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Employed, continuing education, or not seeking

$ 64,750

Median salary

Department News

Ken Reichert sits in the half-cab simulator holding the digital gauge cluster

Mechanical engineering student Kenneth Reichert builds miniSims

Monday, January 22, 2024
University of lowa mechanical engineering student Kenneth Reichert has worked on building a custom half-cab simulator alongside miniSim team members for the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
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ME PhD student receives Iowa Space Grant Consortium fellowship for air traffic research

Sunday, January 7, 2024
Gage MacLin, a first year University of Iowa PhD candidate studying mechanical engineering, has received a fellowship to support NASA-aligned research through the Iowa Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship Program.
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PhD student balances academics and family life

Thursday, December 7, 2023
University of Iowa doctoral candidate Prarthana Parepalli planned to present her dissertation in mechanical engineering a month ahead of the anticipated arrival of her second child. Mother Nature had other ideas.
Maxwell Hammond working at a computer

Student Spotlight: Maxwell Hammond

Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Maxwell Hammond, a PhD student at the Cooperative Autonomous Systems Lab, unveils a novel approach to maneuver soft continuum robots.
Sharif Rahman

ME professor developing new algorithms to optimize design reliability

Friday, September 15, 2023
Sharif Rahman, a professor of mechanical engineering and a faculty affiliate of the Iowa Technology Institute, is developing advanced computational algorithms to optimize designs of complex engineering systems and structures that could make ground vehicles, aerospace structures, and electronic packaging, among many examples, more reliable.

Engineering Events

BME Senior Design Day 2024

Friday, April 26, 2024 8:30am to 4:00pm
Boyd Law Building
On Friday, April 26, 2024, the Boyd Law Building will once again be hosting the Department of Biomedical Engineering's Senior Design Day.  Morning Session: Presentations from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Review of Prototypes from 11 a.m. to noon Afternoon Session:  Presentations from 12:45 to 3 p.m. Review of Prototypes from 3 to 4 p.m.
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CBE Graduate Seminar: Qing Shao, PhD

Thursday, May 2, 2024 11:00am to 12:15pm
Seamans Center
Qing Shao, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky. Topic: Integrating Machine Learning and Molecular Simulation for Molecular Understanding and Design Join us for cookies following the seminar in 3210 SC!

ME Senior Design Showcase

Thursday, May 2, 2024 3:00pm to 6:00pm
University Capitol Centre
Senior Design Showcase - Exhibition style presentations of student projects with one on one interactions
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