Tuesday, May 5
10:00 AM – 10:50 PM
Teaching Innovation | Graduate College
Graduate Students and Postdocs in the Preparing Future Faculty program share how they teach students to innovate.
Location: 1st and 2nd Floor Stepatorium
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CALS Ignite Showcase | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
The CALS IGNITE Innovation Showcase celebrates the creativity and innovative spirit of Iowa State students from the College of Agriculture and Sciences on Tuesday, May 5 from 1-4pm in SICT 4227 and 4229. Featuring exhibits that demonstrate how innovation shapes CALS.
Location: Rooms 4229 and 4227
00:00 AM – 00:00 PM
Start Something LAS Academy Innovation Showcase | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Come see the innovative and entrepreneurial work from the students of the Start Something LAS Academy! Get inspired and start thinking about how you might develop your own big idea!
Location: Room 1118
Wednesday, May 6
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Paws and Prints: A Groundbreaking Collaboration for Cutting-Edge 3D Printed & Cast Veterinary Teaching Models | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Experience what a cow’s liver feels like in health & disease! Learn a key clinical skill for discerning normal vs. pathological tissue. This multidisciplinary collaboration of 3 colleges leverages innovative hybrid approaches in 3D modeling & printing to create “phantom organ” models for teaching.
Location: 2nd Floor Stepatorium
Thursday, May 7
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Affordable Rocket Engineering Services (ARES) | College of Engineering
Stop by to explore our high-powered rockets, talk with the team, and see how we turn ambitious ideas into flight-ready systems.
Location: 1st Floor Atrium – North Wall
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Science Communication in Action | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Are you curious to see what STEM graduate students at ISU are working on, but not sure if you will follow all the nitty-gritty of the science? This exhibition is for you! STEM grad students have teamed up with science visualization majors to produce museum-style graphics on research at ISU.
Location: Room 2106
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Food Product Development Showcase | Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Health and Human Sciences
Join us for the Food Project Development Course Poster Session! Come learn about and taste new hand-held street food products!
Location: Room 1118
4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
CHHS Innovation & Entrepreneurship Showcase | College of Health and Human Sciences
TBD
Location: 1st Floor Atrium, Stepatorium, and Room 1133
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Innovate 1858 Spring Maker Market | College of Health and Human Sciences
Innovate 1858 is excited to host an evening celebrating creativity and entrepreneurship of Iowa State University’s makers, entrepreneurs, and innovators. Scheduled for May 7th from 5pm-7pm, the Maker Market will take place on the first floor of the Student Innovation Center. It will feature a diver
Location: 1st Floor Atrium – North Wall
3:30 PM – 6:30 PM
CALS Pathways to Innovation and Leadership Showcase | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Celebrate the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ student innovations as Pathways to Innovation and Leadership program participants present their high-impact learning experiences and projects, earn micro-credentials, and get recognized for scholarships. RSVP is required.
Location: LaunchPad and Room 4237
Friday, May 8
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Designing Experiential Spaces for Community and Conservation | College of Design
Don’t miss an extraordinary showcase of student talent at the intersection of architecture, interior design, and graphic design. Teams from the College of Design will present bold, imaginative design proposals for Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt — Polk County Conservation’s largest park.
Location: LaunchPad
12:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Health Design Studio – Microhospital Design | College of Design
Please join us for the Design for Health capstone interdisciplinary option studio final review. This interdisciplinary design studio will be presenting the final project microhospital design – this is a new model of healthcare delivery.
Location: Room 2260 – North Wall
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
of Tomorrow: the Coffee Shop | College of Design
Interior, graphic, and architecture students present visionary designs for a 2042 flagship coffee shop, exploring how future cafés can support community, work, technology, and social connection. Discover how design can transform the everyday coffee experience into a dynamic place for the future.
Location: Basement Atrium
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Alleviating Food Insecurity with Aquaponics
Explore RIPPLE, our concept for an aquaponics facility in Chicagoland advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals of Zero Hunger, Sustainable Cities and Communities, and Responsible Consumption and Production. Fish, plants, and engineering power a community‑driven model to fight food insecurity.
Location: 1st Floor Atrium – North Wall
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Interactive Clothing Tag System for Sustainable Fashion
Fast fashion has had detrimental effects on global sustainability, yet consumers rarely have access to sustainability information at the point of purchase. This project develops an interactive clothing tag system that uses QR codes to deliver transparent, item-specific sustainability information.
Location: 1st Floor Atrium – North Wall
Monday, May 11
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Integrating AI into Fashion Design and Merchandising: Modeling a Designer Client-Branding Agency Experience | College of Health and Human Sciences
Final showcase and presentations of collaborative projects between FDM 2450: Aesthetics and Brand Image and FDM 4950: Senior Design Studio in Fashion Design and Merchandising Program. The event features garment collections, brand identity development, and retail concepts created for emerging brands.
Location: TBD