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

Case Colloquium

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

Friday, November 18, 2022
Hyerim Kim

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

Friday, September 16, 2022
Jun Wang - Justin Torner image 2021

UI professor Jun Wang receives 2022 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award

Friday, September 9, 2022
AMS Meng Shou

Zhou earns best oral presentation at American Meteorological Society meeting

Monday, September 5, 2022
TEMPO Satellite

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

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Jesse Bell CASE

Jesse E. Bell: Water, Climate and Health Program

Monday, May 16, 2022
Zeyuan Ru

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

Friday, May 6, 2022
Sazzad Parveg at Ratner Lab

Earth Month: University of Iowa researchers converting biomass into sustainable energy

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Jun Wang adjusting an atmospheric sensor

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

Thursday, March 31, 2022
GEO XO

Wang’s NOAA grant to support “next leap forward” in estimating surface PM2.5

Monday, January 24, 2022
Jun Wang Meng Zhou

Iowa PhD student Meng Zhou awarded NASA research fellowship

Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Marisol Contreras and Ashley (Hesterberg) Butzlaff

ITI grad research assistant awarded Fulbright to Germany

Monday, August 2, 2021
NASA Earth

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

Friday, June 18, 2021
Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite

Iowans advise NASA on which satellites should stay in orbit

Monday, January 11, 2021
Lightning-NOAA

Undergraduate ITI researchers analyze weather phenomenons at Naval Research Lab

Monday, November 30, 2020
Al Ratner teaching a class

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

Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Photo of a weather sensor in a corn field

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

Monday, November 9, 2020
Mubeen hydrogen royalty free

Mubeen expands work to make solar hydrogen viable, renewable resource

Monday, October 5, 2020
Fatima Toor works with students in her lab

Fatima Toor recognized as 'Community Champion' by optics and photonics society

Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Jun Wang

Faculty Feature: Jun Wang

Thursday, August 6, 2020
Mubeen hydrogen royalty free

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

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Research Labs

Director: Jun Wang, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, James E. Ashton Professor in 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
Jun Wang adjusting an atmospheric sensor

Director: Matthew McGill, professor of chemical and biochemical engineering
Email: matthew-mcgill@uiowa.edu
Website: Iowa Atmospheric Sensor Development Laboratory

IASDL group photo

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

Sazzad Parveg at Ratner Lab

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
Mubeen group photo

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
Fatima Toor with student researchers

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

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