Technology Transfer

Researchers develop environmentally friendly, soy air filter

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have developed a soy-based air filter that can capture toxic chemicals, such as carbon monoxide and formaldehyde, that current air filters can’t.

Gap fund awards help get WSU innovations to market

By Alyssa Patrick, Office of Research PULLMAN, Wash. – Wound healing, smart textiles, biodegradable hydraulic fluid and estimation of apple crops with a smartphone are some of the innovations that are closer to reaching the market thanks to the Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF) at Washington State University.

Grant funds test of market potential for jet fuel research

By Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. – Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the market potential of their biojet fuel research.

Supporting innovation: If you build it, they will come

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Right now, it’s a 20-foot shipping container, a small start-up company, a tornado in a small tube and a really good idea.

Forest-powered biofuel flight heads to Washington, D.C.

SEATTLE – 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.

Largest public research institutions increase collaboration

RICHLAND, Wash. – The state’s three largest public research institutions have signed a memorandum of understanding that expresses their intent to increase research collaborations on complex challenges and provide additional research and training opportunities for students in the state.

Sept. 28: Board of Directors of WSU affiliate GOLD to meet

PULLMAN, Wash. – The Board of Directors of Global Operations and Leadership Development (GOLD), a non-profit corporation affiliated with Washington State University, will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at 2:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the French Administration Building, Room 422, at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.

Licensing deal will help Genus combat deadly cattle disease

PULLMAN, Wash. – A gene editing technology developed at Washington State University is being licensed to Genus plc, a global animal genetics company, to develop cattle that are more resistant to bovine respiratory disease (BRD).