Archive for July, 2013

Vigmostad Reinvents the Classroom

Iowa Engineer, Published on July 31st, 2013

Lin Edits Special Issue of Journal of Computational Physics

Iowa Now, Published on July 30th, 2013

IIHR Assistant Research Engineer Sarah Vigmostad.

Studying Metastatic Cancer Cells in the Bloodstream

Posted on July 30th, 2013

IIHR’s Sarah Vigmostad is part of research team working to learn more about metastatic cancer cells and how they survive the remarkable stresses of the human bloodstream.

Anton Krueger (right) holds one of the back-wearing mussels, plucked from the laboratory microhabitat. From left, the team includes Craig just, Jim Niemeier, Jon Durst, and Hannah Taylor.

Mussel Obsession

Posted on July 30th, 2013

IIHR’s Anton Kruger (right) has been named a new Donald E. Bently Faculty Fellow in Engineering, in recognition of his innovative research and dedication to students. Read about Kruger’s project using river mussels as water-quality sensors.

Farmers Keep an Eye on Tile Discharges

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Published on July 23rd, 2013

Flooding in Winter Will Worsen

The Telegraph, Published on July 24th, 2013

‘Rivers of Rain’ Will Make Floods Twice as Likely

The Independent, Published on July 23rd, 2013

Most of Europe’s Extreme Rains Caused by Rivers in the Atmophere

AGU Blogosphere, Published on July 19th, 2013

Frank Weirich's team takes the ground-penetrating radar out onto the surface of the Exit Glacier.

Beneath the Surface of Vanishing Glaciers

Posted on July 10th, 2013

Frank Weirich and his research team are conducting a multi-year research project using ground-penetrating radar to look inside the rapidly shrinking Exit Glacier.