2020

Dec. 29, 2020 Voiland College This Week

Work led by Jean-Sabin McEwen and Di Wu could lead to better ways of using water in processes that make renewable energy more viable.

A student electrical engineering team at Washington State University Tri-Cities is designing a prototype of a ventilator that they hope could one-day be used as a low-cost option compared to expensive commercially available devices on the market amid COVID-19 and beyond.

Season’s Greetings 2020

Season’s Greetings! I wish each of you a safe and relaxing holiday break, filled with an abundance of peace and happiness for you and your loved ones.

As 2020 draws to a close, I also would like to take a moment to express my gratitude to everyone who has helped make this semester a successful one for our students, faculty, and staff.

Dec. 15, 2020 Voiland College This Week

The Protium Company, a WSU-founded startup that rose out of Jacob Leachman’s Hydrogen Properties for Energy Research lab, was featured at the national Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase last week.

WSU engineering students Grace Harris and Alyssa Hovenkotter received $5,000 SEL engineering scholarships.

Holiday Building Information and Reduced Operations

As we approach the winter holiday season, the university moves into a state of reduced operations. The reduced operations schedule is at the bottom of this email for your quick reference. While building operations will not look much different than our current operations because of Covid 19, there are a few items you may want to be aware of.

Dec. 1, 2020 Voiland College This Week

A research team led by Ananth Kalyanaraman have developed a fast, scalable algorithm that can optimize the distribution of vaccines in a simulated epidemic network, potentially bringing the number of infected people down by three to seven times.

Eunice Kwon received an Honorable Mention in the Student Competition in Environmental Sensors at AIChE’s annual meeting last month.