Iowa State’s Tornado/Microburst Simulator has been in operation since 2005. It has helped Partha Sarkar and other researchers learn more about the wind loads created by tornadoes so engineers can design buildings that can stand up to windstorms. Pictured with the simulator are doctoral students, left to right, Nayan Deep Tiwari and Mahtab Goudarzi. Larger photo. Photos by Ryan Riley/College of Engineering.| www.news.iastate.edu
ISU researchers will study mixing solar energy production and agriculture in a project at solar farm Alliant Energy will build this year on university land. The research team is led by, from left, associate professor of horticulture Ajay Nair; professor in plant pathology, entomology and microbiology Matt O'Neal; and Electric Power Research Center director Anne Kimber, . Larger image. Photo by Christopher Gannon. | www.news.iastate.edu