Researchers use recycled carbon fiber to improve permeable pavement
Janet DuncanA Washington State University research team is solving a high-tech waste problem while addressing the environmental challenge of stormwater run-off. Read more…
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Dan Dolan receives Fulbright scholar grant
Janet DuncanJ. Daniel Dolan has received a Fulbright Scholar grant for 2018-19 to study and develop a new prescriptive building code for the Chilean government. Read more…
Researchers develop recycling for carbon fiber composites
Janet DuncanPULLMAN, Wash. – A WSU research team for the first time has developed a promising way to recycle the popular carbon fiber plastics that are used in everything from modern airplanes and sporting goods to the wind energy industry. More…
$1.5M grant supports testing laminated wood in seismic conditions
Janet DuncanPULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University researchers have received a $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant to develop guidelines that will help builders use more sustainable timber in high-rise buildings in earthquake-prone areas.
Daniel Dolan, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Washington State University is working in collaboration with the Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines, University of Washington, Lehigh University, the University of Nevada at Reno, Forest Products Lab, and American Wood Council, to develop new designs for using cross-laminated timber (CLT) in buildings in seismic areas. The project is led by Shiling Pei at Colorado School of Mines. … » More …
Wolcott named to DOE’s, USDA’s biomass research panel
Janet DuncanPULLMAN, 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 U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Energy. Read more…
Wood Takes Wing
Janet DuncanThe 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 food, wards off pests, and circulates water and nutrients through it roots, branches, and leaves. Read more…
Forest-powered biofuel flight heads to Washington, D.C.
Janet DuncanSEATTLE – Washington state-based Alaska Airlines today made history flying the first commercial flight using the world’s first renewable, alternative jet fuel made from forest residuals, the limbs and branches that remain after the harvesting of managed forests.
The alternative jet fuel was produced through the efforts of the Washington State University-led Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA). Read more…
PACCAR Environmental Technology Building dedicated
Janet DuncanBuilding 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, May 5. WSU Regents, industry supporters, students, faculty and staff attended. Read more…
WSU partnership: A path to healthier buildings, forests
Janet DuncanSEATTLE – Imagine a material that allows us to construct new buildings more quickly. Helps to combat climate change. Supports restoration of our forests while also helping revive our local rural economies. Read more…
WSU’s Paccar building houses 5 R&D labs
Janet DuncanWood-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 early next year, is already leading the charge. Read more…