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On July 23, 2007, Iowa State University engineering alum and astronaut Clay Anderson threw an obsolete, refrigerator-sized early ammonia servicer (EAS) reservoir overboard from the International Space Station (ISS). The...

Sol Invictus, Iowa State University's solar race car, completed the 2,400-mile North American Solar Challenge Tuesday afternoon in eighth place overall with a time of 91 hours and 12 minutes.

Video link: The solar car gets some...

David Grewell, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, is working with other researchers at Iowa State to improve the strength of bioplastic materials. The intent is to replace...

Preparing for a 2,400-mile trip takes thought and preparation, especially when you also have to build your mode of transportation from the ground up. Watch Team PrISUm work on the details of its ninth solar car, Sol Invictus, the...

Ames, Iowa—Fifty middle school and high school teachers (39 from Iowa and the rest from across the country) arrived at Iowa State on July 6 for a two-week Project Lead The Way (PLTW) training institute led by the College of...

Sol Invictus, Iowa State University's solar race car, ran on sun power for the first time Friday morning.And that has the students of Team PrISUm confident they'll be lining up for the start of the 2,400-mile North American Solar...

Ames, Iowa—Ping Lu, professor of aerospace engineering at Iowa State University, has been selected to receive the 2008 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Mechanics and Control of Flight Award.

The award...