WSU thanks Boeing for latest gift
The university joined representatives from The Boeing Company yesterday to celebrate the latest in a series of investments in WSU’s land-grant mission made by the aerospace and technology leader.
The university joined representatives from The Boeing Company yesterday to celebrate the latest in a series of investments in WSU’s land-grant mission made by the aerospace and technology leader.
The $5 million investment marks the next chapter in a long-standing partnership with Washington’s land-grant university.
Formerly under the Office of the Provost, WSU’s unit dedicated to building and maintaining relationships with industry partners will be headed by Alex Pietsch in his role as executive director of corporate engagement.
Jenette Ramos, a Boeing Co. executive who started out as a summer employee while an undergraduate at Washington State University, is joining the university’s Board of Regents.
WSU researchers are working with a Port Angeles nonprofit organization to develop housing materials from heat‑treated wood and recycled carbon fiber used in Boeing airplanes.
The Society of Women Engineers selects 15 students nationally to receive the award, which celebrates a student’s contributions to the engineering profession, their campus and community.
Engineering students from WSU’s Team Mentoring Program recently toured several Boeing facilities, awakening them to a multitude of opportunities in the aerospace industry.
Fariba Alamdari, vice president of the Boeing Global Learning Institute, will describe her path to success by means of embracing her own diversity as part of a lecture, Thursday, Nov. 15, at WSU Tri‑Cities.
By Siddharth Vodnala, intern, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Zach Gherman carefully connected his wind turbine to a voltmeter, a device that measures electric voltage, and waited for a reading to emerge. After several nervous seconds of peering into the screen, he pumped his fists in the air and said “six volts,” […]
By McKenna Miller, College of Education intern PULLMAN, Wash. – The WSU College of Education has named Sola Adesope as Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education for 2017-18.