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Jun Wang receives Regents Faculty Excellence Award
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The Iowa Board of Regents has selected six outstanding University of Iowa faculty members, including Jun Wang of the College of Engineering, to be honored for their extraordinary contributions and sustained record of excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.
Univ. of Iowa student highlights importance of engineering research
Friday, February 23, 2024
KCRG
Cheryl Reuben is an undergraduate research assistant in the Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab.
Iowa engineer's NASA instrument probes atmospheric pollutants Professor Jun Wang’s space research helps scientists understand the effects of wildfires and a global decline in air quality.
Monday, February 12, 2024
Iowa Magazine
Professor Jun Wang’s space research helps scientists understand the effects of wildfires and a global decline in air quality.
UI professor’s work now in space, monitoring air quality on Earth
Friday, January 5, 2024
The Gazette
Just after midnight on April 7 along the eastern coast of Florida, Jun Wang saw a blinding light burst across a harbor, followed by a mighty roar. It was a SpaceX rocket lifting off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and starting its ascent into space. With his wife and two of his kids by his side, Wang watched the rocket climb higher and higher into the inky sky — carrying years of his research with it.
Wildfires have erased two decades’ worth of air quality gains in western US
Monday, December 4, 2023
Iowa Now
Jun Wang is the lead corresponding author on a new study that has tabulated the toll from two decades of wildfires on air quality and human health in the continental U.S.
University of Iowa engineers contribute to one of Time Magazine’s 'best inventions' of 2023
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
College of Engineering
CBE professor Jun Wang is an investigator on NASA’s TEMPO, which Time Magazine has named one of its best inventions of 2023. The space instrument is expected to help scientists understand the sources of pollution by revolutionizing how real-time air quality data is collected.
Lixin Wang: Drought characterization and impacts on agriculture and natural ecosystems
Friday, November 18, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Lixin Wang, a professor at the Department of Earth Sciences at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, was the featured speaker of the Climate / Atmospheric Science & Engineering (CASE) Colloquium series on Nov. 18, 2022. The presentation was titled "Drought characterization and impacts on agriculture and natural ecosystems."
Ping Jing: Community Air Research Experience: Engaging Undergraduate Students in Research on Air Pollution in Chicago Communities
Friday, November 11, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Ping Jing, a professor at the School of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago, was the featured speaker of the Climate / Atmospheric Science & Engineering (CASE) Colloquium series on Nov. 11, 2022. The presentation was titled "Community Air Research Experience: Engaging Undergraduate Students in Research on Air Pollution in Chicago Communities."
UI graduate student Hyerim Kim wins award at 16th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
Friday, September 16, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Hyerim Kim, a University of Iowa graduate student in chemical and biochemical engineering, earned a second place award at the 16th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, held as part of the 2022 Collective Madison Meeting in August.
UI professor Jun Wang receives 2022 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award
Friday, September 9, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Jun Wang, a University of Iowa professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, was announced as American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2022 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award recipient. The Ascent Award recognizes excellence in research and leadership in the atmospheric and climate sciences from honorees between eight and 20 years of receiving their PhD.
Zhou earns best oral presentation at American Meteorological Society meeting
Monday, September 5, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
A research assistant, Meng Zhou, at the University of Iowa Technology Institute earned the 1st place Outstanding Oral Presentation award at the 25th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology in August.
CBJ: Homeland Security officials visit University of Iowa campus
Saturday, August 20, 2022
Corridor Business Journal
Leaders of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) HQ Office of Academic Engagement (OAE) visited the University of Iowa campus to gain an Iowa perspective on national security-related topics, a post on the college’s website states.
UI researchers: Can community scientists help battle urban heat and air pollution?
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
University of Iowa researchers conducted a novel investigation into whether community scientists could map air quality and improve urban health at a time when extreme heat and air pollution threaten large cities.
Homeland Security officials visit University of Iowa campus
Friday, August 5, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Leaders of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) HQ Office of Academic Engagement (OAE) visited the University of Iowa campus to gain an Iowa perspective on national security-related topics.
University of Iowa researchers selected to aid NASA mission
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Corridor Business Journal
Jun Wang, assistant director of the Iowa Technology Institute, was named the principal investigator for two NASA grants worth $1.56 million. NASA’s TEMPO mission, set to launch this year, is intended to revolutionize air quality forecasting. TEMPO, which stands for Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution, is a space-based ultraviolet and visible spectrometer scheduled to be launched into space aboard a commercial satellite — after nearly ten years of planning — before the year is over.
UI professor awarded $1.56 million to aid NASA’s TEMPO mission
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
University of Iowa researchers specializing in atmospheric sciences were selected to aid NASA’s TEMPO mission that’s set to launch this year. TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution) is intended to revolutionize air quality forecasting.
UI researcher wins funding to study regional air quality
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Iowa Now
Jun Wang, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering and James E. Ashton Professor in Engineering, has been awarded $1.55 million to improve regional air quality monitoring from space.
Ru honored by AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section for "outstanding" presentation
Friday, May 6, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Zeyuan Ru, a University of Iowa Technology Institute graduate research assistant, has been recognized by the AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section. Ru works with Prof. Jun Wang and is a graduate student at the College of Engineering.
ITI postdoc Xi Chen presents new machine-learning based approach to predict light scattering properties
Friday, May 6, 2022
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Dr. Xi Chen, working with Prof. Joe Gomes and Prof. Jun Wang, published their collaborative work presenting a new, machine-learning based, approach to predict light scattering properties of non-spherical dust particles. The approach will have wide applications in satellite remote sensing and climate model predictions. Chen, Gomes, and Wang are affiliated with the University of Iowa Technology Institute.
Earth Month: University of Iowa lab developing sensors to help farmers plan irrigation
Thursday, March 31, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
University of Iowa Technology Institute faculty, staff, and student researchers are developing a low-cost canopy sensor system to help farmers set more efficient irrigation schedules and plan their day-to-day operations for the crop fields.
UI professor collaborates with NOAA to measure air pollution
Thursday, February 10, 2022
The Daily Iowan
Jun Wang, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at the University of Iowa, is trying to create a mechanism to have exact measures of air pollution and fine particles.
Wang’s NOAA grant to support “next leap forward” in estimating surface PM2.5
Monday, January 24, 2022
University of Iowa Technology Institute
The University of Iowa Technology Institute and Prof. Jun Wang are participating in a new satellite mission that is expected to lead to more accurate measures of pollution, including fine particles, on hourly timescales.
UI convenes international team of experts to update NASA’s SAGE III mission
Monday, December 6, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
The University of Iowa and Prof. Jun Wang hosted a nationwide team of approximately 60 scientists and engineers virtually in November to share the scientific advances, research findings, and operations related to the SAGE III mission, an Earth-observing instrument aboard NASA’s International Space Station.
ITI Open House showcases research diversity of faculty, staff, and students
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
The University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) hosted a research open house to celebrate the excellence and diversity of research being conducted by faculty, staff, and students.
Jun Wang: Environmental sensing from space and in agricultural fields
Monday, October 4, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
University of Iowa Professor Jun Wang's presentation on Sept. 14, 2021, to the Geography Department is titled "Environmental sensing from space and in agricultural fields."
Iowa PhD student Meng Zhou awarded NASA research fellowship
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Meng Zhou, a fourth-year PhD student conducting research at the University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI), has been awarded a NASA research fellowship to study air quality at night.
Bradley Cramer: Nutrients, Teratology, and Extinction Events in the Geological Record and an introduction to the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
The University of Iowa's Climate/Atmospheric Science & Engineering (CASE) Colloquium continued on Aug. 25, 2021, with featured speaker Bradley D. Cramer, UI associate professor of Earth and environmental sciences. The CASE Colloquium is presented by the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research and the Iowa Technology Institute.
NASA awards UI engineering professor $1.3 million and leadership role to study effects of wildfires
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) scientist Jun Wang grants totaling $1.3 million to study atmospheric and climate impacts from wildfires that have ravaged parts of the planet.
Jun Wang discusses space research on 1540 KXEL following Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin launches
Monday, July 26, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Spurred by the recent high-profile Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic launches, one of University of Iowa's top scientists joined News Talk 1540 KXEL AM radio of Waterloo on July 21, 2021, for a wide-ranging discussion about space-based research as interest in space travel and curiosity about the cosmos surges.
UI scientists to expand space-based research on campus through new P3 grant
Friday, June 18, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Faculty members from the Iowa Technology Institute, a research arm of the College of Engineering (CoE), are contributing to a new space-based, interdisciplinary research enterprise designed to strengthen University of Iowa’s competitiveness for NASA funding for space missions and instruments.
Jens Redemann: Observations of Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Their Use to Constrain Models at Various Scales
Monday, May 24, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Dr. Jens Redemann, of the University of Oklahoma, was the featured speaker at the University of Iowa CASE Colloquium on May 21, 2021. The topic was Observations of Atmospheric Aerosol Properties and Their Use to Constrain Models at Various Scales.
Iowa researchers develop new model using satellite data to measure air pollution from soil
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Research started at the University of Iowa Technology Institute has led to a new assessment model that scientists believe will yield more accurate estimates of nitrogen oxides from soil, which are increasingly responsible for air pollution.
ITI researcher takes 1st place at American Meteorological Society annual meeting
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
University of Iowa Technology Institute
An Iowa Technology Institute research assistant earned top honors for his presentation exploring the capture of aerosol data from satellite observations at night at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society.
Iowans advise NASA on which satellites should stay in orbit
Monday, January 11, 2021
Iowa State University
A pair of Iowans – professors from the University of Iowa and Iowa State University – helped to shape the future of NASA by evaluating the agency’s satellite missions and recommending which satellites should stay in orbit.
Undergraduate ITI researchers analyze weather phenomenons at Naval Research Lab
Monday, November 30, 2020
University of Iowa Technology Institute
University of Iowa undergraduate research assistants in the Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) Lab leveraged data analysis skills learned at Iowa to study emissions-related weather phenomenons while working for the Marine Meteorology Division of the Naval Research Lab (NRL) over the summer.
Iowa public university collaboration leverages NASA data to benefit farming and education
Monday, November 9, 2020
University of Iowa Technology Institute
Connecting valuable NASA data and Iowans who could benefit from them most is at the heart of a new multidisciplinary, multi-university grant from the Iowa Space Grant Consortium called the Infrastructure for Data-Advanced Research and Education (I-DARE).
CDC recognizes ITI researchers' 'exceptional approach to solving a public health problem'
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) researchers were recognized by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as being among the nation’s best for their "exceptional approach to solving a public health problem.”
ITI faculty among eight to receive named professorships in engineering
Monday, September 14, 2020
Two University of Iowa Technology Institute faculty affiliates are among eight faculty members from the College of Engineering (COE) to receive named professorships and chairs, which are among the highest university honors faculty members can receive.
Newly named Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab reflects Wang's expanding scope of discovery
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
University of Iowa Technology Institute
The Lab for Aerosol, Radiation, Remote-sensing, and Observation-based Modeling of Atmosphere - better known as the ARROMA Lab, is now called the Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) Lab.
Faculty Feature: Jun Wang
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Written by
Fascination with wind patterns and atmospheric conditions blossomed into a career in academic research addressing some of the biggest environmental challenges facing our world and inspiring the next generation of researchers as a mentor and teacher. Jun Wang's work has been recognized with the James E. Ashton Professorship in Engineering, effective July 1, 2020, with an initial term of five years.
Future of Farming, UI professor develops smart sensor for farm irrigation
Thursday, May 16, 2019
KWWL
Farming across the midwest is about to get a lot smarter thanks to smart sensors being developed at the University of Iowa.
University of Iowa receives $1.6 million grant to develop new farming technology
Thursday, April 4, 2019
KCRG
The University of Iowa has been awarded a $1.6 million grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to design and build devices that could one day connect farmers from all over the world.