Voiland College This Week

Seniors Zaya Tsengelmaa and Danielle Hurley took first place in the WSU Business Plan Competition.

John McCloy has accepted the appointment of director of the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering.

Behrang Asgharian-Dastenaie, Ayumi Manawadu Maksim Karazhbei, Reem Osma, Nikolaus Walton, and Ian Wells received President’s Awards for Leadership.

The design for the WSU students’ inclusive Splatt Table has recently taken the top student prize for an office table design in the international SIT furniture design competition.

Washington State University announced a landmark $20 million gift from Edmund and Beatriz Schweitzer, and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL). The Schweitzers and SEL are each contributing $10 million toward the construction of the Voiland College’s new student success building on WSU’s Pullman campus.

Emma Tumbleson, Celeste Weaver, Madeline Frey, Zaya Tsengelmaa, and India Dykes placed second place in the Open Business Category of the NW Entrepreneurship Competition.

Feng Zhao and graduate student Brandon Sueoka have demonstrated how honey can be used to make a memristor, a component similar to a transistor that can not only process but also store data in memory.

A new laboratory method developed by Lloyd Smith uses a high-accuracy ball delivery device and speed measurement system to provide better clues on exactly how high and far baseballs will fly.

Noel Schulz spoke about the importance of power grids, cybersecurity, cyber-physical systems & DEI in engineering in this month’s Hack The Planet podcast.

When Ukraine connected to the European power grid earlier this month, technology developed by Washington State University researchers led by Mani Venkatasubramanian made a difference in ensuring the stable operation of critical electricity interconnections.

The Bachelor of Science in Construction Management program has been reaccredited by the American Council for Construction Education.

New Indoor Masking Policy in Effect: Washington State University is adopting new face covering guidance in keeping with relaxed requirements being implemented by the state of Washington.

WSU Policy Prohibiting Discrimination & Harassment: WSU’s Compliance and Civil Rights (CCR) is your resource for information about WSU’s policies and procedures prohibiting discrimination and harassment.

A new $3.5 million National Science Foundation grant will allow researchers led by Von Walden to study the snow and atmospheric conditions in Greenland with the aim of providing better forecasts of the continent’s contribution to future sea level rise.

Data analytics major and WSU tennis player Michaela Bayerlova was named a WSU Student-Athlete of the Month.