PULLMAN — A team of researchers from Washington State University’s College of Engineering and Architecture has been selected to play a major role in a National Science Foundation-sponsored research initiative intended to address the challenge of protecting the cybersecurity of the nation’s power grid. In an Aug. 15 announcement, WSU was named as one of […]
PULLMAN — WSU Professor James Zuiches will help coordinate the myriad of rural development efforts underway across the United States into a single, nationwide coalition for rural entrepreneurship, which in turn should spur economic growth and create jobs.Working with counterparts in the Regional Rural Development Centers and the USDA, Zuiches has been awarded a $150,000 grant […]
Several Mission to DC attendees will present a brief summary of their visits to different federal agencies, as well as the benefits received as a result of their trip, on Thursday, March 10 from noon-1:30 p.m. in EME B0046.The presentation will cover the Physical Sciences and the Security and Safety trips to D.C.For more information […]
An investment the Graduate School made some years ago to prepare students for graduate studies is paying off for both the students and the university.Beginning in 1999, the school received a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support its McNair Achievement Program. This national program was established in memory of physicist and […]
Dong-Hyun Kang, WSU assistant professor and researcher in Food Science and Human Nutrition, is one of the principal investigators for a grant of $700,000 through the National Institute of Health’s Small Business Innovation Research to develop rapid methods for identification of pathogens in foods. Kang’s research works specifically with rapid methods developments initially begun with […]
As the U.S. population ages, an increasing number of people are suffering from age-related bone problems, such as arthritis. Washington State University researchers will be helping to solve that problem, thanks to a $750,000 grant awarded by the W. M. Keck Foundation that will establish a biomedical materials research laboratory. Researchers in the laboratory, including […]
The Washington Technology Center is now accepting applications for its spring round of research funding awards. WTC’s Research and Technology Development (RTD) awards are designed to help integrate new technologies into Washington business operations. Companies that team with researchers from academic institutions or research centers can receive up to $240,000 in financial support for […]
Ron Pond has been named the interim director for the Plateau Center for American Indian Studies at WSU.Pond came to Washington State University in the mid 1990s as a graduate student in the interdisciplinary doctoral program. He recently completed his dissertation and was hooded at the Dec. 11 commencement.Before taking the new position with the […]
Brent Peyton and Rajesh Sani, researchers in the Washington State University Center for Multiphase Environmental Research, received a four-year $1.2 million grant for a project to characterize indigenous microorganisms in the metal-contaminated sediments of Idaho’s Lake Coeur d’Alene and to analyze their role in the transport of metals through the environment.The work, sponsored by the […]
The National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a grant of more than $647,000 over four years to support a Washington State University Head Injury Research Program seeking ways to build on the cognitive mental abilities that remain intact following traumatic brain injuries. The project is being done in collaboration with St. Luke’s […]