For their capstone project in Civil & Environmental Engineering, a team of students will improve the functionality of West Branch streets by designing a safer, more efficient truck route while balancing residential, environmental, and floodplain constraints.

For new truck routing, the team of students will analyze the current route, evaluate alternative alignments, address constraints, and develop a roadway design and plans. 

For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students will develop a comprehensive plan to evaluate, prioritize, and design utility replacements in a subdivision in West Branch. 

The student team will assess existing utilities, evaluate replacement options, prioritize improvements, design replacement systems, and provide a phased implementation roadmap for the City of West Branch.

As part of their Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students will design a Public Safety Building that meets the needs of the growing city of Granger.

A team of students in the College of Law's Community Empowerment Law Project will support Scattergood Friends School & Farm in a process to evaluate models of self-governance.

As part of their Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students will propose designs for the current site of the Bethel AME Church in Clinton. 

As part of their Senior Design Capstone Course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students will provide design and analysis support for an integrated parks and environmental engineering project along Mud Creek in Bondurant.

For their capstone project, Civil and Environmental Engineering students will examine potential reuse of the ground-floor areas of the two six-pack silos in Bondurant.

For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students will evaluate stormwater upgrades to enable future improvements for Cleaveland Park in Bondurant.

For their capstone project in Civil & Environmental Engineering, a team of students will design multi-use trail connections and trail segments as well as develop engineering designs and cost estimates for the City of Bondurant.

As a growing community, Bondurant has the opportunity to increase recreation opportunities for residents and visitors. This project will include the following components: 

Undergraduate students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will partner with Main Street West Branch to support downtown businesses with strategic communications strategy and campaigns.

For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students will create designs for an underutilized greenspace in Manchester adjacent to the Maquoketa River.

For their capstone project in Civil and Environmental Engineering, a team of students will create designs for an underutilized greenspace in Manchester adjacent to the Maquoketa River.

University of Iowa graduate students in Professor Eric Gidal's ENGL 6765: Bioregionalism in History, Theory, and Practice course explored traditions of bioregionalism in geography, civics, literature, culture, and the arts to create seven proposals for future community engagement in West Branch and the Lower Cedar Watershed. 

As part of their Senior Design capstone course, Civil and Environmental Engineering students provided analysis, recommendations, designs, and costs for extending West Branch's sanitary sewer trunk line to meet the needs of the growing community.

As part of the ICIGO student organization within the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability, students will conduct an on-site tree study and create a GIS-based digital inventory tool for city-owned trees in West Branch, Iowa.

Students enrolled in Public Policy and Persuasion in the School of Planning and Public Affairs worked with the West Branch Community School District to develop policy briefs for issues currently facing the school district. 

Undergraduate students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication partnered with the City of West Branch to work on a social media plan and corresponding public engagement strategy.

Public Affairs graduate students in the School of Planning & Public Affairs will partner with the City of West Branch and other community stakeholders on a multifaceted initiative to optimize the community’s historic assets as a catalyst for economic vitality, tourism development, and enhanced quality of life for residents. 

Public Affairs graduate students in the School of Planning & Public Affairs will partner with the City of West Branch, a small but growing rural community, to assess and support local fiscal policy, budgeting practices, and capital improvement planning.