Led by Yuehe Lin, researchers are using tiny tubes made from organic molecules called peptoids to deliver cancer-killing drugs in a targeted manner.
Annie Du led a group of researchers in creating a nanozyme consisting of single iron atoms embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes. Detailed in the journal Small, the team solved a problem with nanozymes – their inability to match the catalytic activity of natural enzymes.
Yu-Chung Chang placed first at the recent ASTM Symposium on Structural Integrity of Additive Manufactured Materials and Parts Student Competition.
Mike Hugh took first place in his division at the recent Seattle Robothon.
Congratulations and thank you to all of you who have completed our mandatory, online safety trainings. Voiland College faculty and staff have completed more than 2600 trainings this year, which means a safer environment for all of us. During our recent ABET accreditation visit, the evaluation teams were complementary on the safety standards present within our teaching laboratories.
By employing machine learning and game theory, WSU researchers, including graduate student Abu Sayed Chowdhury and Professor Shira Broschat, were able to determine with 93 to 99 percent accuracy the presence of antibiotic-resistant genes in three different types of bacteria.
A team of scientists led by Norbert Kruse has found a way to tune a major industrial chemical process to create commercially important fuels, lubricants and detergents in a simple, one-step process.
Michael Wolcott discussed WSU’s aviation biofuels research with the Daily Evergreen.
A research team including Mohammadsoroush “Tommy” Tafazzoli has for the first time developed a way to measure the social sustainability of large apartment and housing complexes.
Xianming Shi’s research on greener replacements for concrete was highlighted by DW News.
Matthew Cohen has published new book, Proportional Systems in the History of Architecture: A Critical Reconsideration, which reconceives the idea of proportional systems, which are often numerical ratios or easily constructed geometrical shapes formed from the dimensions used to build a structure.