Brett Stav

Voiland College’s online graduate engineering programs ranked 25th in the Best Online Engineering Programs category in US News and World Report’s Best Online Programs 2021 Rankings.

A research team led by Jana Doppa and graduate student Syrine Belakaria developed and used a machine learning algorithm to find optimal designs for an electric power system by evaluating less than 0.05% of the designs. The work could mean savings for engineers who are seeking to solve complex engineering problems to maximize safety and sustainability. The researchers presented their work at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition.

Yong Wang, Junming Sun, John McCloy, Scott Beckman, and Min-Kyu Song were awarded JCDREAM seed grants.

Led by Jinwen Zhang, researchers developed a recyclable material that is as strong as commonly used carbon-fiber composites and can also be broken down in very hot water within a pressure vessel.

As part of their senior design project through the Industrial Design Clinic, Ryan Magoon, Joseph Ponti, Michael Lewis, Leif Harfst, Andy Mei, Lance Harris, and James Zimmer developed a testing robot that could help alleviate some of the challenges of matching the technology with people.

Angelique Umutoniwase was selected as the 2020 recipient of the WTS Spokane/Coeur d’Alene chapter’s Maggie Walsh Leadership Legacy Graduate scholarship.

A new grant led by Omar Al-Hassawi and David Drake will support development of two graduate courses focused on sustainable design and entrepreneurship.

A paper by Xianming Shi and Gang Xu titled, “Characteristics and applications of fly ash as a sustainable construction material: state-of-the-art review” was awarded the 2020 Most Cited Paper Award by Resources Conservation & Recycling.

Min-Kyu Song’s work was featured among biggest battery breakthroughs of 2020 by New Atlas.

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.

Check out the Voiland College highlights from WSU Pullman’s Fall Commencement ceremony.

WSU researchers led by Abdelrhman Mohamed and Haluk Beyenal have developed a sustainable wastewater treatment system that relies on electron-producing microbial communities to clean the water.

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.