Wood & Natural Fibers News

June 1, 2023 — Ji Yun Lee, assistant professor in WSU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for […]

May 11, 2023 — The Office of Research has awarded nine faculty with the 2023 New Faculty Seed Grant. The grant program supports junior faculty in developing research, scholarly, or […]

May 8, 2023 — People often think of artificial intelligence as the frontier of science, but Hongtao Dang, assistant professor of construction management in the School of Design and Construction, […]

Washington State University researchers are working with a Port Angeles nonprofit organization to develop new housing materials from heat‑treated wood and recycled carbon fiber used in Boeing airplanes. Researchers from […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – Michael Wolcott, Washington State University Regents Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named to the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee, which advises both […]

The most complex chemistry lab on the planet is growing in your neighborhood. There might be a tree in your own backyard, cranking out chemicals as it converts sunlight to […]

SEATTLE – Washington state-based Alaska Airlines today made history by flying the first commercial flight using the world’s first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the limbs, and […]

Building tours, a reception, and music from the WSU Cougar Marching Band were part of the dedication of the new PACCAR Environmental Technology Building at Washington State University on Thursday, […]

SEATTLE – Imagine a material that allows us to construct new buildings more quickly. Helps to combat climate change. Supports the restoration of our forests while also helping revive our […]

Wood-framed skyscrapers, resistant to fire and earthquakes and made from locally harvested wood, may someday dot the skylines of North American cities. A new building at Washington State University, opening […]

Buildings stand among the nation’s leading producers of greenhouse gases. To blame is the energy used to operate them and the carbon-heavy materials required to construct them. With populations increasingly […]

PORT ANGELES, Wash. – Washington State University will lend its expertise in materials science and engineering to the Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) that broke ground in Port Angeles today, […]

SEATTLE – Washington state’s hometown airline is teaming up with the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) to advance the production and use of alternative jet fuel made […]

PULLMAN, Wash. – How many giant wind turbine blades can your local landfill accommodate? To help avert such a problem, WSU is working with Seattle-based Global Fiberglass Solutions Inc. (GFS) […]

THOMAS M. MALONEY, 83, of Pullman, WA passed away on June 18, 2014, at his Pullman home.  Read more….. Tom was a distinguished professor at Washington State University and was […]

With representatives of the university’s Board of Regents, senior administration, and College of Engineering and Architecture faculty on hand, Washington State University today broke ground for the construction of a […]

As you walk through the new WSU visitor center, slow down and notice the wood around you. Natural blue staining on a bench shows how a Northwest pine tree lost […]

Karl Englund’s research would be easier if all homes were built of Legos. “If we designed for disassembly like that, you could just build your house, take it apart when […]

Michael Wolcott, professor in the Washington State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of WSU’s Institute for Sustainable Design, has been named a fellow of the International […]

Washington State University’s International Wood Composites Symposium is collaborating for the first time with the Northwest Advanced Renewable Alliance (NARA) to present “Managing the Woody Biomass Supply Chain – Impact […]

Dr. Vikram Yadama received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for his proposal “Development of high-performance lignocellulosic composites for building envelopes: Authentic learning about sustainable materials through a […]

Washington State University will receive a five-year, $40 million grant to help develop alternatives to petroleum-based fuels and chemicals. The award was announced Sept. 28 by U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

When an entrepreneur wanted to learn more about wood plastic composites (WPC), an Internet search led him to WSU. The ensuing partnership resulted in a factory opening that will employ […]

You can huff and puff and not blow the house made of straw down…if you use straw-based boards. Read more…

When some see small-diameter timber in the woods, they see a forest fire hazard or logging leftovers. But, Vikram Yadama sees an innovative opportunity to bring together science and nature […]

A structural wood plastic composite (WPC) developed with funding by the Office of Naval Research (under the direction of Ignacio Perez) was recently deployed in a pedestrian bridge accessing the Rattlesnake Wilderness […]

As you walk through the new WSU visitor center, slow down and notice the wood around you. Natural blue staining on a bench shows how a Northwest pine tree lost […]

By Tina Hilding, College of Engineering and Architecture Rattlesnake Creek Pedestrian Bridge wins prestigious design award from the American Council of Engineering Companies The designers of an innovative bridge that […]

By Ted McDonough, Staff Writer, Moscow-Pullman Daily News If you have a roof over your head, and that roof was built after 1950, Washington State University’s Wood Materials and Engineering […]

Local News Brief, WSU Evergreen, May 21, 1997The new director of the Wood Materials Engineering Laboratory at WSU will take over the position in June.Don Bender, from Texas A&M University, […]