Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture

Students compete in alternative energy challenge

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – More than 500 students from 40 schools in Washington and Idaho will compete at Washington State University Saturday for up to $100,000 in cash prizes in the Alaska Airlines’ Imagine Tomorrow competition.

Animal training techniques teach robots new tricks

By Michelle Fredrickson, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture intern PULLMAN, Wash. – Researchers at Washington State University are using ideas from animal training to help non-expert users teach robots how to do desired tasks.

Researchers get EPA grant to measure Lewiston air quality

By Michelle Fredrickson, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture intern PULLMAN, Wash. – The Nez Perce Tribe and researchers at Washington State University have received a three-year U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant to measure air pollution in Lewiston, Idaho.

PACCAR Environmental Technology Building dedicated

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – Building tours, a reception and music from the WSU Cougar Marching Band were part of the dedication of the new PACCAR Environmental Technology Building at Washington State University on Thursday, May 5. WSU Regents, industry supporters, students, faculty and staff attended.

Retired NASA Apollo engineer receives WSU alumni award

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Cline W. Frasier, a retired NASA engineer and manager of two family farms in Washington, was honored May 4 with the Washington State University Alumni Association’s Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to transportation safety, including in U.S. manned spacecraft, and his support of WSU scholarships.

Seniors envision healthier future for Puyallup watershed

By Sylvia Kantor, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences GIG HARBOR, Wash. – If you want a diverse education in ecology, psychology, history, art, design, computer graphics, problem solving and policy, not to mention public speaking, a degree in landscape architecture from the School of Design and Construction at Washington State University is […]

Students challenged to create intricate wine rack

By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – For much of the semester, Leah Engelhardt and Jingxian (Doris) Xie’s fellow architecture graduate students and professors had doubts about their project.

NASA funds student’s study of fueling space exploration

By Michelle Fredrickson, Voiland College of Engineering & Architecture PULLMAN, Wash. – When mechanical engineering student Carl Bunge was 3 years old, his brother and sister convinced him he was an alien born from an egg his parents found in a field.