Engineering & Research

This past month a Carnegie Mellon University professor demonstrated the technology to allow an unmanned helicopter to take off, avoid obstacles in flight, and land in uncharted terrain.

Sanjiv Singh, robotics professor at CMU, ” has been working on his technology for almost a decade.” Read the full article here, from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to learn more about the possible applications of this new technology.

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At the 10th annual Texas Autocross Weekend students from 14 universities brought 35 cars to race. The cars were built by the student-teams and bragging rights were at stake.

Dr. Bob Woods, TX H ’71, “has helped students design and drive race cars for contests for about 30 year,” and he had this to say about the event. “What they learn applies to any industry,” Dr. Woods said. “Working as a team, working on a schedule, and a budget applies to any industry.”

Read the article from The Dallas Morning News

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An article from the Ames Tribune, details the work of Iowa State University in securing federal science research funding from the NSF.

ISU received word that their initial bid in 2009 was good enough to win preliminary approval, but that the proposal must be “beefed up” and resubmitted by the first week of October.

Other applicants on the grant include University of Iowa and University of Northern Iowa. If the funds are secured, the money will help get “more Iowa students involved in STEM disciplines and increase spending and jobs in Iowa’s research economy,” among other things.

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