CMEC News
CMEC Undergrads Win at SURCA 2024
Congratulations to Nicholas Mayer, Connor Reschke, Jesus Jimenez and Harish Varatharaj, who won awards at this year’s Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities! Crimson Award in Engineering and Physical […]
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2024 Commercialization Gap Funding Award recipients announced
The Office of Commercialization has awarded Jinwen Zhang, Xianming Shi, and six other WSU researchers with the Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF) for 2024. The CGF supports research projects with high […]
Making Buildings Work Better for Senior Living Communities
It’s a story that has become increasingly familiar around the country: A frail parent falls. Adult children are soon sifting through memories while packing up the longtime family home. After […]
Jinwen Zhang and Xianming Shi named National Academy of Inventors Senior Members
Engineering professors Xianming Shi and Jinwen Zhang have been honored as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. The Academy recognizes senior members for their success in patents, licensing, […]
Grant supports research on cross-laminated timber
Washington State University researchers have received a two-year grant to make more resilient and durable housing materials from thermally-modified cross laminated timber (CLT) and recycled carbon fiber. The researchers, including […]
Wood & Natural Fibers
Structural Engineering
CMEC Undergrads Win at SURCA 2024
Congratulations to Nicholas Mayer, Connor Reschke, Jesus Jimenez and Harish Varatharaj, who won awards at this year’s Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities! Crimson Award in Engineering and Physical […]
Grant supports research on cross-laminated timber
Washington State University researchers have received a two-year grant to make more resilient and durable housing materials from thermally-modified cross laminated timber (CLT) and recycled carbon fiber. The researchers, including […]
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 […]
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, […]
Cementitious & Bituminous Materials
Polymeric Materials
2024 Commercialization Gap Funding Award recipients announced
The Office of Commercialization has awarded Jinwen Zhang, Xianming Shi, and six other WSU researchers with the Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF) for 2024. The CGF supports research projects with high […]
Jinwen Zhang and Xianming Shi named National Academy of Inventors Senior Members
Engineering professors Xianming Shi and Jinwen Zhang have been honored as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. The Academy recognizes senior members for their success in patents, licensing, […]
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. […]
Jinwen Zhang and Xianming Shi named National Academy of Inventors Senior Members
Engineering professors Xianming Shi and Jinwen Zhang have been honored as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. The Academy recognizes senior members for their success in patents, licensing, […]
New conductive, cotton-based fiber developed for smart textiles
A single strand of fiber developed at Washington State University has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of a polymer, called polyaniline. The newly developed material showed good […]
Chemical Recycling of spent wind turbines explained
Jinwen Zhang’s lab prepared a short video explaining how spent wind turbine blades can be recycled into new polymers rather than sent to landfills. This proposal was submitted to the […]
Building Environment
Around CMEC
CMEC Undergrads Win at SURCA 2024
Congratulations to Nicholas Mayer, Connor Reschke, Jesus Jimenez and Harish Varatharaj, who won awards at this year’s Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities! Crimson Award in Engineering and Physical […]
Making Buildings Work Better for Senior Living Communities
It’s a story that has become increasingly familiar around the country: A frail parent falls. Adult children are soon sifting through memories while packing up the longtime family home. After […]
Grant supports civil engineering workforce development
A WSU research team has received a U.S. Department of Commerce grant to train civil engineering students in emerging technologies as well as in social intelligence to better meet industry needs […]
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
- Voiland College names 2023 outstanding students, faculty, and staff
- 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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