Recent Graduate Spotlight - Andrea Birtles
January 21, 2020
Recent Graduate Spotlight: Andrea Birtles
Major Chemical Engineering
Graduating Class Fall 2019
Hometown Aurora, IL
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College of Engineering faculty passes climate resolution
December 18, 2019
On December 16, 2019, the College of Engineering Faculty passed a climate and sustainability resolution. The resolution follows similar votes by the University of Iowa Faculty Council, the Alliance of Big 10 Alliance of Student Governments, and other shared governance organizations on campus....
Harriet Nembhard named new dean of College of Engineering
December 17, 2019
Harriet B. Nembhard, the Eric R. Smith Professor of Engineering and head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, has been named dean of the University of Iowa College of Engineering. She will begin on June 29....
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