ISU News: College of Science and Engineering

Underrepresented college students benefit more from ‘active learning’ techniques in STEM courses

March 10, 2020

Idaho State's Brandon Peecook was a co-author on the study as a UW doctoral student

ISU physics, mathematics programs to host Pi Day Science and free pie at Pine Ridge Mall

March 6, 2020

POCATELLO – Idaho State University’s physics and mathematics programs will host Pi Day Science at Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck on Saturday, March 14, from 1 to 4 p.m.

Math, physics, philosophy and writing all have a place in Alec Lepisto’s world

February 27, 2020

POCATELLO – Senior Idaho State University Honors Program student Alec Lepisto believes in living a well-rounded life and his academic and private pursuits show he walks his talk.

ISU Professor Finney co-authors study supporting theory earliest North American humans arrived by ocean route

February 19, 2020

POCATELLO – A study co-authored by Idaho State University Professor Bruce Finney bolsters the argument that more than 15,000 years ago that the first humans who traveled to North America used a coastal route, traveling by boat, as opposed to traveling from the north, walking over a land bridge and then southward between the large retreating glaciers.

Idaho GEM3 project focusing on trout and sagebrush aims to produce new scientists

February 11, 2020

POCATELLO – The $20 million GEM3 grant engaging researchers from public universities throughout Idaho is expansive in its scope of studying two iconic Idaho species, sagebrush and redband trout, and along the way it hopes to encourage students to choose a career path in science.

'Science of Science Writing' panel discussion set Feb. 27 at Center for Advanced Energy Studies

February 4, 2020

The Center for Advanced Energy Studies CAES will host a panel discussion on journal writing from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 27 in the CAES Auditorium.

Professor Pearson in mountains with glacier in the background

Petroleum Experts donate MOVEModeling software worth more than $2.5 million to Idaho State University Geosciences department

January 31, 2020

POCATELLO – Petroleum Experts Limited has donated the equivalent of more than $2.5 million in oil and gas-industry software for use by the Idaho State University Department of Geosciences that will be used by ISU researchers working on a National Science Foundation grant and for teaching of advanced graduate-level geosciences courses.

ISU Civil and Environmental Engineering featured in national publication

January 27, 2020

The ISU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and its precast engineering studio are featured in the January/February 2020 edition of Precast Inc., a national magazine published by the National Precast Concrete Association.

ISU American Fisheries Society to hold ice-fishing derby Jan. 25 at Sportsman's Park

January 7, 2020

POCATELLO – A fishing derby Jan. 25 at Sportsman’s Park on the west side of American Falls Reservoir features a $500 first-place prize for the largest Rainbow trout and a $250 first-place prize for perch.

Mana Scholarship recipient Joselynn Castillo

ISU student Joselynn Castillo receives $10,000 scholarship from the Maná Scholarship Program

November 19, 2019

POCATELLO – Joselynn Castillo wasn’t even going to apply for the Maná Scholarship because she thought there was no way she could win a national scholarship. However, with the encouragement of her mother, she applied and was one of 15 students selected out of a pool of 1,200 to receive a $10,000 scholarship.