June 2020
Iowa Technology Institute launches new website, social media channels
March 2020
Ars Technica: There's an $80 million driving simulator in Iowa, and we tried it out
February 2020
What does AI see? UI researchers discover cancer biomarkers using deep neural networks
Spring 2020 Seed Grant winners announced
January 2020
Kielas-Jensen presents at International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Cai presents at 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
November 2019
ISE PhD student Eric Chun presents paper at Autonomous Driving Workshop in Seoul
KCRG: Experts stress winter driving safety following recent snowfall
Professor Tom Schnell and team win Best Paper Award for biometric evaluation of pilot workloads
October 2019
ME PhD student Avik Samanta wins Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
ECE PhD student Tri Quang wins ASLMS research grant
Iowa researchers prepare rural roads for the future
September 2019
$7.1 million federal grant to help NADS study automated vehicles on rural roads
UI and Seoul Institute of Technology Strengthen Connections through Official Partnership
August 2019
Iowa Engineer: High-flying engineering
Iowa Engineer: Ben Perlson: Flexing his engineering muscles
Iowa Engineer: Celebrating 20 years of driver safety research
July 2019
Iowa Now: Kregel named executive vice provost and senior associate provost for faculty
SPIE: Under lock and key: The intersection of cancer research and photovoltaics
UI engineers co-win 5-year, $7.5M grant to apply machine learning to energetic materials design
June 2019
Prof. Jun Wang to study nitrogen dioxide levels using satellite data
CCAD kicks off the CCAD Research Initiative Seed Program (CRISP) with a total funding of $200K
May 2019
ME Professor Al Ratner named ASME fellow
Wang and Toor receive awards at OVPR ceremony
April 2019
KCRG: University of Iowa's Virtual Soldier Research Progam proving versatile, finding new uses
KCRG: University of Iowa receives $1.6 million grant to develop new farming technology
March 2019
The Daily Iowan: UI researchers develop technology to promote sustainable farming
Iowa Now: UI engineers win $1.6 million award to create smarter, sustainable farming
Jun Wang and team win $1.6 million award to create smarter, sustainable farming
February 2019
Mubeen receives fossil fuel grant
January 2019
Center for Advancement: Sparking discovery
October 2018
Klopfenstein named research programs consultant for CCAD
Schnell and Wang appointed to CCAD leadership team
September 2018
The Gazette: Study: Misconceptions of driver systems are common, can spell out danger on the road
Iowa Now: Multidisciplinary UI research team uses nanotechnology to create clot-less stent
August 2018
CBS2: UI, California-based company team up to produce cleaner fuel for vehicles
Toor, Reinhardt, and Mubeen join CCAD faculty
University of Iowa virtual reality simulation featured at the Iowa State Fair
July 2018
Moon accepted into Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop at MIT
Associate Director of CCAD and F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor Arora retires
WQAD: Paving the way for self-driving cars at the University of Iowa
Baek wins grant using AI to reduce falls among elderly
Schnell named The Captain Jim "Max" Gross Chair in Engineering
June 2018
Carney featured on teen drivers on WalletHub
UI researchers explain ammonia distribution in Earth's upper atmosphere
May 2018
Researchers say drivers can build trust in autonomous cars, despite recent accidents
April 2018
Ding receives NSF grant to study a fast laser-based surface nanostructuring method
Wilder to receive 2018 Honors Program teaching award
March 2018
Iowa Now: President Harreld on the importance of groundbreaking UI research
Abdel-Malek, McGehee featured in new research videos
Baek serves as AI panelist at Des Moines Business Record Power Breakfast
UI engineering research center sees progress in virtual soldier, predicting injuries
Researcher profile: Shaoping Xiao
February 2018
National Advanced Driving Simulator kicks off 20th anniversary year
McGehee, Abdel-Malek are Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce annual banquet keynote speakers
Grosland appointed Engineering Associate Dean for Academic Programs
The innumerable rewards of undergraduate research
January 2018
Operator Performance Lab director Schnell featured in Vertiflite magazine
Santos Human, Inc. continues to grow its higher education segment
December 2017
Daily Iowan: UI Steering Future of Automated Driving Industry
November 2017
University of Ontario Institute of Technology Partners with SantosHuman, Inc.
National Advanced Driving Simulator Featured in YouTube Video
October 2017
Marshall among Engineering Faculty, Staff Honored at UI Annual Awards Banquet
McGehee Featured on NPR "All Things Considered"
August 2017
Santos Human, Inc. Adds DSO National Labs to Client List
University of Iowa Awarded Projects through New Toyota Program
July 2017
First STEM Day Held at Johnson County Fair
CCAD Offers VARBU Virtual Reality Services to Campus
Professors Schnell and Choi Featured in MIE Newsletter
High-Tech Cars Not Just for Spider-Man, Tony Stark
College of Engineering Fiscal Yeaer 2017 Funding Sees 72 Percent Increase
June 2017
Area Leaders Get Look at Newest UI Driving Simulator Addition
Davis, Mayberry, Patel to be Recognized by University of Iowa Alumni Association
Iowa Now: Building Virtual Worlds to Prep for the Real One
UI Featured in Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center Report
May 2017
National Advanced Driving Simulator Included in Consumer Reports Magazine
Abdel-Malek Named Lifetime Achiever by Marquis Who's Who
Iowa Driving the Way for Autonomous Vehicles
April 2017
Brudflodt Honored as UI Top Student Employee; Kakavandi, Seydel Earn Certificates of Distinction
Iowa Now: UI Honors Top Student Employee
The Daily Iowan: Furthering Virtual Soldier's World
March 2017
Virtual Reality App Can Help Drivers Understand the Question, "My Car Does What?"
Hawkeye Lunch & Learn: The Virtual Soldier
RAMDO Solutions Earns 2017 UI Start-up of the Year Award
January 2017
Watch: Can Augmented Reality Help Helicopter Pilots Stay Safe?
McGehee to Participate in WorldCanvass Program on "Our Lives Online"
December 2016
National Advanced Driving Simulator Receives Grant to Address Safety Issues Prioritized by US DOT
New UI Study Finds New Methods for Better Understanding Advanced Driver Assistance Technologies
An Education on Innovation in Automation
November 2016
How to Manage What's Called a Phantom Traffic Jam
Stoner Wins Graduate College Three Minute Thesis Competition
October 2016
Public Policy Center, National Advanced Driving Simulator Focus on National Teen Driver Safety Week
MyCarDoesWhat Honored with Platinum PR Award for Public Service Announcement
UI Grad's Student Employment Put Him on the Road to His Career
Daily Iowan: Virtual Reality Nursing at Iowa
August 2016
Raghavan Joins Engineering Faculty Members Who Showcase Research in 90 Seconds
July 2016
Engineering Graduate Student Li Earns First Place in EPSCOR Poster Competition
SantosHuman Inc. Releases Cutting-Edge Arm Module
Des Moines Register: Iowa Paving the Way for Self-Driving Cars
Safer Cars, Safer Highways through Safer Simulation
Op-ed: With Advanced Technology, Drivers Still Control Safety
Daily Iowan: UI Fights Parkinson's
Abdel-Malek Appointed to UI Leadership Role for Interdisciplinary Team Research Development
KCCI-TV: The Future Is Here: Self-driving Cars Hit the Road
June 2016
Iowa City Press-Citizen: Experts Put Effort behind Reducing Drowsy Driving
KCRG: UI College of Engineering Hopes ATV Simulator Will Make Riding Safer
Engineering, Medicine Collaborate on New ATV Virtual Reality Simulator
Corridor Business Journal: UI Simulator Could Help Make ATVs Safer
Iowa Now: UI Unveils New ATV Virtual Reality Simulator
The Gazette: University of Iowa Unveils ATV Simulator
KWWL: ATV Simulator Aims to Reduce Real Vehicle Crashes
Farrell Receives Best Paper Award at International Digital Human Modeling Conference
McGehee, Reininga Assume New Roles at UI Center for Computer-Aided Design
May 2016
Raghavan Participates in KCRG-TV Program on Ethics
April 2016
Grosland Named Biomedical Engineering Departmental Executive Officer
Virtual Reality Gets Real with SantosHuman Inc. Predictive Models and WorldViz VR Development System
UI Foundation Features Rockwell Collins, Operator Performance Lab Partnership
NADS Attends SAE Conference, Introduces New Video
National Advanced Driving Simulator MiniSim(TM) to Be Showcased in UI Mobile Museum
March 2016
Center for Computer-Aided Design to Hold Fulbright Virtual Reality Adventure Day
Huffington Post: U.S. Military and Ford Use Digital Human Avatars to Test New Products
Raghavan to Be Inducted as Fellow in the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
SantosHuman Partners with the Netherlands to Improve Combat Safety, Effectiveness
Villafana, Raghavan Featured in UI Research and Development Story
February 2016
Iowa Public Radio: Grant Boosts Iowa's Virtual Soldier Program
Marine Corps Times: Virtual Grunts to Help Prevent Injuries on Real Marines
Medical Design Technology: Simulation Program to Predict and Prevent Injuries in US Marines
MyInforms.com: University of Iowa Focuses on US Military Injury Prevention
The Washington Times: University of Iowa Focuses on US Military Injury Prevention
Des Moines Register: UI's Virtual Soldier Program to Help Prevent Injuries
The Gazette: University of Iowa Virtual to Prevent, Mitigate Military Injuries
KCRG: Office of Naval Research Presents Grant for Virtual Soldier Research
KGAN: UI Works to Keep Marines Battle Ready
The Daily Iowan: UI Probes Military Injuries
January 2016
Abdel-Malek Featured on WorldCanvass: "Research to Real Life" Panel January 26
Choi Elected American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fellow
November 2015
Operator Performance Lab Partners with Rockwell Collins on Successful CRIIS System
Ding Posts Editorial for SME Speaks
October 2015
Santos Technologies Featured in The Ergonomist
Hart Takes First Prize at Composites Conference
September 2015
Abdel-Malek, Tollakson Featured in UI's Entrepreneur: 101 Publication
Grosland, Lin Selected for Leadership Programs
July 2015
US News & World Report: Alcohol, Pot Combo Impairs Driving More than Either Alone
June 2015
Ozbolat to Present at June 25 IEEE Chapter Meeting
GruntSim Featured in UPI Story
VSR Featured in Seapower Magazine
UI Driving Simulator to Help Test New Artificial Lens for Cataract Patients
Veit Receives Grant from Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
Schnell Receives Contract from Wyle Aerospace Group
May 2015
OPL Plays a Key Role in Rockwell Collins's First LVC Training Exercise with Certified MILS
Patel Honored at UI Engineering Commencement
Ozbolat to Deliver Keynote at Great Lakes Biomedical Conference
April 2015
CCAD Completes Five-Year, $8.6 Million GruntSim Project
OPL Assists Rockwell Collins in Testing MILS Encryption Device
Schnell Receives Subcontract for SPUDS
March 2015
Ozbolat Receives Eldin IE Early Career Award
Yu to Receive OARSI Young Investigator Award
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Rockwell Collins, UI Studying Single-Pilot Operation
February 2015
Schnell Receives Contract from Rockwell Collins
January 2015
Ozbolat Featured in Plastics Today Publication
ASME Recognizes Ozbolat 3D Video as Third Most Watched for 2014
December 2014
Schnell Receives Rockwell Collins Contract for SOCOM Work
November 2014
Hoppe Receives BMES Review Choice Award
October 2014
Ozbolat Paper Featured on Biomaterials Science Blog
UI Named as 1 of 13 Universities Investing Heavily in 3D Printing
Abdel-Malek to Speak at Future Forces Exhibition & Conference 2014
UI, Rockwell Collins Successfully Test Commercial Avionics System
August 2014
Operator Performance Lab Holds Inaugural Open House and Barbecue
Veit Receives Grant from Battelle Memorial Institute
Engineering Sets Another Record in External Funding
July 2014
Schnell Receives Grant from Office of Naval Research
Dasgupta Named Chair of Engineering Faculty Council
Avionics Magazine: NASA, Rockwell Collins, UI to Test UAS Communications
June 2014
Brown Receives Contract from NHTSA
Ozbolat Receives Contract from Electric Power Research Institute
Ozbolat Receives 2014 Chao & Trigger Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
Ozbolat Featured on HuffPost Segment on Bioprinting
CCAD Summer Institute: International Program Begins July 7
Cavuoto to Speak June 10 on Impacts of Aging and Obesity on Worker Capabilities and Injury Risk
Ozbolat Published in Highlights of Biofabrication
May 2014
Ozbolat to Receive ASME, Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal
April 2014
Schnell and OPL Featured in Aviation Week
Barret Receives ICRU Fellows Academic Year Scholarship
Bein, Goerdt, and Sharma Win Top Student Employee Awards
Ozbolat to Deliver Scholz Symposium April 10
March 2014
Raghavan Selected for University of of Pittsburgh Bioengineering Alum Award
Marshall Receives $75,000 Hyundai-Kia Research Contract
February 2014
KGAN: UI Plays Role in $320M Tech Project
KCRG: President Obama Calls on University of Iowa, Others to Help with New Initiative
IowaNow: UI Part of $320 Million National Digital-Manufacturing Consortium
Des Moines Register: 3 Universities, State Join $320 Million Digital Manufacturing Initiative
Iowa City Press-Citizen: UI Joins $320 Million Manufacturing Push
The Daily Iowan: UI Partners with Digital Lab
The Gazette: Iowa Universities Involved in 'Huge' Federal Manufacturing Initiative
Abdel-Malek Named to Play Lead UI Role in $320 Million National Digital Lab for Manufacturing
Operator Performance Lab Featured on BTN: LiveB1G
Schnell and Veit Awarded Contracts
Operator Performance Lab Featured in Houston Television News Report
January 2014
Ozbolat Receives NSF CAREER Award
New "BTN LiveBIG Iowa" to Feature OPL Research
Schnell Receives Contract from Rockwell Collins
Marshall Receives Contract from NHTSA
AMTech, Ozbolat Noted in National Journal Article on Bioprinting
December 2013
Rahmatalla Receives Contract from SantosHuman Inc.
Ozbolat Receives Grant from Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation
CCAD Holds Annual Awards Dinner
OPL Featured in NBC Bay Area Report
November 2013
KGAN-TV: OPL Researchers Give Pilots Sight in Storms
Bai, Ozbolat, and Marler Help Represent Engineering at Hawkeye Caucus
Ozbolat to Receive SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award
NADS Receives US Department of Transportation Grant
October 2013
Schnell Receives Advanced Infoneering Contract
Schwarz Receives Research Contract from McLaren Racing, Ltd.
September 2013
Ozbolat Featured in September Physics World Article on Medical 3-D Printing
NADS Research Featured in Chicago Tribune Article
August 2013
OPL Research Featured on NBC-San Francisco Bay Area
Schnell Receives $10,000 Research Contract from Rockwell Collins
NADS MiniSim Noted in New York Times Article
NADS Featured in Iowa Engineer Magazine
Chen Awarded $150,000 NSF Grant
Abdel-Malek Presents at All-Iowa SWE Conference
July 2013
Zhupanska Receives Best Paper Award
Wang Earns First Place in Iowa EPSCoR Poster Competition
OPL Project Featured on Radio Iowa
OPL Research Featured in IowaNow
National Advanced Driving Simulator Publishes June "The Driver's Seat"
Virtual Soldier Research Publishes New Book
Three CCAD Researchers Exceed $1 Million in External Funding for Fiscal Year 2013
Krokhmal, Zhupanska and Raghavan Awarded Fellowships
June 2013
AMTech Introduces New Publication
Schnell Receives Rockwell Collins Contract
May 2013
Chen Receives Faculty Excellence Award for Service
Schwarz Receives Electronic Stability Control Patent
Chrysler Receives Driver Behavior Modeling Contract from Toyota
Ozbolat, Yu Receive Best Paper Award at IIE Conference and Expo
AMTech's Organ Printing Research Featured on PRI's Living on Earth
April 2013
Schnell Receives Two Research Grants
Goerdt Receives Undergraduate Research Award
AMTech Research Featured in The Gazette
March 2013
Marler, Bhatt Named Assistant Directors at Virtual Soldier Research Program
Schnell Receives US Department of Defense Grant
Brown Earns Lenstech Research Contract
Abdel-Malek Appointed to American University of Madaba Trustees Board
AMTech Featured in Press-Citizen Article
AMTech's Organ Printing Research Featured on KGAN
AMTech's Organ Printing Research Featured in Iowa Now
Veit Receives Funding from Science Applications International Corp.
AMTech's Organ Printing Research Featured in Daily Iowan Article
February 2013
CCAD Honors Students, Faculty, Staff
January 2013
Deadline Approaching for Hubert E. Storer Engineering Student Entrepreneurial Start-up Award
Biomanufacturing Lab Featured in Industrial Engineer Magazine
December 2012
NADS Featured in Optometry Journal
Marler and Ozbolat Receive 2012 ICE Commercialization GAP Fund Award
Brown Awarded DoD Grant to Study Driving in Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Schnell Receives 3M Research Contract
OPL Featured in Aviation Week Magazine
November 2012
Choi Wins Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
Schnell Receives Contract from Rockwell Collins
Raghavan Receives Grant from Carver Charitable Trust
Schnell and Veit Receive Research Grants
October 2012
Three CCAD Faculty Members Receive Promotions
Abdel-Malek Receives 2012 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence
UI Publication Features NADS Young Farmer Study
September 2012
VSR Featured in Daily Iowan Article
UI Publication Features VSR's Military Advisor
August 2012
Yu Receives NSF Travel Grant to Attend ASME IMECE 2012
National Advanced Driving Simulator Featured on ABC World News Tonight, Nightline
Engineering Showcases STEM Efforts to Iowa Lt. Governor
Chrysler Receives Iowa State University Research Grant
July 2012
UI Operator Performance Lab to Work with Rockwell Collins on NASA Contract
June 2012
Virtual Soldier Research Featured in Federal Computer Week
May 2012
KGAN-TV: Virtual Soldier Winning the War in Iowa City
Ozbolat Receives Grant from NIH
April 2012
CCAD to Host Open House in May
March 2012
NADS Featured in CNN Story on Distracted Driving
NADS Receives Order for Three MiniSims from Clemson University
Ozbolat Wins UI Innovations in Teaching with Techology Award
UI Featured in Discovery Channel Documentary on Driver Safety
Marler, Reininga, Schnell to Participate in iWeek
February 2012
BTN Program Showcases UI Virtual Soldier
KCRG Features OPL Research Jets
NADS MiniSim to Be Included in National Academy of Sciences Museum
Abdel-Malek Receives Funding from Office of Naval Research
Operator Performance Laboratory Produces New Video
January 2012
Ozbolat Receives $100,000 Grant from Electric Power Research Institute
Abdel-Malek Named Engineering Society Fellow
Professors Kregel and Stauss Join CCAD
Chrysler, Brown, and Marshall to Present at 91st Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting
Marler Receives Contract Funding for Research
Press-Citizen Features Choi’s Research to Improve Reliability of Wind Turbines
Ozbolat Research in 3-D Printing of Living Organs Featured in Mechanical Engineer Magazine
December 2011
McGehee Receives Driver Behavior Analysis Contract from Toyota
Three New MiniSims on Tap from NADS
NADS Appoints New Director of Research
November 2011
Marshall Receives Contract from Iowa Department of Transportation