sarcoma under microscope

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

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
University of Iowa researchers including Fatima Toor, Varun Monga, and Munir Tanas are analyzing the potential of using light and photosensitizing agents – a type of cancer treatment technology called Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) – to treat soft tissue sarcoma.
Screenshot of simulated dogfights being run

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

Monday, March 22, 2021
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Air Combat Evolution (ACE) programme tested team dogfighting between artificial intelligence-controlled fighters in a software simulation in February.
Undergraduates

Sander, Canahuate lead new NSF undergraduate research grant

Monday, March 15, 2021
A University of Iowa Technology Institute faculty affiliate, Edward Sander, is helping lead a new Research Experience for Undergraduates grant from the National Science Foundation.
Meng Zhou AMS

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

Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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.
X-Ray

ImagiQ webinar series on AI and machine learning for medical imaging begins March 10

Thursday, March 4, 2021
University of Iowa is hosting a ImagiQ webinar series exploring artificial intelligence and federated/distributed machine learning for medical imaging.
Wastepaper Recycling

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

Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Engineers at the University of Iowa are working to enhance the process of turning wastepaper into high-value fiber reinforced plastic (FRP).
Sonalysts ITI

Iowa Technology Institute, Sonalysts partner to improve soldier performance

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Sonalysts, Inc. is teamed with University of Iowa Technology Institute on an Army Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Contract to Address “Physical Monitoring Techniques to Improve Warfighter Performance.”  
TCTS-II at OPL

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

Thursday, February 18, 2021
The University of Iowa Technology Institute’s Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) recently supported Collins Aerospace in the first rounds of flight tests of an air combat training system designed to prepare U.S. Navy and Air Force pilots and crews for aerial combat.
Soldier doing a leg tuck

Army considers change to Combat Fitness Test scoring for male, female soldiers

Friday, February 12, 2021
The Army could adjust how it scores its new Combat Fitness Test to account for the “biological differences” between men and women, a service spokeswoman said Friday.
Iowa Magazine Cover March 2021

ITI contributes to discovery through artificial intelligence at University of Iowa

Thursday, February 11, 2021
Iowa Technology Institute faculty affiliates are helping "power discovery" through artificial intelligence at the University of Iowa, including Shaoping Xiao, Michael Schnieders, Xiaodong Wu, and Stephen Baek.