Aaron Nissen, a senior in agricultural

engineering at Iowa State, was named one of the Top 15 New Faces of

Engineering last week.

Nissen, senior in agricultural engineering,

was the national nominee from the American Society of Agricultural

and Biological Engineers  for the National Engineers Week

recognition program that acknowledges the most promising

engineering students in the world.

“I think they liked the way I put my

engineering skills to work in the job force,” Nissen said. “I

worked with senior engineers that have been in the business for 30

or 40 years and was able to earn the company profit.”

Academic excellence, leadership, community

service and involvement in the engineering industry are reasons for

which Nissen and 14 other students from around the world were

chosen. This was the first college edition of the New Faces of

Engineering recognition program, and the winners will be published

in USA Today in

the near future.

Nissen, member of the ISU chapter of ASABE and

vice president of the honor society for agricultural engineering,

Alpha Epsilon, interned for Vermeer last summer as a design

engineering intern.

The New Faces of Engineering recognition

program was conducted on Facebook, where members of 15 national

engineering organizations were invited to apply. Members were then

narrowed down to between one and three nominees per organization,

and finally one winner from each group was chosen. As the nominee

for ASABE, Nissen will receive a $1,000 scholarship toward his

education costs. 

“He is very

active in club activities for ASABE,” said <span style=

“mso-tab-count: 1;”>Chenxu Yu, assistant professor of agricultural

and biosystems engineering and adviser for ASABE.

“He is in charge of

fundraising for the club and he is a bright student, very

enthusiastic in terms of involving himself and doing his

part.”

An Audubon, Iowa, native, Nissen grew up on

his family’s farm and he believes that his past experiences have

strengthened his skills and education here at Iowa State.

“It’s something I love,” Nissen said. “I’ve

grown up on a farm and done this my whole life. It’s not like I’m

studying something that I’ve never done before. It is something

that I’ve been around for a long time and that is what keeps me

interested.”

Nissen will return to Vermeer this summer as a

test engineering intern. Long term, Nissen will look to take over

the family farm after some time in the workforce. He is hoping to

secure a job with Vermeer after graduation.