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Occupant engagement program helps to save energy, money
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Ji Yun Lee receives NSF CAREER award for community resilience research
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 […]
Pouria Bahmani Receives 2023 New Faculty Seed Grant
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 […]
Grant will develop psychological safety training for construction workers
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, […]
Seismic testing of NHERI TallWood Building to set a new record
April 26, 2023 –The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) TallWood project will investigate the resilience of tall timber buildings by simulating a series of large earthquakes on a full-scale, 10-story mass […]
Wood & Natural Fibers
Structural Engineering
Ji Yun Lee receives NSF CAREER award for community resilience research
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 […]
Pouria Bahmani Receives 2023 New Faculty Seed Grant
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 […]
Grant will develop psychological safety training for construction workers
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, […]
Pouria Bahmani Receives 2023 New Faculty Seed Grant
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 […]
Grant will develop psychological safety training for construction workers
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, […]
Simpson Strong-Tie awards Masters degree fellowship to Madison Broers
Simpson Strong-Tie has awarded undergraduate scholarships to students in the design disciplines for over twenty years. In recognition of the importance of the Masters’s degree for civil engineering students, Simpson […]
Cementitious & Bituminous Materials
Polymeric Materials
Researchers improve cement with shrimp shell nanoparticles
Putting nanoparticles from shrimp shells into cement paste made the material significantly stronger — an innovation that could lead to reduced seafood waste and lower carbon emissions from concrete production. […]
Researchers use recycled carbon fiber to improve permeable pavement
A Washington State University research team is solving a high-tech waste problem while addressing the environmental challenge of stormwater run-off. Read more…
PACCAR Environmental Technology Building dedicated
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, […]
Chemistry may have solutions to our plastic trash problem
The world’s mounting plastic trash crisis is hard to solve because it has many dimensions: social, technical, and economic. But because chemistry brought the problem into the world, it doesn’t […]
Researchers develop recycling for carbon fiber composites
PULLMAN, 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 […]
Wood Takes Wing
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 […]
Building Environment
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Occupant engagement program helps to save energy, money
Many people like to look for high-tech and sophisticated solutions for solving global climate change and environmental challenges, but sometimes they’re missing what can be at least one easy first […]
Julia Day Pioneers Cutting-Edge Research for Healthy Buildings
September 21, 2021 — Dr. Julia Day’s vision for her work is guided by a straightforward equation: Healthy People + Healthy Buildings = A Healthy Planet. An associate professor in […]
New way found to turn #7 plastic into valuable products
A method to convert commonly thrown-away plastic to a resin used in 3D printing could allow for making better use of plastic waste. A team of Washington State University researchers […]
Cougar Cage sets stage for researchers to reduce plastic waste
Post-doctoral research associate Yu-Chung Chang and his team won $50,000 to explore chemical recycling on May 10 at Cougar Cage, hoping to reduce plastic waste in landfills and oceans. Cougar […]
Simpson Strong-Tie Honors Retiring Washington State University Professors as Part of Annual Student Symposium
Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, recognized Washington State University retiring professors Dr. Don Bender, P.E., and Dr. J. Daniel Dolan, P.E., for their significant […]
Awards
- Ji Yun Lee receives NSF CAREER award for community resilience research
- WSU Extension Forestry team honored for excellence in education
- Suzanne Hamada awarded the Service Recognition Award from WSU ORSO
- Dan Dolan recognized with public safety leadership award
- Simpson Strong-Tie awards Masters degree fellowship to Madison Broers
- Annual awards: CEA names 2012 outstanding faculty, students
- Yadama receives NSF CAREER award
- Congratulations to Derek Tsai. Derek won first place in this years Wiley Presentation competition
- Bin Li, an MME Ph.D. student working with Katie Zhong, was awarded 2010 2nd place Boeing Engineering Student of the Year
- Dan Dolan received the 2009 BSSC Honor Award at the Building Seismic Safety Council annual meeting
- Don Bender, along with co-authors David Carradine, Frank Woeste and Joe Loferski, received the 2009 L.J. Markwardt Wood Engineering Award,
- Isabela Reiniati, MS degree candidate in Chemical Engineering and advised by Marie-Pierre Laborie, received the best poster award
- Luyang Shan received the 2007-2008 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s John Roberson Thesis/Dissertation Award
- Thomas M. Maloney, Emeritus Director of the Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory, received the third annual Bronson J. Lewis Award
- Thomas M. Maloney, Emeritus Director of the Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory, was given the Nondestructive Testing of Wood Outstanding Research and Development Award
- Pizhong Qiao, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received the Outstanding Technical Contribution award
- Feng (Amy) Chen has been chosen as a recipient of the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society (BEPS) Student Travel Award for 2007
- Roy Pellerin was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award honoring a lifetime of achievements in wood engineering
- Rattlesnake Creek Pedestrian Bridge wins prestigious design award from American Council of Engineering Companies
- Congratulations to Patricia Smith, fiscal specialist for the Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory, who won a Staff Excellence Award
- Jinwu Wang was awarded Second Place in the 2007 Forest Products Society Wood Award competition
- J. Daniel Dolan earns 2007 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service
- WSU Emeritus Society bestows first award
- Dr. J. Daniel Dolan was awarded the Distinguished Service Learning Award for 2005-2006
- WMEL Safety Award Recipient
Grants
- Pouria Bahmani Receives 2023 New Faculty Seed Grant
- Grant will develop psychological safety training for construction workers
- Carbon-negative homes research earns $2.6 million grant
- Three projects receive $150,000 in final round of Cougar Cage event
- WSU Researchers And Tacoma Eco-Building Company Receive Grant To Create Affordable, Sustainable Building Material
- National Science Foundation grant supports eco‑friendly roofing
- 2019 Wood Innovation Grant Awards select WSU For CLT Research
- Dan Dolan receives Fulbright scholar grant
- $1.5M grant supports testing laminated wood in seismic conditions
- Ashraf Alam and Liv Haselbach have received a $20,000 Portland Cement Association (PCA) Fellowship
- $40 million grant – WSU leads effort for economical, sustainable jet biofuel
- Congratulations to Jinwen Zhang, Assistant Professor, who was recently acknowledged as one of WSU’s top 150 faculty researchers based on grant award
- The Northwest Forest Products Academic Forum, sponsored by the Willamette Valley Chapter, Pacific Northwest and Inland Empire Sections of the Forest Products Society, was held May 16, 2008
- Grant opens the engineering world to undergraduates
- New technologies pay off – Faculty receive grants from Washington Technology Center
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