Mar. 6, 2018 Voiland College This Week

Go Cougs!

Ali Mehrizi-Sani was the recipient of the 2018 ASEE PNW Outstanding Teaching Award.

Mona Ghandi’s research using smart devices to create responsive spaces to help people with disabilities gain control of their environment is featured on the Voiland College home page.

Ayad Rahmani led a design workshop that was featured in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

Students Joseph Hall, Madison Newberry, Avery Frank, and Jake Sirianni won a JARL award at the UW Health Innovation Challenge.

Roseanne August is the February 2018 Crimson Spirit Award recipient.

Kshitij Jerath helped Dr. Universe.

Graduate students Panpan Dong and Xiahui Zhang were selected for 2018 Alaska Airlines Travel Awards.

The journal Nature Catalysis published research led by assistant professor Jean-Sabin McEwen, which could improve catalytic converter design.


Did You Know?

Voiland College Reid Miller Teaching Excellence Award nominations are due Friday.

WSU 2018 President’s Awards nominations for Leadership Staff/Faculty are due Friday.


Voiland College in the News

Spokane Clean Air

Composites World

KING 5 TV

Idaho Mtn Express

New Civil Engineer


Upcoming Seminars and Events

DateEventTimeVenue
VariousCareer & Professional Development Employer Information SessionsVariousVarious
NEW Mar 6WSU Alert Test                                  Electronic locks on interior and exterior doors will engage from 11:45 am to 12 Noon11:45 AMWSU Pullman
NEW Mar 8MME Seminar Series:
Subhanshu Gupta- Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
11 AMETRL 101
Mar 9VCEA 3-Minute Thesis Qualifying Round2 PMETRL 101
Mar 19Donuts with the Dean9 AMCarpenter 1st Floor
NEW Mar 19Lecture by Abdelrhman Mohamed, PhD Student, Voiland School, "Electrochemically Active Biofilms: Scale-up, Instrumentation, and Applications in Wastewater Treatment"4:10-5 PMADBF 1002/Floyd 256 (Tri-Cities)
NEW Mar 21VCEA Safety Training8:30 AMPACCAR 135
Mar 21GALLERY OPENING: “Revitalizing Rural Environments Symposium Exhibition”4:30 PMCarpenter Gallery
Mar 24Kids’ Science in Engineering Day10-2 PMCUE
Mar 262018 Ensor Lectureship4 PMFloyd CC
Mar 27Dean’s Town Hall Meeting3:30 PMETRL 101
NEW Mar 28Cougs GiveAll Dayonline
3/27 – 4/2WSU ShowcaseVariousVarious
Apr 2-5Week of Women in STEMVariousVarious

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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.

TitleAgencyClose Date
NEW Crimson Spirit AwardWSUOngoing
WSU Office of Research Information SessionsWSU Office of ResearchOngoing
ONNL Alternate Sponsored Fellowships (ASF) for Students, Faculty, and Visiting ScientistsPNNL, DOEContinuous
NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research in BIO, ENG, & MPSNSFContinuous
2018 President's Awards for Leadership Staff/Faculty Nominations DueWSU03/09/2018
NEW Reid Miller Teaching Excellence Award Nominations Due to John SchneiderVCEA03/09/2018
Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) Program: RERC on Rehabilitation Strategies, Techniques, and InterventionsHealth & Human Services03/12/2018
Environmental Education Local Grants ProgramEPA03/15/2018
High Performance Computing for Manufacturing Collaboration Grant ProposalsDOE03/15/2018
VCEA Outreach, Connection, and Engagement Award Nominations Due to John SchneiderVCEA03/23/2018
Expeditions in ComputingNSF04/25/2018
Joint Center for Deployment and Research in Earth Abundant Materials (PDF)JCDREAM04/30/2018
Fundamental Research to Counter Weapons of Mass DestructionDOD09/30/2018
CatalysisNSF10/22/2018
Fluid DynamicsNSF10/22/2018
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and TeachersNSF09/05/2018
Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) ProgramNSF09/27/2018
WSU Office of Research’s Large Funding Opportunities Database

For Students and Postdocs

TitleAgencyClose Date
Grace Hopper Celebration ScholarshipAnitaB.org03/07/2018
SURCA Undergraduate GrantsWSU Emeritus Society03/19/2018
NEW Top Ten Senior AwardsWSU Alumni Assoc03/27/2018

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.

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