Feb. 27, 2018 Voiland College This Week

Go Cougs!

Indranath Dutta has been appointed Director of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

Dan Dolan has received a Fulbright Scholar grant for 2018-19 to study and develop a new prescriptive building code for the Chilean government.

Several WSU Everett engineering students and grads are developing a submersible that will provide private trips to the wreckage of the Titanic this summer.

Qusay Bkour, Seyed Ali Dezfooli, Ramin Fallahzadeh, Thu Ly, and Yang Song recently received scholarships from WSU Graduate School.

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Did You Know?

Nominations for Voiland College’s Three-Minute Thesis Competition are due Friday.

Voiland College Safety, Staff and Faculty Award nominations are due Friday.

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Voiland College in the News

Lewiston Tribune

• WSU students enjoy the wonders of technology created by two former professors at the school

Daily Evergreen

• Olympics use WSU VR technology

Live Science

• WSU Recreates Titan Seas for NASA Submarine Mission

R&D Magazine

• Researchers Use Tin Oxide Nanocrystals to Improve Battery Performance

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Upcoming Seminars and Events

Date	Event	Time	Venue
Various	Career & Professional Development Employer Information Sessions	Various	Various
Mar 1	MME Seminar Series Welcomes Dr. Praveen Thallapally, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	11 AM	ETRL 101
Mar 1	SDC Distinguished Guest Lecture: Tim Wentz “The Future of Our Industry”	4:30 PM	Goertzen 21
Mar 3-4	The 6th Annual CrimsonCode Hackathon	9 AM	Spark
Mar 5	Lecture by Dr. Zhaokang Cheng, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, “Regulation of cell death and survival in the heart”	4:10-5 PM	ADBF 1002/Floyd 256 (Tri-Cities)
Mar 9	VCEA 3-Minute Thesis Qualifying Round	2 PM	ETRL 101
Mar 19	Donuts with the Dean	9 AM	Carpenter 1st Floor
Mar 21	GALLERY OPENING: “Revitalizing Rural Environments Symposium Exhibition”	4:30 PM	Carpenter Gallery
Mar 24	Kids’ Science in Engineering Day	10-2 PM	CUE
Mar 26	2018 Ensor Lectureship	4 PM	Floyd CC
Mar 27	Dean’s Town Hall Meeting	3:30 PM	ETRL 101
3/27 – 4/2	WSU Showcase	Various	Various
Apr 2-5	Week of Women in STEM	Various	Various

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Award and Research Opportunities

Requests for Proposals, Research Announcements, and Events

For a more complete listing of research funding opportunities, contact Dave Field.

Title	Agency	Close Date
WSU Office of Research Information Sessions	WSU Office of Research	Ongoing
ONNL Alternate Sponsored Fellowships (ASF) for Students, Faculty, and Visiting Scientists	PNNL, DOE	Continuous
NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research in BIO, ENG, & MPS	NSF	Continuous
Early Career Faculty (ECF)	NASA - NSPIRES	02/28/2018 (Notice of Intent)
Academic-Industrial Partnerships to Translate and Validate in vivo Cancer Imaging Systems	NIH	03/01/2018
VCEA Safety Award Nominations Due (PDF)	VCEA	03/02/2018
VCEA Jr. Faculty Research Award (PDF) Nominations Due	VCEA	03/02/2018
VCEA Faculty Excellence Awards Nominations Due (PDF)	VCEA	03/02/2018
VCEA Staff Excellence Awards Nominations Due (PDF)	VCEA	03/02/2018
WSU Meyer’s Point Environmental Field Station Small Grant Proposals Due	CAHNRS	03/02/2018
2018 JCATI Requests for Proposals: JCATI provides short term funding via academic collaboration for WA aerospace companies with technology roadblocks.	JCATI	03/02/2018
2018 President's Awards for Leadership Staff/Faculty Nominations Due	WSU	03/09/2018
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) Program: RERC on Rehabilitation Strategies, Techniques, and Interventions	Health & Human Services	03/12/2018
Environmental Education Local Grants Program	EPA	03/15/2018
High Performance Computing for Manufacturing Collaboration Grant Proposals	DOE	03/15/2018
VCEA Outreach, Connection, and Engagement Award Nominations Due to John Schneider	VCEA	03/23/2018
Expeditions in Computing	NSF	04/25/2018
Joint Center for Deployment and Research in Earth Abundant Materials (PDF)	JCDREAM	04/30/2018
Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction	DOD	09/30/2018
Catalysis	NSF	10/22/2018
Fluid Dynamics	NSF	10/22/2018
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers	NSF	09/05/2018
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) Program	NSF	09/27/2018
WSU Office of Research’s Large Funding Opportunities Database

For Students and Postdocs

Title	Agency	Close Date
Washington State Opportunity Scholarship	WSOS	02/28/2018
Nuclear Forensics Undergraduate Summer School Program	Homeland Security	02/28/2018
Grace Hopper Celebration Scholarship	AnitaB.org	03/07/2018
SURCA Undergraduate Grants	WSU Emeritus Society	03/19/2018

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