Discover Engineers Week

While engineering has been around for thousands of years, recent advances in technology like Artificial Intelligence and challenges such as climate change have changed how engineering is being taught to better help prepare students to meet increasing demands.

Produced in partnership with the Iowa Engineering Society, E-Week is an annual celebration of engineering and all that it, and engineers, contribute to our world. The Gazette's E-Week showcases a variety of engineering topics.

The Iowa Institute for Hydraulic Research’s work can be seen around the world, but its biggest impact is felt closer to home.

Since 2020, Iverson has had the opportunity to work on water quality projects that have a direct impact on the environment, including lake restoration, abandoned coal mine restoration and more.

Cari Pauli and her colleagues in the traffic engineering division of the public works department conduct studies on traffic flow around the city as part of their ongoing quest for safer, better transportation.

The first glow-in-the-dark walking trail in Iowa — and what is believed to be the longest in the nation — was unveiled in Vinton in 2021.

Utility engineers and crews have extensive experience in securing the nation’s power grid — some 120,000 miles of transmission lines operated by 500 companies and cooperatives — against natural disaster. Researchers and engineers in Iowa are working to ensure the system is safe from intentional sabotage by hackers.

John Blichmann’s mechanical engineering degree from Iowa State University prepared him for an unexpected career in microbrewing.

Environmental engineering students at the University of Iowa are exploring new uses of Iowa’s most abundant crop to improve public health.

Engineers at firms like Shive-Hattery are helping communities thrive by working with city leaders, employers and developers to drive economic growth in the Corridor.