Voiland College This Week

Jan 17, 2023 Voiland College This Week

WSU Bremerton student Quinn Morley’s plan to send a flying boat to study the smoggy atmosphere and hydrocarbon-rich lakes of the Saturn moon of Titan has been awarded a grant from NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program.

Students guided by Roland Chen, built a large-scale, “Operation-style game” for Pullman Regional Hospital’s Center for Learning and Innovation and the Palouse Discovery Science Center.

Jan. 10, 2023 Voiland College This Week

Vikram Yadama has been named director, and Julia Day has been named associate director of Washington State University’s Composite Materials and Engineering Center.

Led by Anamika Dubey, Washington State University researchers received a $3 million Department of Energy grant to enhance power grid resilience for underserved communities in the face of extreme weather.

Jan. 3, 2023 Voiland College This Week

Paul Contino won the APAC Fall 2022 Photo Contest for the Campus Identity category.

Students in Jolie Kaytes’ Landscape Architecture 150 class gathered recently at the Hillside Café on the Pullman campus, where WSU Dining Services had prepared a Palouse- inspired meal for them. Read more about this innovative collaboration.

Dec. 20, 2022 Voiland College This Week

Student teams from the School of Design and Construction took top prizes at the Northwest regional Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) student competition.

To learn more about how electricity travels through metal wires and circuitry, the fictional feline Dr. Universe talked with Bob Olsen.

Dec. 13, 2022 Voiland College This Week

A course taught by Roland Chen that features a collaboration between Voiland College engineering students and the Carson College senior living management program was featured in the WSU Insider.

Time Magazine interviewed Xianming Shi for their story on how cities are looking for alternatives to salt for ice removal.

Dec. 6, 2022 Voiland College This Week

Ayad Rahmani is one of the developers of a new certificate program being developed by an interdisciplinary team of WSU faculty in architecture, engineering, and the humanities.

Recent graduates Jhoana Avante and Prem Jongdeenarn received an American Institute of Architects Northwest and Pacific Region citation award for their design entry that was developed as a final project in the graduate design studio led by Maryam Mansoor.

Nov. 29, 2022 Voiland College This Week

Jinwen Zhang, Yu-Chung Chang, and Lin Shao will be featured in a Chemistry World Research Spotlight webinar on December 1, where they will discuss their research into creating a new route to upcycle polylactic acid (PLA).

Birgitte Ahring was interviewed by the Tri-City Herald about her biogas research.

Nov. 22, 2022 Voiland College This Week

The Washington State University Board of Regents approved spending up to $4.8 million for the design phase of the planned Schweitzer Engineering Hall.

David Lin is leading a research team that received a $500,00 National Science Foundation grant to explore the complexities of kangaroo rats.