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Cyclone Racing's Formula team races its mini open-wheel car this week in a Lincoln, Neb., competition sponsored by SAE International, formerly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers. The team has been having problems with its Yamaha engine and has been scrambling to engineer a solution. If the engine problem is solved, team members think the car's lightweight, compact design could be quick on a race course.

More than 1 million people are expected to visit the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., June 27- July 1 and July 4-8. And Iowa State will be center stage to show how faculty, staff and students put design in action to transform communities. Iowa State is one of only 17 land-grants selected to participate in the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Morrill Act. A campus preview of the exhibit, "Transforming Communities: Design in Action," was held today before the trusses, computers, LED panels, touchscreen workstations and original artwork are crated and shipped to the nation's capital later this week.

Professor Mufit Akinc, a faculty member at Iowa State University since 1981, has been named interim dean of the College of Engineering effective July 30. He succeeds Jonathan Wickert, who will assume the role of senior vice president and provost at Iowa State on the same date.

The Iowa State Baja SAE Team's off-road racer has already splashed through Oregon mud. Next up are the trails and hills of Wisconsin. Team members are confident they'll have a competitive racer at the June 7-10 event sponsored by SAE International, formerly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Laura Doering, longtime staffer in Iowa State University's offices of the Registrar and Admissions, will become the university's next registrar July 1, Vice President for Student Affairs Tom Hill has announced.