School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have received support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve materials used in hip and knee replacements.

By Bev Makhani, Office of Undergraduate Education PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University materials researcher Karl Englund will present “Engineering New Products from Old Material” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in Webster 16 in a free, public lecture tied to the WSU common reading.

PULLMAN, Wash. – Michael Kessler has been named Berry Family director of Washington State University’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He comes to WSU from Iowa State University where he was a professor of materials science and engineering. “This is a critical time for the school, as we are dramatically growing our programs and […]

Video – “Antimatter – harnessing the power of positrons” “This morning, NASA successfully launched the world’s first gamma ray shuttle to the galactic center of the Milky Way. Once there, geo-astronauts say they can mine and harvest enough raw antimatter to power Earth’s energy needs for the next decade. Unfortunately, they won’t be back for […]

Photos by Michelle White, School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering   Tomas Diaz de la Rubia, of the Livermore National Laboratory, was a recent speaker at the WSU Pullman campus. His story is part of a series on climate change from the April 11th print edition of WSU Today.  Tomas Diaz de la Rubia believes that the […]