Editing Iowa State University (section)

=== Manhattan Project ===
Iowa State played a role in the development of the [[atomic bomb]] during [[World War II]] as part of the [[Manhattan Project]], a research and development program begun in 1942 under the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|Army Corps of Engineers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/ames-connection-manhattan-project/article_c0c96914-29ac-11e9-ade1-bbef93fd6bea.html|title=Story of Ames connection to the Manhattan Project retold|last=Hamann|first=Jordan|website=Iowa State Daily|language=en|access-date=August 26, 2019|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826202527/http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/ames-connection-manhattan-project/article_c0c96914-29ac-11e9-ade1-bbef93fd6bea.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The process to produce large quantities of high-purity uranium metal became known as the [[Ames process]].  One-third of the uranium metal used in the world's first controlled nuclear chain reaction was produced at Iowa State under the direction of [[Frank Spedding]] and [[Harley A. Wilhelm|Harley Wilhelm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ameslab.gov/overview/history.html |title=Ames Lab History |access-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527110253/http://www.ameslab.gov/overview/history.html |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/patents?id=RlpaAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html|title=Patent US2830894 - Production of uranium|work=google.com|access-date=July 31, 2012|archive-date=February 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201073051/http://www.google.com/patents?id=RlpaAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Ames Project]] received the [[Army-Navy "E" Award|Army/Navy E Award]] for Excellence in Production on October 12, 1945, for its work with metallic uranium as a vital war material.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/ames-ia|title=Ames, IA|website=Atomic Heritage Foundation|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2020|archive-date=January 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131192343/https://www.atomicheritage.org/location/ames-ia|url-status=live}}</ref> Today, ISU is the only university in the United States that has a [[U.S. Department of Energy]] research laboratory physically located on its campus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ameslab.gov/index.php/about-ames-laboratory|title=About|website=Ames Laboratory Website|access-date=March 5, 2020|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802055337/https://www.ameslab.gov/index.php/about-ames-laboratory|url-status=live}}</ref>