2007
Ames Lab/IPRT Auction Raises More Than $4,100 for "Shop with a Cop"
The holidays will be brighter for some Ames children thanks to Ames Lab/IPRT's annual holiday auction. See Ames Lab news release. --Dec. 10, 2007
VRAC Part of New CyberInnovation Institute
IPRT's Virtual Reality Applications Center is also part of Iowa State's new CyberInnovation Institute. The Institute is pledging to turn a $1 million state investment into six new companies, three new industrial collaborations and a 40 percent jump in research funding.VRAC director Jim Oliver is “Cyber-I‘s” director as well. See Iowa State news release. --Nov. 5, 2007
CSET's Brown to Moderate Presidential Forum
Presidential hopefuls John Edwards (D-NC), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) are confirmed to participate in a forum at Iowa State University's Biobased Industry Outlook Conference in Ames on Monday evening, Nov. 5. Unlike most other events in Iowa and across the nation, this event features candidates from both parties. The event is sponsored by ISU, the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and the Iowa State Education Association. Robert C. Brown, director of IPRT's Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies, and the Iowa Farm Bureau Director of Biorenewables Programs at Iowa State and the Bergles Professor in Thermal Science, will moderate. See Iowa State news release. -- Oct. 26, 2007
Gingrich to Speak, Tour C6
Newt Gingrich, speaker of the U.S. House from 1995 to 1999 will address an Iowa State globalization class Oct. 26. The lecture is free and open to the public. Gingrich will also tour VRAC’s C6. See Iowa State news release. -- Oct. 23 ,2007
IPRT-Assisted Companies Claim Business Prizes
Two companies that have been helped by IPRT Company Assistance finished
first and second in the recent statewide John Pappajohn Business Plan
Competition. EnSoft Corp., which makes software engineering tools, took
first place, while EndoMetric, which develops software to analyze
medical video, claimed second place. Both companies received funds and
assistance from IPRT’s Technology Commercialization Group in their early
stages. See Iowa State news release. -- Oct. 16, 2007
IPRT-Supported Researcher Honored
Hongwei Xin, a professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering at Iowa State University, was named the 2007 Industry Person of the Year for the Iowa Poultry Association for his research on poultry health, housing and air quality. IPRT Company Assistance’s Technology Commercialization Group has backed related research by Xin. -- Oct. 12, 2007
CSET’s Brown Wins
Alumni Award
Robert Brown, director of IPRT's Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies, has won the ISU Alumni Association Impact Award. See Robert Brown Profile -- Oct. 19, 2007
MRC Director Speaks on Climate Change
Vik Dalal, director of IPRT's Microelectronics Research Center, spoke at a local symposium on global climate change. See Symposium highlights climate-saving tech in the Iowa State Daily. -- Oct. 8, 2007
CNDE Scientists Develop
Leak-Detection Technology
Scientists at IPRT's Center for Nondestructive Evaluation have developed technology to detect air leaks in spacecraft. See Iowa State News Release. -- Oct. 2, 2007
VRAC’s C6 Featured
The upgraded C6 virtual reality room, developed by IPRT’s Virtual Reality Applications Center, is detailed in the September 2007 issue of Pro AV Magazine. See Education Install: 3D Simulation to the Max --Sept. 1, 2007
CSET’s Satrio Profiled
Justinus Satrio, program manager for IPRT’s Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies, manages projects and finds time to get in the lab as a research scientist. He’s featured in the Aug. 24, 2007 edition of Inside Iowa State. See Doctor of research management --Aug. 24, 2007
Victor Lin, director of IPRT's Center for Catalysis appeared on WOI-AM radio’s “Talk of Iowa” on Thursday, July 19, 2007, from 11 a.m. to noon. Emily Smith, Ames Laboratory analytical chemist and assistant professor in the Iowa State University Department of Chemistry, appeared with Lin. Hosted by Katherine Perkins, the show focused on the use of nanotechnology in plant biology and agricultural biotechnology and the use of Raman imaging to probe plant cell structure to determine which crops are the best for producing ethanol. -- July 19, 2007
