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The Iowa Technology Institute, founded in 1981 as the Center for Computer-Aided Design, is a world-class research hub at the University of Iowa. Grounded in engineering and science, ITI cultivates collaboration across disciplines, invents advanced technologies, and conducts trailblazing basic and applied research in design, simulation, and experimentation that enables a safer and more productive future.

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The University of Iowa's Operator Performance Lab, directed by Dr. Tom "Mach" Schnell, is a flight testing laboratory with a fleet of jets, helicopters, Humvees, and UAVs.

ITI faculty affiliates play critical role in multi-institutional biomanufacturing project
A multidisciplinary team of University of Iowa engineering faculty and faculty affiliates of the Iowa Technology Institute, will contribute to a $20 million, multi-institutional project to boost Iowa’s position as a leader in bioscience and advanced manufacturing.
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Recent News

University of Iowa engineers contribute to one of Time Magazine’s 'best inventions' of 2023

ME professor developing new algorithms to optimize design reliability

Iowa draws industry attention for AI-driven mission demo with Lockheed Martin

ITI faculty affiliates play critical role in multi-institutional biomanufacturing project

Ankrum, Sander awarded NIH grant to improve wound healing therapies

Bai receives Automatica Paper Prize at World Congress

Collins Aerospace interns, new hires, and co-ops tour OPL
ITI affiliate researches new potential for old tool to detect Parkinson’s disease

OPL helps evaluate LIFT’s new fixed wing AV 2.2 helmet

Academic & Scholarly Achievement Award winner Bhavya Vats reflects on college experience

UI joins statewide initiative to make Iowa a national leader in biomanufacturing

Ed Sander named Wheeler Faculty Fellow in Engineering

UI engineering faculty members license inventions

Flyover State: Iowa Engineers Set Their Sights on the Future of Aviation
Xuan Song receives prestigious NSF CAREER award to research novel ceramic manufacturing methods

WATCH: Schnell, LTC Highland brief DARPA on Air Combat Evolution

PhD student Dan Keefe recognized in Dare to Discover campaign

ITI faculty affiliate Lee receives outstanding overseas alumnus award
Iowa legislators visit the OPL flight testing lab
ITI director to present at 6th Annual Military Virtual Training & Simulation Summit

OPL hosts University of Iowa Air Force ROTC award ceremony

State report recognizes OPL for economic impact in Iowa aviation

UI professor uses AI to model and control water reservoir discharge during flooding

ITI advisor Stewart Wallace among 7 to receive Hawkeye Distinguished Veterans Award

University of Iowa researchers establish high-performance computing node for quantum processing of medical images

Discover Your University program encourages employees to explore campus

UI graduate student Hyerim Kim wins award at 16th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation

5 takeaways from the 7th International Digital Human Modeling Symposium, hosted by Iowa Technology Institute

UI professor Jun Wang receives 2022 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award

Zhou earns best oral presentation at American Meteorological Society meeting
Classical Indian dances could help UI engineering professor unlock mysteries of space and the ocean

UI engineering Prof. David Lee honored at international infrastructure conference
UI electrical engineering undergraduate pursuing research that stands out

UI engineering professor honored for innovation and as a leader in the field of optics and photonics
OPL’s jets take flight for DARPA Pheme capstone demonstration

UI researchers: Can community scientists help battle urban heat and air pollution?

Homeland Security officials visit University of Iowa campus

NASA EPSCoR funding to help UI engineering professor advance next-generation nuclear propulsion systems
Toor appointed chair of UI Research Council

Kristan Worthington selected to take part in NAE Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2022 Symposium

Program released for DHM 2022, registration open

UI professor awarded $1.56 million to aid NASA’s TEMPO mission

UI engineering professor Yong Chen co-authors book examining diagnosis and prognosis of industrial systems

UI researcher wins funding to study regional air quality

Schnieders among five to receive Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Awards

Ru honored by AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section for "outstanding" presentation

ITI postdoc Xi Chen presents new machine-learning based approach to predict light scattering properties

UI professor expanding 3D printing named among nation’s outstanding young manufacturing engineers
ITI undergraduate research assistant earns certificate of distinction

Kristan Worthington receives prestigious NSF CAREER grant to advance light-based 3D printing
Earth Month: University of Iowa researchers converting biomass into sustainable energy

Earth Month: University of Iowa lab developing sensors to help farmers plan irrigation

James Ankrum receives prestigious Fulbright award to study regenerative medicine in Ireland

CBE Graduate Student awarded PhRMA Foundation Fellowship

DHM 2022 Updates: Keynotes announced, registration pricing change, new submission options

3 UI faculty elected fellows of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

New $1M grant to bridge educational gaps between modeling and simulation and machine learning

Imagining the possibilities of personalized medicine

Student reflects on campus involvement experience

DHM 2022: Registration now open, Call for Papers deadline extended

Wang’s NOAA grant to support “next leap forward” in estimating surface PM2.5
University of Iowa experimental test pilot, graduate research assistant promoted to Lieutenant Colonel

UI military helicopters take off to demo tech for Joint Forces officials
Iowa National Guard leaders meet Santos, tour ITI labs

UI convenes international team of experts to update NASA’s SAGE III mission

OPL hosts Iowa Business Aviation Association luncheon

Worthington and Sander receive NASA grant through Iowa State EPSCoR program

Lee recognized with APAI award for Innovation in Construction

'Inside the Lab' series returns with more stories from ITI student researchers

ITI Open House showcases research diversity of faculty, staff, and students

Iowa Technology Institute research contributes to readiness of U.S. Army soldiers

Innovation focuses on pandemic need: ITI researchers propose novel oxygen concentrator

Toor honored with Lowell Battershell Endowed Chair in Laser Engineering

NSF grant to support ITI researcher's study of specially modified materials

Tollefson receives AAUW fellowship

Epic MegaGrant aims to pair Iowa’s virtual human model with Unreal Engine

Retired Army General opening doors for Iowa Technology Institute
ITI and OPL welcome teams behind DARPA's ACE program to advance AI dogfighting capabilities

UI professor’s new book examines impact of whole-body vibration during emergency transport

'ITI Kaleidoscope, 2021' highlights research, accomplishments and people powering the institute

Iowa PhD student Meng Zhou awarded NASA research fellowship

ITI, military, industry leaders share advances in virtual human modeling at 2nd Iowa Virtual Human Summit

NASA awards UI engineering professor $1.3 million and leadership role to study effects of wildfires

ITI graduate research assistant awarded Department of Defense fellowship

ITI graduate research assistant gaining acclaim through MRI work

ITI researchers' paper makes cover of prestigious journal

ITI researching infrared sensors to help farmers apply fertilizer more efficiently

NIH funds Guymon Group graduate research assistant to develop new polymer coating technology
Eco-friendly asphalt research lands UI grad student on cover of scientific journal

Gomes co-PI on team awarded grant to 'Jumpstart' quantum simulation program at UI
ITI grad research assistant awarded Fulbright to Germany

Jun Wang discusses space research on 1540 KXEL following Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin launches

Latest edition of Iowa Engineer published

UI scientists to expand space-based research on campus through new P3 grant

ITI selected to host 7th International Digital Human Modeling Symposium

Iowa researchers develop new model using satellite data to measure air pollution from soil

Partnership Spotlight: Titus Human Performance

ITI PhD researcher's paper detailing ‘innovative’ cardiac MRI model wins best paper award at international conference
ITI undergrad named College of Engineering 'Outstanding Student Researcher'

ITI graduate student researcher lands internship at Air Force Research Laboratory

ISE PhD student to participate in National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering

ITI faculty researcher Toor discusses novel approach to cancer treatment using lasers on WHO 1040

OPL helps DARPA capture 'trust data' for new AI dogfighting

UI researchers examine potential for light, photosensitizing agents to treat soft tissue sarcoma

Sander, Canahuate lead new NSF undergraduate research grant

ITI researcher takes 1st place at American Meteorological Society annual meeting

UI engineers receive nearly $1 million to develop new methods to recycle paper into fiber reinforced plastic

Iowa Technology Institute, Sonalysts partner to improve soldier performance

OPL flight tests integral to academia-industry-government collaboration on air combat training system

ITI contributes to discovery through artificial intelligence at University of Iowa

Faculty Feature: Ananya Sen Gupta

University of Iowa researcher, Iowa DOT innovate sustainable transportation infrastructure

Iowans advise NASA on which satellites should stay in orbit

UI researchers work to significantly improve brain scan resolution

Critical research continues at the Iowa Technology Institute

OPL's Mi-2 helicopters and L-29 jet win in Iowa DOT photo contest

Lee accepts lifetime achievement award from Korean-American engineering association

Schnell, OPL support Collins Aerospace in testing combat training system

El-Hattab wins award in 3MT research competition

The Road to the Future Runs Through Iowa

Undergraduate ITI researchers analyze weather phenomenons at Naval Research Lab

Lee's 'outstanding contribution' honored as part of U.S.-Korea sustainability conference

Raghavan among 2020 faculty awardees

UI engineers win the 2020 Defense Innovation Award from TechConnect

Student scientists find 'sweet spot' of research opportunities at University of Iowa

UI student, future Air Force officer reaches for the stars

Iowa public university collaboration leverages NASA data to benefit farming and education

How researchers connected helicopter vibrations to stroke therapy

KK Choi leaves lasting impact on Iowa as he settles into retirement

OPL testing contributes to better aircraft avionics and two separate awards

NADS pulls in nearly $1.5M funding to further study transition of control in automated vehicles

Mubeen expands work to make solar hydrogen viable, renewable resource

Collaboration pays off: Toor, Prineas research could benefit future of electronic devices

ITI seed grants empower researchers to reach for new knowledge

National Science Foundation awards Baek, team $1M grant to advance medical imaging
Keeping people safer with Iowa technology

New 'Inside the Lab' series features stories of ITI student researchers
Fatima Toor recognized as 'Community Champion' by optics and photonics society

ITI faculty among eight to receive named professorships in engineering

NADS provides national leadership on COVID-19 research protocols

ITI Research: Signal processing and machine learning algorithms target environmental uncertainties in underwater acoustic communications

UI engineers and neurologists develop a highly efficient algorithm that can detect Parkinson’s Disease through EEG data
Fiegel Lab examines connection between a cough and ‘super-producers’ of bioaerosols

Newly named Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab reflects Wang's expanding scope of discovery

UI engineers to study the grain structure of metal alloys on the International Space Station

Fiegel Lab finding promise in hydrogel spray to treat burn wounds

Faculty Feature: Jun Wang

Report: ITI, Santos aid U.S. Army efforts to predict soldier performance

Mubeen Research Group instrumental in tech to convert hydrogen into low cost, clean electric energy

Fiegel earns first place in Capture Your Research image competition

Hands-on research brings education to life for ITI students honored on UI President's list

Sander, Ankrum findings add understanding of fat tissue in healing wounds
Iowa Technology Institute researchers forge ahead despite coronavirus setbacks

Wu, partners win National Science Foundation grant to develop low-cost, high volume COVID-19 testing technology

ITI research assistant wins Graduate College Fellowship

Sen Gupta earns mentorship award from Pomerantz Career Center


NADS's $7 million automated driving in rural America study featured on Iowa Public Radio

Collaboration with ITI finds helicopter vibrations may benefit stroke therapy

Wu issued patent for Graph Search Using Non-Euclidean Deformed Graph

ITI's Wu helps develop method to speed up COVID-19 testing

Song collaborates with Iowa State University professor to win Department of Defense competition

BioMOST director among four UI faculty members to win top teaching award

UI Engineering sensors assisting Mercy Hospital to decontaminate masks

Undergraduate biomedical researcher awarded National Science Foundation Research Fellowship

Ding receives NSF RAPID grant for research related to COVID-19

UI laboratories collaborate on low-cost, lightweight orthotic robotic rehabilitation device

Sarathy wins 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

College of Engineering helps fill UI face shield gap
Media Coverage

CBJ: Virtual Soldier Research program saves military time, money

Iowa Innovation Podcast: The Future is Virtual featuring Karim Malek and Maj. Gen. Stewart Wallace (retired)

The Register: Wow, so they actually let AI fly an F-16 fighter jet

CBJ: UI flight expert briefs DARPA on AI in aerial combat

DARPA highlights UI's contribution as ACE program transitions from simulation to live flight

R&D Mecca in the American Heartland

Press-Citizen: Take a look inside the UI's high-tech research lab for pilots

UI launches program encouraging employees to explore campus
CBJ: University of Iowa OPL’s jets offer flight testing for DARPA project
CBJ: Homeland Security officials visit University of Iowa campus

CBJ: NASA funding for UI professor to aid next-gen nuclear propulsion

University of Iowa researchers selected to aid NASA mission

University of Iowa professor honored for 3D printing innovations

UI professor to research collaborative regenerative medicine in Ireland

VSR contributions noted as Army Combat Fitness Test gets updated again

UI professor awarded a $1 million grant to research machine learning, modeling, and simulation

Grace Williamson develops spray gel for burn wounds

Army turns to Iowa experts as it overhauls fitness standards

UI professor collaborates with NOAA to measure air pollution

The New Yorker highlights OPL contributions to AI fighter pilot research

Collins Aerospace demonstrates Live Networked Joint Fires in the multi-domain battlespace

Collins teams with UI, OPL to demonstrate communication systems

Collins Aerospace demonstrates live networked joint fires in the multi-domain battlespace

Collins Aerospace showcases networking technologies for combined JADC2

Collins Aerospace demonstrates capabilities to support CJADC2 initiatives

SunHydrogen names Dr. Syed Mubeen as chief scientific officer

The U.S. Army Is Finally Close to Replacing Its 1980 Fitness Test

ITC Midwest conducting aerial LiDAR research of high-voltage transmission lines

University of Iowa researchers working on new military fitness test

University of Iowa researchers work to develop new Army Combat Fitness Test

Collins tests stealthy antenna for small UAS for DARPA

Malek discusses Epic Games MegaGrant on 1040 WHO radio

University of Iowa virtual soldier models new Army fitness test

University of Iowa virtual soldier models new U.S. Army fitness test

UI Technology Institute helps U.S. Army evaluate new fitness test requirements

University of Iowa Technology Institute receives grant from Epic Games

University of Iowa Technology Institute gets $100,000 grant

University of Iowa professor publishes book on pre-hospital transportation

NASA grants research fellowship to UI grad student to track nighttime air quality

Iowa research detecting wildfires before they rapidly grow

SunHydrogen Extends Research Agreement with University of Iowa, CEO Tim Young visits SCHMID Facility

University of Iowa engineer wins NASA funding to study effects of wildfires

A look at technology innovations in our backyard

Guowei Qi becomes fifth Churchill Scholar from UI

AI-fighter pilot to be tested this year after successful simulations

DARPA tests artificial intelligent dogfighting in two-versus-one simulations

Iowa could become hot spot for green hydrogen technology

Advising NASA on which satellites should stay in orbit

University of Iowa researchers develop algorithm to detect Parkinson’s Diseas

University of Iowa professor to send metal alloys research to the International Space Station
Soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord are testing out better-fitting body armor

Pooling samples could help you get your COVID-19 test results faster

NADS's $7 million automated driving in rural America study featured on Iowa Public Radio

UI researchers use simulations to observe how viruses dry on solid surfaces

Cadet of the week: Kaylee Lichtenstein
Events

Patrick Selmer: Backscatter Lidar Retrieval Improvement with Machine Learning

Lixin Wang: Drought characterization and impacts on agriculture and natural ecosystems

Program released for DHM 2022, registration open

Jesse E. Bell: Water, Climate and Health Program

A. Gannet Hallar: Storm Peak Laboratory: 40+ Year History of this Mountain-Top Research Facility

DHM 2022 Updates: Keynotes announced, registration pricing change, new submission options

DHM 2022: Registration now open, Call for Papers deadline extended

Iowa’s Flood Future: 3rd webinar on Climate, Extreme Weather and Impacts on Infrastructure and Society

UI convenes international team of experts to update NASA’s SAGE III mission

OPL hosts Iowa Business Aviation Association luncheon

Delphine Farmer: The Curious Case of the Catechol in the Night and other Atmospheric Tales

Webinar Replay: Climate & Extreme Weather with Professors Jerry Schnoor and Greg Carmichael

ITI Open House showcases research diversity of faculty, staff, and students

V. Faye McNeill: Multiphase Atmospheric Chemistry: From the lab to the atmosphere

Jun Wang: Environmental sensing from space and in agricultural fields
ITI and OPL welcome teams behind DARPA's ACE program to advance AI dogfighting capabilities

ITI, military, industry leaders share advances in virtual human modeling at 2nd Iowa Virtual Human Summit

ITI selected to host 7th International Digital Human Modeling Symposium

Seminar Series: Climate/Atmospheric Science and Engineering Colloquium
