Dec. 10, 2019 Voiland College This Week

Go Cougs!

Anjan Bose has been elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Yuehe Lin has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Partha Pande has been named a Fellow by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Jana Doppa and Ananth Kalyanaraman recently received a nearly $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to use machine learning to make such state-of-the-art simulations and cyberinfrastructure more efficient.

Xianming Shi’s sustainable deicer research was featured in Fast Company and TV stations Q13 Fox and KREM 2.

Neeru Chaudhary has been appointed as a graduate student director of the Chemical and Reaction Engineering Division of AIChE.

Mehrzad Mehrabipour was featured in a WSU Graduate School story about her leadership in transportation engineering.

Kristian Gubsch is WSU’s first recipient of a Marshall Scholarship for graduate study.

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Opportunities

Help Track Student Job Placement

Voiland College Student Success has introduced a new “tip line” to help track job placement. If you know of an upcoming or recent graduate who accepted a job, is heading to graduate school, or has other plans- let us know! Please send student name, company/grad school, job title & any other known information to: vcea.jobs@wsu.edu.

PNNL-WSU Graduate Program – Apply by Jan. 10

The WSU Office of Research, the WSU Graduate School, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are pleased to announce the call for applications for the fourth cohort of the Distinguished Graduate Research Program.

Academic Showcase – Apply by Jan. 15

WSU’s Academic Showcase, the annual poster session for WSU faculty, staff, and graduate and professional students, will be held March 26, and will run concurrently with the Graduate and Professional Students Association (GPSA) Research Exposition.

Patents for Humanity – Apply by Jan. 31

Patents for Humanity is the US Patent and Trademark Office’s awards program for those using game-changing tech to address global challenges, reach under-served communities, and improve millions of lives. Apply here.

WSU Student Employee of the Year – Nominations due Feb. 15

This institution-wide contest looks at student employees who go above-and-beyond the basic expectations. Nominations are due Feb. 15.

Idaho National Laboratory Graduate Fellowship – Apply by Feb. 16

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is excited to announce that the INL Graduate Fellowship postings are now open. One is a fellowship awarded to Ph.D. students with interest in advancing nuclear energy and clean energy deployment. The other is specific to National and Homeland Security research and is for Ph.D. students or students pursuing a master’s degree in cyber security.

Applicants are invited to apply at through inl.gov/careers job posting numbers 13894 and 13895. The postings will close Feb. 16, 2020. Letters of recommendation can be emailed directly to emilee.kottcamp-allen@inl.gov.

Crimson Spirit Award

Have you noticed a WSU employee going out of their way to help a colleague or customer? Nominate them for the Crimson Spirit award to recognize their excellent service. Submit a nomination.

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Be Safe Cougs

Winter Driving (and Walking!)

Facilities Services asks that all students, faculty and staff be properly prepared for winter driving and walking.

Please wear proper winter footwear with good traction soles. Yak Tracks are a good option for slick conditions but please don’t wear them inside buildings.

If you are driving on campus, please have the proper snow and ice traction tires on your vehicle. Most vehicle incidents during the winter are due to improper tires on the vehicles involved. We would like to remind everyone that parking areas will be plowed after hours when the vehicles are gone. Generally parking lots are not plowed until there is three inches of snow accumulation. We do pile snow and haul it away but it takes days to clear every location so please be patient. It is not possible to have all streets, roads, sidewalks and stairs free of snow and ice at all times.

If you have concerns about an area or see problems with ice or snow, please let us know. You can contact Facilities Services Work Management Center at 335-9000.