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A new study led by Sasha McLarty found important lessons for understanding how to better monitor and manage groundwater and the key factors that impact community monitoring of common resources. The research is featured in a special issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In a paper published in the JMIR Formative Research, a WSU research team that included Hassan Ghasemzadeh found that wearable wristbands measure physiological responses to stress in real-time and real-world situations, providing a potential method to help people avoid slipping back into old behaviors. » More ...

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“Wisteria: Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion,” an emotive intelligent responsive project led by Mona Ghandi, received the popular choice award in the Architizer A+Awards for the Architecture + New Technology category.

Noel Schulz was elected as a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences. » More ...

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The Denver Channel aired an interview with Hongfei Lin about his plastics-to-jet fuel research.

Alana Pulay received a Teaching Conference Registration Award from the WSU Teaching Academy. » More ...

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Reporting on their work in the journal, Biofilm, graduate student Faysal Shariq and professors Haluk Beyenal, and Idil Akin have used granules made from potato waste bacteria to strengthen soil, offering a new alternative to cement additives that are currently used to shore up soils for building and erosion control. » More ...

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Mona Ghandi’s project, “Wisteria: Architecture as an Embodiment of Human Emotion” has been selected as a Finalist in the Architizer A+Awards for the Architecture +New Technology category. You can vote for her work in the Popular Choice category. The deadline for voting is on Friday, June 25 at 12 midnight PST.

Kaiyan Qiu is developing a better, real-world heart model that aspiring surgeons could practice on before they go into the operating room. Qiu recently won a $50,000 grant through WSU’s inaugural Cougar Cage competition to help advance the technology. » More ...

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The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.3 million Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) grant to Washington State University to fund underrepresented student researchers on their way to completing a biomedical, research-focused Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. program. Alla Kostyukova is a co-PI.

SDC Director Ryan Smith was interviewed for his thoughts on prefabricated construction by The Inlander. » More ...

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The Spokesman Review featured a story on a multidisciplinary team led by Diane Cook that are gaining better analysis of data from smart home devices in helping detect cognitive decline.

Under the guidance of Bernard Van Wie, graduate students Kitana Kaiphanliam and Brenden Fraser-Hevlin are working to commercialize a bioreactor that is able to grow 25 times more of the valuable T cells than current technology in half the time. They recently won a $50,000 grant through WSU’s inaugural Cougar Cage competition and took third place in the 2021 University of Washington Dempsey Startup Competition. » More ...

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Led by John McCloy, researchers aim to improve cadmium telluride solar technology to make it more competitive with silicon solar cells, which currently makes up 90 percent of the solar cell market as part of a new $300,000 award from the Solar Energy Technologies Office

\ Saltchuck interviewed Gene Voiland. » More ...