Two minutes

Spend a couple of minutes with the people of Iowa State.

Hans van Leeuwen

Hans van Leeuwen

R&D Magazine's Innovator of the Year.

Mark Shour

Mark Shour

An entomologist who keeps critters out of classrooms.

Gary Wells

Gary Wells

The man who IDed eyewitness misidentification.

Ulysses Grundler

Ulysses Grundler

A postdoc working at the world's biggest science experiment

Steve Kawaler

Steve Kawaler

An astronomer who's studying stars from space.

Mary Swander

Mary Swander

Iowa's poet laureate.

Chris Martin

Chris Martin

An artist in the Peace Corps.

Tim Lentz

Tim Lentz

The student engineer for ISU's D.C.-bound solar house.

Tahira Hira

Tahira Hira

Someone who wants to boost your financial I.Q.

Mark Westgate

Mark Westgate

An agronomist who helps the hungry feed themselves.

Soeren Prell

Soeren Prell

A physicist working on the world's biggest science experiment.

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

An engineer who knows biorenewables.

Tempest Rose

Tempest Rose

A residence hall rock band.

Tin-Shi Tam

Tin-Shi Tam

The woman who makes the bells of Iowa State ring.

Scott Hurd

Scott Hurd

A veterinarian and former presidential appointee who works to keep our food safe.

Michele Roling

Michele Roling

A counselor who helps others find their own strengths.

Alexander Stoytchev

Alexander Stoytchev

An engineer who's developing smarter robots.

Gerardo Sandoval

Gerardo Sandoval

An expert on revitalizing immigrant communities.

Song-Charng Kong

Song-Charng Kong

An engineer who's working to make better, cleaner engines.

Greta Johnson

Greta Johnson

The newest member of the state Board of Regents.

Rick Cruse

Richard Cruse

A land lover who seeks a soil-saving approach to biofuels production.

Scott McLeod

A teacher who finds a way to reach the plugged-in generation.

Jane Cox

Jane Cox

A star that shines in, and behind, the spotlight.

Howard Van Auken

Howard Van Auken

An entrepreneurship evangelist.

Albert DeFusco

Albert DeFusco

A chemistry postdoc who makes beautiful music.

Brian Hornbuckle

Brian Hornbuckle

The scientist who's helping the Europeans measure soil moisture ... by satellite.

Emily Bright

Emily Bright

The top twirler on the collegiate gridiron.

Troy Abel

Troy Abel

A grad student who churns out award-winning graphics students.

Jim West

Jim West

The man who brings life to the Iowa State Fair.

Craig Anderson

Craig Anderson

An international expert on video game violence.

Cory Simon

Cory Simon

A student who worked on a NASA device that astronauts will use on the moon.

Jim Colbert and Tyler Feldhacker

Jim Colbert and Tyler Feldhacker

Boundary Waters rescuers.

Sarah Kelly

Sarah Kelly

A solar car racer.

Lisa Koll

Lisa Koll

A Cyclone on the fast track, in and out of class.

Michael Bugeja

Michael Bugeja

The man who would save us from the "virtual" void.

Maggie Luttrell

Maggie Luttrell

A student politician who wants to change the world.

Camille Sloan Schroeder

Camille Sloan Schroeder

A LEGO enthusiast who inspires young engineers

Elly Sukup

Elly Sukup

A student who taught Uganda school kids how to garden.

Ingrid Lilligren

Ingrid Lilligren

An artist who saved seven years' worth of eggshells for her latest creation.

Jonathan Wendel

Jonathan Wendel

The professor whose research facility cantains the largest cotton crop in Iowa.

Lisa Schulte

Lisa Schulte

A prof who CAN see the forest for the trees.

Dianne Bystrom

Dianne Bystrom

The "go-to" source on the Iowa caucuses and women in politics.

Lawrence Braue

Lawrence Braue

The officer who led the Cyclone ROTC Battalion to No. 3 in the nation.

Srinivas Aluru

Srinivas Aluru

A supercomputing professor.

Debra Marquart

Debra Marquart

A former rock band musician turned award-winning writer.

Joe Bowser

Joe Bowser

A student who played (but mostly worked) at Wimbledon.

Jill Pruetz

Jill Pruetz

The scientist who spotted chimps hunting with tools.

Rick Sharp

Rick Sharp

The professor who helped put the speed in Speedo's new swimsuit.

Matt Hill

Matt Hill

A prof who digs prehistoric buffalo kill sites.

Brent Shanks

Brent Shanks

An energy engineer.

Thomas Leslie

Thomas Leslie

An architect and cultural expert on the Iowa State Fair.

Wendy Ware

Wendy Ware

A cardio specialist ... for pets.

Vikram Dalal

Vikram Dalal

A scientist who opted for the sunny side of research.

Susan Stewart

Susan Stewart

The sociologist who wrote the book on stepfamilies.

Brian Mennecke

Brian Mennecke

A professor who leads a second life.

Jeffrey Essner

Jeffrey Essner

A biologist who studies zebrafish to look for new cancer treatments.

Lyric Bartholomay

Lyric Bartholomay

A mosquito master who has scooped larvae out of the Nile.