IVER ANDERSON’S STORIED CAREER COMING TO AN END

At the end of the year, Iver Anderson will wind down a long and storied career as a senior metallurgist for Ames National Laboratory and as an adjunct professor for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

He joined the Ames National Laboratory on Oct. 19, 1987, and has been advancing powder metallurgy and mentoring dozens of graduate students ever since.

“I have the perfect job. I get to do research that interests me, define what that is, find funding and innovate to produce new state-ofthe-art results,” Anderson said.

His research has helped develop products that “weren’t possible” and improved the efficiency of several different industrial processes with significant bottom line impact.

Among his many accomplishments, Anderson and his team invented lead-free solder, a revolutionary tin, silver and copper alternative to the once-traditional tin and lead solder.

His advancement has transformed the electronics industry, with over 70% of electronic items in the world containing Anderson’s lead-free solder, reducing the environmental impact of lead.

Iver Anderson has advanced powder metallurgy for over three decades, and along the way, he has trained generations of $58M in lead-free solder royalties 151 undergraduate students mentored 43 graduate students mentored

Lead-free solder became the alltime top-earning patent for Iowa State University and Ames National Laboratory, with royalty income totaling more than $58 million before