Voiland College This Week

Washington State University announced a $5 million investment from The Boeing Company to establish a new student success center in the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture on WSU’s Pullman campus. See photos and video and stories from The Spokesman Review and the Moscow-Daily News from the event.

A new method to anchor single atoms of platinum-group metals on nanometer-sized islands allows for efficiently using these expensive metals as catalysts for a wide variety of applications, according to a study co-led by Yong Wang.

Engineering and Technology Management is celebrating its 40th year of delivering remote instruction to professionals in engineering and technology fields.

Mary Rezac was among members of Washington State University leadership invited by the Office of the Governor to join a delegation of state government officials, business and education leaders on a 10-day trade mission to Finland, Sweden and Norway.

Harsh Sharma, Jana Doppa and Partha Pande recently received a best paper award at the International Conference on Compilers, Architectures, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES).

Diane Cook co-authored a recent study that showed that home sensors could provide accurate information about overnight restlessness and sleep problems for people recovering from opioid use disorder.

The Daily Evergreen reported that WSU researchers, led by Xianming Shi, will test environmentally-friendly alternatives for antifouling boat paints with support from the Washington State Department of Ecology.

Students in Michael Sanchez’ class helped to design and build one of the first fully accessible garden plots in the Inland Northwest.

Karl Englund was interviewed by Crosscut for their story on plastics pollution and recycling.

Adam Phillips, Karl Englund, and Ji Yun Lee are part of a team that received a $2.6 million U.S. Department of Energy grant that will support the research of designing and building carbon-negative homes to combat climate change in the growing residential construction sector.

Miss the Sept. 8 VCEA Town Hall? You can watch the recording on Zoom.

Katy Ayers, Moises Carranza, and Zoe Fichtel are among the 2022-23 McNair Scholars.

This year, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture celebrates 10 years of STEM education in the North Puget Sound region.

Aaron Feaver was interviewed by Geekwire about the state of Washington’s hydrogen economy efforts.

Mani Venkatasubramanian shares what he learned from 25 years of research on oscillations and how a solution he developed with students helped Ukraine quickly connect to the European power grid on the Schweitzer Drive podcast.

Ji Yun Lee has received a one-year grant from Google to develop a tool that will use satellite imagery along with artificial intelligence and machine learning to get a better picture of vegetation across the West to help agencies develop better risk assessments and management.