Taiji Miyasaka and David Drake’s simple way to recycle and reuse a major source of waste from buildings earned them a 2019 R+D Award from Architect Magazine.
Susmita Bose’s new curcumin-based drug delivery system was featured in a story by the Daily Evergreen.
Xiao Zhang and Amir Ameli’s research on “green” alternatives to Styrofoam was highlighted in Science News for Students.
The MRI program supports the acquisition or development of a shared instrument for use in research and teaching. Institutional submissions are limited to two Track 1 (budget > $100K and <$1M) proposals and one Track 2 (budget >$1M and <$4M) proposal. See NSF Program Solicitation 18-513 for details. The WSU deadline to submit applications for the internal competition is September 12.
WSU researchers, including Susmita Bose and graduate student Naboneeta Sarkar, have developed a drug delivery system using curcumin that successfully inhibits bone cancer cells while promoting growth of healthy bone cells.
Susmita Bose has been named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Yong Wang has been named a recipient of the 2019 Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division Practice Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
A new University Transportation Center led by Xianming Shi received a $7.5M USDOT grant to address critical transportation challenges facing the nation.
The Scientist wrote a story about graduate student Abdelrhman Mohamed and Haluk Beyenal’s hunt for electrically-active bacteria in Yellowstone Park.
Lloyd Smith has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The Lewiston-Tribune wrote a story about how incoming freshman Thomas Martin beat the odds.
NSF Science 360 featured Lei Li and graduate student Mojtaba Falahati’s research that developed a low-cost, easy way to make custom lenses.
Graduate students Mohammadreza Hatami and Kasra Koorehdavoudi won the Best Student Poster Award at last week’s PSERC Industry Advisory Board meeting in Madison, WI.