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This past September, Iowa State received a four-year, $14 million grant from the National Science Foundation to design and plan a new state-of-the art facility to test the loads that extreme wind events place on large-scale models of buildings and structures. The multi-disciplinary, multi-institution project is led by Partha Sarkar, Aerospace Engineering. Photo by Ryan| Iowa State Research - ISU | Office of the Vice President for Research
Thirteen Iowa State University researchers have been selected to receive more than $5.5 million in Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), setting a new record for program support. The 13 recipients – one whose project was awarded in FY23 but didn’t initiate research until the start of FY24 – are the most| Iowa State Research - ISU | Office of the Vice President for Research
Microscope images of mammary gland tissue taken from a dairy cow infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza are magnified by 200 times on the left and 400 times on the right. On the left, cells infected with influenza are turquoise and flu receptors are magenta. On the right, infections are bright yellow and receptors are| Iowa State Research - ISU | Office of the Vice President for Research