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Associate Dean of Research, David Oliver David Oliver
Associate Dean of Research
233 Catt Hall
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doliver@iastate.edu

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is second to none in its research programs. Our college leads the university in NSF Early Career Awards and in Research & Discovery 100 Awards. We are consistently one of the top two colleges in receiving external, competitive research funding.

As a land-grant institution, we play a major role in the transformation of basic science into practical contributions
– whether it is in the designing of computer-assisted SmartHouses of the future, the creation of biodegradable
plastics made from soybeans, or our work in the areas of biorenewable fuels.

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More intense and frequent rainstorms and more frequent hot days and nights are among the weather extremes forecast for North America, according to an Iowa State University researcher who was one of the lead authors of a new government climate report released last week.

William Gutowski, professor of geological and atmospheric sciences, said additional weather extremes - such as heavy downpours, frequent heat waves, intense hurricanes and more areas affected by drought - are likely to occur.

Gutowski was a coordinating lead author of a key chapter for the report titled Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate. The U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research produced the 164-page report. The scientific assessment provides the first comprehensive analysis of observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes in North America and U.S. territories.

Gutowski's chapter dealt with the degree to which climate changes over the past century can be attributed to human causes, and what lies ahead.
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