QUICK LINKS Today's News News releases ISU homepage NEWS RELEASE 03-12-03 Contacts: Pam Reinig, Engineering, (515) 294-0261 Skip Derra, News Service, (515) 294-4917 TWO IOWA STATE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS CHANGE NAMES AMES, Iowa -- New names have been approved by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, for two Iowa State University engineering departments. The department of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics will now be known as aerospace engineering. The former department of civil and construction engineering now will be civil, construction and environmental engineering. The new names better reflect evolving departmental emphases and priorities, said Engineering Dean James Melsa. Iowa State's College of Engineering is the nation's seventh largest by undergraduate enrollment. Nearly 5,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate programs. In addition, there are nearly 900 graduate students. -30- Ames, Iowa 50011, (515) 294-4111 Published by: University Relations, online@iastate.edu Copyright © 1995-2003, Iowa State University of Science and Technology. All rights reserved.