engineers

Four selected as American Chemical Society fellows

  Sue Clark   Kerry Hipps   Kenneth Nash   Young Wang PULLMAN – Four WSU faculty members have been named 2010 Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS). They are among 192 distinguished scientists who were named ACS Fellows in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and service to ACS, the world’s largest […]

Topics: Diversity; Grant; Energy

Faculty diversity award deadline Dec. 14 Nominations and applications for WSU’s inaugural Faculty Diversity Award are due Dec. 14. The award was created by the provost and the Division of Student Affairs, Equity and Diversity to recognize faculty achievement in teaching, research and service as it relates to advancing the understanding of underrepresented groups. The […]

Student engineers head to Kenya for pipeline project

A group of Washington State University engineering students will head to Kenya this month, where they hope to start work to design and build a needed water pipeline for residents there. The students, members of the WSU student chapter of Engineers Without Borders, hope to build a nine-mile long pipeline to bring fresh water to […]

Encouraging engineers

Photo: Engineering 120 has been revamped to include more hands-on projects in hopes of retaining more engineering majors. (Photo by Robert Hubner, WSU Photo Services). Freshmen engineering students are of increasing interest to leaders in academia and government nationwide. From the governor’s mansion to industry boardrooms to government think tanks, leaders are repeating the refrain: […]

Researchers aim for capstone measurement tool

Better ways to prepare professional engineers to meet industry needs and measure their learning outcomes are the goals of ongoing research at Washington State University’s 100-year-old engineering college.With $500,000 in support from the National Science Foundation through 2007, the project aims to improve student preparation for professional practice. Researchers include Denny Davis, principal investigator and […]