Dean’s Letters

Anamika Dubey and Jana Doppa have been named Huie-Rogers Endowed Chairs.

Ali Khan has received a scholarship award from the IEEE Power & Energy Society.

Xinghui Zhao and WSU Vancouver students are helping to develop mobile broadband units for rural communities.

Amit Bandyopadhyay has been named to the editorial board of the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing.

I am pleased to announce that Professor Xianming Shi has accepted the role of Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE).

David Field and Mani Venkatasubramanian will be inducted into the Washington State Academy of Sciences for their scientific and technical contributions to the state of Washington and the nation.

Kelly Nigro received a Crimson Spirit Award.

Tim Ginn received a Crimson Spirit Award.

Yu-Chung Chang, Jinwen Zhang, and Yuehe Lin were among the recipients of recent Cougar Cage funding.

Zhipeng Li has been selected as the recipient of the Perteet Engineering Graduate Fellowship in Civil Engineering.

WSU will begin offering a new undergraduate cybersecurity degree starting in 2023.

Led by Omar Al-Hassawi, WSU faculty members are developing a curriculum for building science certificates and a degree focused on carbon-conscious construction. The program aims to close a gap in comprehensive energy efficiency training for students as well as for professionals who are already in the workforce.

Following nine years of outstanding leadership as Voiland College’s Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, Dave Field has accepted a new role within our college as the Director of the Institute of Materials Research. In his new role, Dave will coordinate research efforts for Washington State University with the goal of leveraging our strengths in this emerging and vitally important field.