Gregory Carmichael, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, was awarded a $118,289 grant from the U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration.

Employees who engage in wellness programs at the UI have lower health care costs and report greater workplace satisfaction. The university, which boasts an annual 2.37:1 return on its investment in wellness initiatives, is receiving recognition for its support of employee wellness.

Mechanical engineering PhD student Robert Hart won first prize in American Society for Composites conference.

The Superfund Research Program at the University of Iowa (isrp) has received a 5-year renewal of funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health. The isrp is a joint endeavor involving basic, mechanistic, and applied research projects in biomedical and environmental research areas addressing semivolatile polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

The University of Iowa Public Policy Center recently made changes to its Program Areas and Program leadership. The Center is pleased to announce four new directors.

Nicole Grosland and Ching-Long Lin, two faculty members in the UI College of Engineering, have been selected for leadership programs.

James Buchholz, associate professor of mechanical engineering and associate faculty research engineer at IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, received a $198,373 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of the Navy.

Eichinger received a $194,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for "Implementation of Lidar technology for qualifying emission and dispersion from agricultural systems."

TIRF awarded Yu-Chi Wang, Ph.D. student in the College of Education, a Doctoral Dissertation Grant to support her research into language learning and identity.

University of Iowa spin-out business Immortagen finished in third place at the John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan competition September 24 and received $10,000.

Lia Plakans publishes "Assessment Myths: Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching," a best practices resource for assessment.

Foundations in Learning, a UI-spinout business based in the UI Research Park, has received a $900,000 federal Small Business Innovation Research grant from the federal government.