Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider, developed at WSU, are the smallest, lightest, and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be created.
The four-year National Institutes of Health grant is aimed at helping WSU researchers stop viruses before they cause infections in their hosts.
WSU researchers have taken the first steps toward finding liquid solvents that may someday help extract critical building materials from lunar and Martian-rock dust, an important piece in making long-term space travel possible.
Zhipeng Li, now a civil engineering postdoctoral researcher, has been recognized with the Milton Pikarsky award for the best dissertation in the field of science and technology in transportation studies.
Deukhyuon Heo, Frank Brands Analog Distinguished Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Luna Magpili will be developing and teaching engineering and technology management courses at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Travaux Publics in Cameroon as part of her Fulbright.
Partha Pande, current director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, will serve as interim dean while a national search for Rezac’s replacement is conducted.
A WSU student team developed an India raga music app for a startup company as part of a senior program that has students work on projects for real-world clients.
Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people’s anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them, according to a WSU study.
Landscape architecture students are developing plans for accessible trails along the Clearwater River in Kamiah, Idaho. They will present their designs at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 6 on the Pullman campus.
