Thomas M. Whitney

Thomas M. Whitney INVENTOR OF THE WORLD’S FIRST SCIENTIFIC HANDHELD CALCULATOR Major and graduation year: Electrical Engineering, BS ’61; MS ’62; PhD ’64 Calculating efforts: Alumnus Thomas Whitney joined Hewlett…

Cyber Infrastructure

About This Strategic Research Area From the time researchers at Iowa State University invented the world’s first electronic digital computer, Iowa State has been a leader in computing technology. The…

Mervin S. Coover

…the College of Engineering. During World War II, Coover oversaw Iowa State’s Electrical Naval Training School. He also was acting head of the Industrial Engineering Department (1955 to 1956), associate…

ISU ECpE Podcast

Welcome to the ISU ECpE podcast, from the Iowa State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECpE). ECpE engineers are at the core of our rapidly changing smart world….

Impact Report

…the world’s first infant respiratory augmentor to help babies breathe, our faculty and graduate students have made major advancements that impact the technology people all over the world use every…

Differences Among Majors

All engineering majors use principles of science, math, and problem solving to create cost-efficient, reliable, and safe solutions to technical problems. Engineering is where science meets real-world applications to create…

Internships and Co-ops

…study. Positions may be located anywhere in the world. Cooperative education/internships provide practical work experience in the field and let students apply the theory they’ve learned class to real-world projects….

Department History

…pioneered the: world’s first electronic digital computer encoding process for fax machines world’s first portable phone medical ultrasound technology first handheld scientific calculator infant respiratory augmentor ECpE Innovators and Leaders…

David Carlson

…and later as a faculty member, alumnus David L. Carlson helped to create one of the first infant respiratory augmentors in the world. At the time, there was only one…

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