ISU, visited the ME dept this morning. He toured our facilities and learned more about our academic programs/research. Big thanks to Dr. Easterling for coming by. Come back anytime! #CycloneEngineers
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Happy to see the students back on campus on this beautiful foggy morning to kick off the 2022-23 school year. Welcome back, students. Best of luck this semester!! 🍀🌪️❤️💛
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ME associate professor Juan Ren has received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Technical Committee on Mechatronic Systems. Congrats, Dr. Ren! 👏👏
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Carmen L. Gomes, an associate professor in ME, has been named the ISU College of Engineering's Equity Advisor. In this role she aims to enhance diversity and inclusion in all facets of the College's operations. Congrats, Dr. Gomes!! 👏🎉 news.engineering.iastate.edu…
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