From the Dean
The safety of the students we serve is always our top priority.
I strongly encourage each of you to attend one of the upcoming WSU Health & Wellness training opportunities to learn how to identify and respond to students who appear to be in distress.
If you have concerns about a student right now and aren’t sure how to respond or who should know about your concerns, Counseling and Psychological Services is available 24/7 at 509-335-4511.
Mary Rezac, Dean
Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
mary.rezac@wsu.edu
Voiland College in the News
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Washington State University tops the list of U.S. Department of Agriculture research and development expenditures, according to the most recent figures available.
Zhi Chen was selected to participate in the Department of Energy’s Visiting Faculty Program at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Several faculty in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science have received promotion:
- Ananth Kalyanaraman has received promotion to full Professor.
- Ali Mehrizi-Sani has been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
- Diane Cook has received promotion to Regents Professor.
- Matt Taylor has been awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
- Sakire Arslan Ay has received promotion to Clinical Associate Professor.
Xianming Shi in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been awarded tenure.
In the School of Design and Construction, Rick Cherf and Jason Peschel have been promoted to the positions of Clinical Associate Professor.
In the Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Su Ha has been promoted to Professor. Jean-Sabin McEwen has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor.
In the School of Engineering and Computer Science, WSU Vancouver, Xinghui Zhao has been awarded tenure and received promotion to Associate Professor.
In the School of Engineering and Applied Science, WSU-Tri-Cities, Messiha Saad has been promoted to Clinical Associate Professor.
Kurt Hutchison and the Cougar Shop hosted students from Palouse High School’s First Robotics Team.
WSU AeroSpace Club recently served as judges for the Science Olympiad.
Brandon Townsend, Parth Chandak, Samra Memon, Rachel Payne, Joshua Carver, Jacob Sadoian, and Justin Jackson were among the winners of the 2018 CrimsonCode Hackathon.
Upcoming Seminars and Events
| Date | Event | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Various | Career & Professional Development Employer Information Sessions | various | various |
| Mar 20 | Boeing Day at WSU | various | various |
| Mar 21 | VCEA Safety Training | 8:30 AM | PACCAR 135 |
| Mar 21 | GALLERY OPENING: “Revitalizing Rural Environments Symposium Exhibition” | 4:30 PM | Carpenter Gallery |
| Mar 22 | NEW IEEE Smartgrid Free Webinar: Cyber-Physical Security Analysis for Transactive Energy Systems, Presented by: Anurag K. Srivastava | 10 AM | online |
| Mar 22 | MME Seminar Series Welcomes Professor David A Weitz, Harvard University | 11 AM | ETRL 101 |
| Mar 24 | Kids’ Science in Engineering Day | 10-2 PM | CUE |
| Mar 26 | 2018 Ensor Lectureship | 4 PM | Floyd CC |
| Mar 27 | NEW WSU President Schulz State of the University Address | 3:10 PM | Bryan Hall Auditorium |
| Mar 28 | Cougs Give | All Day | online |
| Mar 28 | NEW WSU Three-Minute Thesis Finals: Come cheer on VCEA’s Dishary Banerjee! | 1 PM | Spark Atrium |
| Mar 28 | NEW DATE VCEA Town Hall Meeting | 3:30 | ETRL 101 + AMS |
| Mar 30 | WSU Plant Science Symposium | Various | streaming |
| 3/27 – 4/2 | WSU Showcase | Various | Various |
| Mar 29 | MME Seminar Series Dr. Xiao-Yang Yu- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Senior Scientist, Ph.D., Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate | 11 AM | ETRL 101 |
| April 2-5 | Week of Women in STEM: Featuring WSU alum Gerri Martin Flickinger, Starbucks Exec VP and CTO, giving the keynote address on April 3. | Various | Various |
| April 4 | EECS Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Featuring Partha Ranganathan, Distinguished Engineer and technical lead for hardware and datacenters at Google. | 3 PM | ETRL 101 |
| April 5 | Lanning Lecture: Featuring former WSU professors Uma and Jay Jayaram, founders of 3D-4U, a pioneering virtual reality company that provided the VR experiences for the 2018 Winter Olympics. | 3:10 PM | Goertzen 21 |
| April 9 | GALLERY OPENING: “Precedents: Highlights from the Global History of Design” | 4:30 PM | Carpenter Hall Gallery |
| April 11 | Architecture Faculty Lecture: Taiji Miyasaka | 5:30 PM | Spark G45 |
| April 12 | MME Seminar Series Welcomes: Dr. Anil V. Virkar, University of Utah | 11 AM | ETRL |
| April 12 | Voiland College Convocation | 3:30 PM | Daggy Hall Jones Theatre |
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crimson Spirit Award | WSU | Ongoing |
| 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 |
| VCEA Outreach, Connection, and Engagement Award Nominations Due to John Schneider | VCEA | 03/23/2018 |
| JCATI Symposium | JCATI | 04/12/2018 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Top Ten Senior Awards | WSU Alumni Assoc | 03/27/2018 |
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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