Oct. 3, 2017 Voiland College This Week

From the Dean

Thanks to all for your feedback on last week’s safety memo that articulated our mutual commitment to providing a safe working environment.

This first memo, that stated that protective eyewear must be worn at all times while in a laboratory has resulted in much discussion. If you have questions, like, “Is this space a laboratory?” or “What if I am only using this space as a laboratory occasionally?” or “Where can I find ANSI approved safety glasses?”, please reach out to your department’s VCEA Safety Committee representative. Expect to see answers to frequently asked questions in next week’s newsletter.

Your VCEA Safety Committee rep will also be able to help you find a source for safety glasses and help to cover the costs of purchase if needed.

Thanks for your engagement and your support in making VCEA a safe and productive place to work.

Go Cougs!

Dean Mary Rezac's signature

Mary Rezac, Dean
Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
mary.rezac@wsu.edu


Voiland College in the News

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Congratulations

Computer science major and future eBay employee Heidi Lyons is interviewed on Voiland College’s website.

Mary Simonsen, MME Graduate Academic Coordinator, received a certificate of recognition for the 2017 WSU ACADA Outstanding Achievements in Academic Advising.

On Sept. 26, an international team of researchers, including WSU’s associate professor Anurag Srivastava, performed a live demonstration of the Real-Time Super Lab (RT Super Lab) concept, which will study how electricity can be rerouted across vast distances to address disruptions. The team envisions that large-scale blackouts can be prevented by moving electricity intercontinentally, the same way utilities currently do regionally but at a much larger scale.

Dean Rezac and SWE President Keira Rust were guests on the Crimson Report podcast. Listen in (interview starts at 2:20).

Students Yu-Chung Chang and John Zender were featured in a Daily Evergreen article about the WSU 3-D Printing Club’s efforts to develop a recycling program utilizing Filastruder, a device that breaks down plastics into usable material for 3-D printing.

Spelling correction from last week: Luna Magpili, clinical associate professor in VCEA’s Engineering and Technology Management Program, has been recognized as one of the “20 Professors in Engineering Technology to Know” by OnlineEngineeringPrograms.com. The list is comprised of some of the outstanding professors and Universities in the field.


Safety Tip of the Week

Eye on Safety

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that every day about 2,000 U.S. workers sustain job-related eye injuries that require medical treatment. However, safety experts and eye doctors believe the right eye protection can lessen the severity or even prevent 90 percent of these eye injuries.

Always make sure to wear eye protection when contact with hazardous materials is possible. Ensure your safety glasses fit properly. Eye size, bridge size and temple length all vary. Safety glasses should be individually assigned and fitted. Wear safety glasses so that the temples fit comfortably over the ears. The frame should be as close to the face as possible and adequately supported by the bridge of the nose.

For more safety information, contact Environmental Health and Safety at ehs@wsu.edu.


Upcoming Seminars and Events

DateEventTimeVenue
VariousVoiland Professional Practice and Experiential Learning Student Networking, Interviewing, Career EventsVariousVarious
Oct. 3WSU Career Expo and Tech Fair10 AM-3 PMBeasley
Oct. 5Dean’s Town Hall Meeting3:30 PMERTL 101
Oct. 5MME Seminar Series- Jonathan Richards, Mechanical Engineering Manager, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Pullman WA11 AMETRL 101
Oct. 9Lecture by Dr. Bradley Berron, University of Kentucky, “Hydrogel Coatings for Isolation and Implantation of Therapeutic Cells”4:10-5 PMADBF1002/Floyd 256,
Tri-Cities
Oct. 10WSU Common Reading Series:
“Virtual Design and Building Information Modeling," Presented by Anne Anderson
4:30 PMCUE 203
Oct.11Voiland College Safety Training9 AMPACCAR 202
Oct 11Cleantech Alliance Breakfast Series Feat: Susan Petty of AltaRock Energy7:30 AMSpark 233
Oct 12MME Seminar Series- Jessi Hall, Process Engineering, Schweitzer Engineering11 AMETRL 101
Oct 19MME Seminar Series- Dr. Peter Borgesen, Professor of Systems Science & Industrial Engineering, Binghamton, NY11 AMETRL 101

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Research Opportunities

Requests for Proposals, Research Announcements, and Events

TitleSponsorDeadline
*NEXT WEEK* WSU Research Week, October 9 - 13, various locations:
The Office of Research is sponsoring daily events to promote and strengthen WSU research. Full details in the link above.
n/an/a
The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Campus Open House Oct. 18 & 19.

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Learn more.
n/an/a
2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference March 25-27, 2018.

Abstracts Due: October 30.
n/an/a
ACS Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF) grantsACS10/25/2017
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program (WSU Limited Submission)NSF10/25/2017
Broad Agency Agreement: Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC) Broad Agency Announcement for FY17DoD10/31/2017
Cellular and Biochemical Engineering (CBE)NSF10/20/2017
Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering (DARE)NSF10/20/2017
Science & Technology Policy FellowshipsAAAS11/01/2017
Division of Materials Research: Topical Materials Research Programs (DMR-TMRP)NSF11/1/2017
CISE Research Infrastructure (CRI)NSF11/2/2017 (preproposal); 1/11/ 2018 (encouraged full proposals)
Japan-US Network Opportunity 2 (JUNO2) R&D for Trustworthy Networking for Smart and Connected CommunitiesNSF11/30/2017
Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CDS&E-MSS)NSF12/11/2017

For Students and Postdocs

TitleSponsorDeadline
Graduate Research Fellowship ProgramNSF10/24/2017
American Fellowships Dissertation FellowshipsAAUW11/15/2017
American Fellowships Postdoctoral Research Leave FellowshipsAAUW11/15/2017
Doris Duke Fellowship ProgramThe Doris Duke Charitable Foundation12/1/2017
Career Development GrantsAAUW12/15/2017

WSU Student Research Opportunities and Internships

WSU offers a number of opportunities available to undergraduate students who wish to gain experiences working in their field of interest.

Visit Honors College website for announcements about job openings and internships at WSU.

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