Iversen, James D.

James Delano Iversen attended Iowa State College (University) where he received his B.S. (1956), M.S. (1958), and Ph.D. (1964) in aerospace engineering and electrical engineering. During his professional career Iversen spent time working for both public and private enterprises including Dana College, Allison Transmission Corporation, Convair, Sandia Corp and the Douglas Aircraft Company. Iversen was hired at Iowa State as Assistant Professor (1959-1960) of aerospace engineering and was promoted to Associate Professor (1960-1969) and Professor (1969-1996). Iversen's main research areas include wind tunnels, Aeolian processes, aerodynamics, and geophysical fluid dynamics. Many of his published writings deal with Aeolian processes, or wind generated geologic processes, such as the drifting of snow and sand, sand storms, and wind-generated erosion. Of particular interest were his studies of the Aeolian processes taking place on the surface of the planet Mars.