Researcher watches as Anjan Bose points at data on one of four computer monitors.

Institutes, Centers, and Laboratories

Voiland College is uniting the best minds across disciplines and addressing ambitious goals. Researchers are conducting important work in the areas of advanced materials, air and water resources, sustainable infrastructure, catalysis, and the smart electric power grid.

Energy Systems Innovation Center (ESIC)

Uniting research faculty, business leaders, and governmental organizations to address the demand for clean, reliable energy, including using Smart Grid technology to make the power system more efficient, responsive, and secure.

Sports Science Laboratory (SSL)

Investigating the dynamics of bat and ball collisions to help regulating agencies better understand equipment performance through experimental testing and numeric models.

WSU-PNNL Bioproducts Institute

Combining comprehensive analytic tools with plant sciences, biotechnology, catalysis, and materials science to create innovative, economical, and environmentally friendly, engineered, bio-based materials and value-added chemicals.