Mary Rezac

I am pleased to announce that Jason Peschel has been appointed as the permanent director of the School of Design and Construction, effective immediately.

You have likely seen the announcement in today’s WSU Insider regarding WSU’s budget reduction.

I want to give you an update on how this will impact Voiland College and what we are doing to address this situation.

Happy New Year! I am pleased to announce that Vikram Yadama has been named director, and Julia Day has been named associate director of WSU’s Composite Materials and Engineering Center (CMEC).

After more than 22 years of service to Voiland College and to Washington State University, Devon Anderson will be retiring in December.

I hope you had a fun and restful summer and are excited about the upcoming school year. Welcome, especially, to our new faculty and staff who are joining the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture. We have an exciting year ahead!

I am happy to announce that Professor Haluk Beyenal has accepted the position as Voiland College’s Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies. He starts effective immediately.

I am pleased to announce that Professor Xianming Shi has accepted the role of Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE).

Following nine years of outstanding leadership as Voiland College’s Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Dave Field has accepted a new role within our college as the Director of the Institute of Materials Research. In his new role, Dave will coordinate research efforts for Washington State University with the goal of leveraging our strengths in this emerging and vitally important field.