Research Topics
- Artificial intelligence
- Command and control
- Computational mechanics
- Computer vision
- Data analytics
- Earth system modeling
- Energy generation and storage
- Mechanical design
- Sensors
- Signal processing
- Wireless communication
Environment and Energy News

Iowa engineer's NASA instrument probes atmospheric pollutants

UI professor’s work now in space, monitoring air quality on Earth

Wildfires have erased two decades’ worth of air quality gains in western US

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

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

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

UI professor Jun Wang receives 2022 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award

Zhou earns best oral presentation at American Meteorological Society meeting
Research Labs
Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab
Director: Jun Wang, Lichtenberger Family Chair in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Phone: (319) 353-4483
Email: jun-wang-1@uiowa.edu
Website: Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab
Research topics:
- Artificial intelligence
- Autonomous systems
- Data analytics
- Earth system modeling
- Photonics/optical sensors
- Satellite remote sensing
- Sensors
- UAV research
- Wireless communication

Iowa Atmospheric Sensor Development Laboratory
Director: Matthew McGill, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering
Email: matthew-mcgill@uiowa.edu
Website: Iowa Atmospheric Sensor Development Laboratory
Ratner Research Group
Director: Al Ratner, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Email: albert-ratner@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 384-0883
Website: Ratner Research Group
Research topic: Energy generation and storage
Syed Mubeen Research Group
Director: Syed Mubeen, assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering
Email: syed-mubeen@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-5813
Lab: Syed Mubeen Research Group
Research topics:
- Energy generation and storage
- Sensors

Toor Lab
Director: Fatima Toor, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering
Email: fatima-toor@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-6071
Website: Toor Lab
Research topics:
- Energy generation and storage
- Sensors

Weimin Han Research Group
Director: Weimin Han, professor of mathematics
Email: weimin-han@uiowa.edu
Phone: (319) 335-0784
Website: Weimin Han Research Group
Research topics:
- Numerical analysis
- Computational mechanics
- Numerical solution of variational inequality
- Numerical solution of hemivariational inequalities