The annual Traffic and Safety Forum, hosted by Iowa State University’s Institute for Transportation and the Iowa Department of Transportation, had another successful event last week. The forum brought together more than 100 city and county engineers, DOT staff, consultants, vendors, and researchers at InTrans and Iowa universities. The purpose of this year’s forum was…
Katelyn Freeseman, a research engineer for the Bridge Engineering Center, has been promoted to assistant director of the center. “I’m excited about the opportunities BEC has given me, and I look forward to increased leadership in the center,” Freeseman said. Freeseman provides research project and management skills to the center and the National Center for…
Go! Magazine posted on November 30, 2016 We’re going to the Wild West! This month we’ve been talking about Steampunk, which imagines how the world would be if our modern technology—like fossil fuels and electricity—never took off. In a Steampunk world, it’s all about the reign of steam power. And that’s exactly what Warner Bro’s…
Go! Magazine posted on June 20, 2016 For millennia, centuries, decades, and years, Earth’s ecosystems have borne significant changes due to the presence of human civilization. Some of these changes to the natural environment could be considered positive—we can identify invasive species and eradicate them while preserving endangered species (thereby preventing their extinction)—however, what positive…
Go! Magazine posted on April 26, 2016 Often referred to as one of Director Hayao Miyazaki’s “most underrated films,” Porco Rosso epically manages to meld story and animation into a masterpiece for all ages. After his animation studio—Studio Ghibli—produced the highly-recognized, child-like films My Neighbor Totoro (1988) and Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), it was good…
Go! Magazine posted on April 25, 2016 Do you remember the last sci-fi movie you saw? Were the characters in the story assisted by robots or did their cars drive themselves? Before you know it, that movie won’t seem all too futuristic. In 2016, we seem to find ourselves waking up to the dawn of…
Go! Magazine posted on April 21, 2016 Looking forward to the future has never been the same. For my entire life, the future’s been racing me forward, with new technology after newer technology, and I can’t keep up. Every new, state-of-the-art product is soon outdated by another version that’s lighter, thinner, sleeker, and sometimes safer….
Go! Magazine posted on March 31, 2016 Inspired by the true life of warplane designer Jiro Horikoski during the Second World War, and the writings of Tatsuo Hori (who wrote The Wind Has Risen), the Studio Ghibli animated classic The Wind Rises breathes life into Japan’s historic past and illuminates the country’s descent into war….
Go! Magazine posted on March 30, 2016 When it comes to transportation, sometimes it’s hard to understand what’s easy, what’s best, and what’s the most affordable. Hi, I’m Hannah. I’m a 21 year old, cat-loving, coffee-drinking student who uses transportation just like the rest of the world. This is my third year studying journalism at…
Go! Magazine posted on March 4, 2016 On the night of June 23, 1997, boxer Oscar De La Hoya was driving his brother’s Mercedes on Interstate 605 near Whittier, California. He was in the fast lane and suddenly the car stalled. He maneuvered the car to the left shoulder but couldn’t find his cell phone….