VANCOUVER– The School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver is hosting an information night for prospective students at 5:30 p.m., Jan. 23 in the Student Services building. Due to the Washington State University Vancouver campus closing for bad weather Jan. 16, when the event was originally scheduled, the Engineering and Computer […]
PULLMAN– A Washington State University graduate student was recently presented with the Best Student Paper Award following the second IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology held July 17 in Pasadena, Calif. Graduate student Daniel Blum and Jose Delgado-Frias, his faculty advisor with the WSU School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, […]
VANCOUVER – Southwest Washington Math, Engineering and Science Achievement will host Math and Science Day from 9:30a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Oct.20 in the Clark Center at Washington State University Vancouver. Hands-on science exhibits, demonstrations and lab activities will promote math and science literacy for students from several area middle schools with teachers and mentors who […]
Vikram Yadama is an engineering hybrid. At the Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory, Yadama’s time is split between research on new composite materials and outreach to the wood products industry. An assistant research professor and extension specialist, Yadama views his job as bridging fundamental research and the needs of industry.In 2004, for example, Yadama began […]
VANCOUVER – The M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust has donated $240,500 to Washington State University Vancouver towards the creation of computer science and mechanical engineering labs. This gift will enable WSU Vancouver faculty to increase the integration of modern/emerging technologies; create longitudinal learning experiences so that interdisciplinary concepts can be revisited sequentially throughout a student’s […]
Pop quiz: What is the significance of 600,000, 350,000 and 70,000?As anyone who has attended one of the many recent Congressional hearings on American science education or economic competitiveness knows, those are the numbers of engineers who graduated last year from institutions of higher education in China, India and the United States, respectively.But these numbers […]
After working nearly 20 years in a poultry processing plant, Tonia Gibson was up to the challenge of returning to college to pursue an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, even though it meant a move to Pullman with two teenage sons to support.But Gibson, who earned that degree in 2004, is now facing a more […]
Michael Wolcott, civil and environmental engineering professor, will discuss ‘The Evolution and Future of Renewable Composite Materials’ at the first annual Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in CUB 212-216.Wolcott, on the WSU faculty since 1996, is an international leader in the area of wood-based composite research, where his work has […]
Presentations ranging from robotics to a project to develop a decal applicator for Boeing Company airplanes will be featured at the first WSU College of Engineering and Architecture Open House, April 20 – 21.The two days of activities will include graduate research posters and demonstrations; undergraduate senior design presentations; student club displays; and an awards […]
Mark Hermanson, a WSU alumnus with close to 15 years of fundraising and higher education experience, has been appointed executive director of development and external relations for the College of Engineering and Architecture at WSU.Hermanson has a bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant administration and a master’s of education in educational leadership and counseling psychology […]