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Shulin Chen, David Drake, Robert Krikac, Dan (Annie) Du, Xiao Zhang were among the 10 WSU Commercialization Gap Fund award winners.
Computer Science Ph.D. candidate Sarah Fakhoury was selected as a 2020 Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellow.
Rebecca Rothschild, Neda Zarayeneh, and Helen Catanese relate their experience at the world’s largest conference for women technologists in this month’s Voiland College feature story.
Adam Hahn and grad student David Jonathan Sebastian-Cardenas discuss cybersecurity threats in WSU Insider.
Recent graduate Sabrina Ali has been named student intern of the year by the American Society of Engineering Education’s Cooperative and Experiential Education Division.
The WSU Institute of Transportation Engineers Club received an award from the ITE Western District Data Collection Fund to collect trip data at Pullman’s Stadium Way Starbucks.
A WSU team has developed a more efficient, safer, and cost-effective way to produce cadmium telluride (CdTe) material for solar cells or other applications.
Events
Through Feb. 20
“Limit + 2 Degrees: Architecture as a Catalyst to Solving Global Temperature Rise”
Tuesday, January 28
@ 11:00 AM ESIC Webinar: “Reliability Evaluation of Renewable Generation Integrated Power Grid Including Adequacy and Dynamic Security Assessment” with Vijay Vittal, Arizona State University.
@ 6 PM Constructing Washington State: SAH archipedia and new directions in digital scholarship. Please join us in celebrating the launch of Washington’s “100 Classic Buildings” on SAH Archipedia.
Thursday, January 30
@ 11:00 AM MME Seminar: Mechanical property tuning through interfaces modification. Presented by Tae-Kyu Lee, Portland State University.
@ 5:00 PM Gateway District Launch. Students and faculty from the SDC will be working with community stakeholders, to find new ways to strengthen the connection between University and City by exploring the potential for a new gateway to campus.
Monday, February 3
@ 4:10 PM CHE 598 Seminar: Surface Engineering of Fe-based Catalyst for Selective Hydrogenolysis of Phenolics: From Reaction Mechanism to Catalyst Design with Jianghao Zhang.
Tuesday, February 4
@ 10 AM to 3 PM Spring 2020 Career Expo.
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Opportunities
VCEA Strategic Planning Survey – Please Take by Jan. 31
Faculty and staff are encouraged to take the VCEA Strategic Planning Survey to give your perspectives on where Voiland College should be going over the course of the next five years, and ideas on how we can get there.
VCEA 3-Minute Thesis Competition – Nominations Due Feb. 28
Open to all doctoral candidates in good standing who have completed preliminary exams by March 6th, 2020, 3MT is challenging Ph.D. students to consolidate their ideas and research discoveries and to present their thesis and its significance in three minutes to a non-technical audience. Nominations due from departments Friday February 28th.
The VCEA Competition: Thursday, March 6th at 2pm in ETRL 101 – 1st Place: $1500 scholarship and chance to compete at the WSU competition.
For more information contact your faculty advisor, visit the 3MT competition website or email chrisgass@wsu.edu.
WSU Undergraduate Research Awards – Apply by Feb. 15
WSU students can apply for awards to support their mentored research, scholarship, and creative activities in academic year 2020-21.
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.
VCEA Staff Excellence Awards – Nominations due March 6
It is time to submit nominations for the VCEA Staff Excellence Awards! VCEA staff and faculty received their nominations forms this week from Chris Gass. Please scan the form electronically and email it back to chrisgass@wsu.edu by March 6.
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.
Be Safe Cougs
Mental Health Training
The Cougar Health Services Peer Health Educators offer “Behind Happy Faces” free of charge to student groups and campus affiliates here in Pullman. This one-hour training engages participants in their emotional development and the steps they can take to approach a friend who is struggling with a mental health issue.
Request Behind Happy Faces for your group this spring.
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