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News Releases 2005November 21, 2005 Iowa State University Scientists Explore the Frontiers of NASA Science*Researchers affiliated with IPRT's Center for Nondestructive Evaluation are working on 17 projects for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The work is in its fourth year and is focused on finding new materials to monitor the health and safety of spacecraft and developing new methods for inspecting spacecraft. The research projects are supported by $7 million appropriated by Congress from 2002 to 2005.
November 14, 2005 Presidential Lecture: Iowa State Resarchers Work to Reduce Aviation Risks*R. Bruce Thompson, director of IPRT's Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, will deliver this fall's Presidential University Lecture at Iowa State University. The talk will focus on avoiding the risks associated with aviation. He'll mention some aviation catastrophes -- the failure of an engine fan disk that caused United Flight 232 to crash in Sioux City, the overloading and failure of a tail fin that caused American Flight 587 to crash near New York, fuselage cracks that caused Aloha Flight 243 to lose one-third of its roof over Hawaii -- and explain how ISU researchers are trying to reduc August 30. 2005 Iowa State Spin-off Company Wins Grant for Noise-Reduction Technology*An Iowa State University spin-off company has won a $440,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop its unique noise-reduction technologies. The company's award was made through the Small Business Innovation Research program. Carey Novak, a technology transfer associate at IPRT, worked closely with the company on its grant proposal.
July 28, 2005 NASA Grant Takes Technical Education Effort to New Heights*A program with a proven record of increasing the number of minority and disadvantaged students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics has received $1.2 million in funding from NASA. Called the Program to Increase the Pursuit of Education and Learning In Engineering, or PIPELINES, the effort is a collaboration between Iowa State University and Southern University and A&M College of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. * Release located on ISU Web site June 28, 2005 CNDE Scientists Study Using Ultrasound to Treat Brain Tumors*An Iowa State University research team led by Viren Amin, a scientist at Iowa State's Center for Nondestructive Evaluation and an adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering, will study the feasibility of using high-intensity focused ultrasound as a noninvasive way to treat brain tumors. * Release located on ISU Web site June 6, 2005 Air Force Awards Virtual Reality Applications Center $2.8 million*With a $2.8 million grant award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, researhers from IPRT's Virtual Reality Applications Center will be working for the next two years to develop new techniques for operating unmanned aerial vehicles. The vehicles are piloted by remote control. They can carry cameras, communication equipment and weapons systems. And they can be used to fly the most dangerous military missions. June 2, 2005 Record Number of Students Quality for Science ScholarshipThe Science Bound program at Iowa State University congratulates a record 33 Des Moines Public School students for completing the program and qualifying for a full-tuition scholarship to ISU. These students have successfully completed the four-year program aimed at preparing them to obtain a technical degree. Science Bound is administered by IPRT. May 25, 2005 One-of-a-kind X-ray Instrument Sees All the Bubbles*A new $640,145 instrument built at Iowa State University, dubbed the XFloViz facility, can take X-ray images of liquids, solids and gases as they flow through a Plexiglas column 12.6 inches in diameter and nearly 20 feet high. Designed with assistance from CNDE scientists, the instrument has potential research applications in the recycling, petroleum, chemical, paper and food processing industries. It also has potential to help academic researchers better understand what they call multiphase flows, or mixtures of liquids, solids and gases flowing through a system. May 10, 2005 Virtual Reality Tool Developed at VRAC Works on Apple Computers*Apple computer users can now use VR Juggler software to develop virtual reality projects. VR Juggler is a flexible software system that works with different platforms, devices and virtual reality systems. It's designed to make it easier for users to build virtual reality applications. VR Juggler was built by VRAC's Carolina Cruz-Neira and her team of students. May 5, 2005 Fire-safety Training Goes High Tech*A one-year, $54,108 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is allowing Shana Smith, an assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering at ISU, to work with the Ames Fire Department to develop fire safety training that uses IPRT's Virtual Reality Applications Center at Iowa State. The training's goal will be to save lives. April 13, 2005 Art, Engineering Unite in Interactive Dance*Dancers, music and 3-D virtual reality will take the stage together in a new interactive concert dance called "Assisted Living 2." The performance is one of four dances featured at "Soaring," a Co'Motion Dance Theater production at the Ames City Auditorium on April 16 and 17. Co'Motion and IPRT's Virtual Reality Applications Center collaborated on the performance. March 4, 2005 Midwest Forensics Resource Center to Receive $1.5 Million*U.S. Senator Tom Harkin has announced $1.5 million in federal funding for the Midwest Forensics Resource Center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University. "This support further recognizes that we have developed a positive program for Iowa and the Midwest and for the people we serve,” said David Baldwin, director of the MFRC.
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