Vice President of the United States Joe Biden takes a tour of a lab and looks at the projects of Katie Goebel, senior in mechanical engineering, on Thursday, March 1, 2012, before his speech in Howe Hall at the College of Engineering. Biden talked about economic issues and bringing manufacturing jobs back to America, as well answered the audience’s questions.

Vice president of the United States Joe Biden takes a tour the Make 2Innovation Lab looking at projects of Katie Goebel, senior in mechanical engineering, on Thursday before his speech in Howe Hall at the College of Engineering. Vice president Biden talks about economics issues and bringing manufacturing jobs back to America, as well answer audience’s questions during the speech. photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State Daily