Water was the star of the show in WSU’s pavilion at the first environment-themed World’s Fair 50 years ago in Spokane.

WSU will name the welcome center at the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture’s Schweitzer Engineering Hall in honor of Coughlin, who kicked off fundraising efforts nearly three years ago.

The award recognizes administrative professionals who have made exceptional contributions to the university system and their respective areas or units.

Engineering professors Xianming Shi and Jinwen Zhang have been honored as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. They will both be formally inducted in June.

WSU researchers have received a two‑year grant to make more resilient and durable housing materials from cross-laminated timber and recycled carbon fiber.

Zhipeng Li, now a civil engineering postdoctoral researcher, has been recognized with the Milton Pikarsky award for the best dissertation in the field of science and technology in transportation studies.

A WSU research team has received a U.S. Department of Commerce grant to train civil engineering students in emerging technologies as well as in social intelligence to better meet industry needs.

The $2.5 million grant will help WSU researchers measure emissions from green waste/food waste mixtures composted at a pilot plant at the WSU Compost Yard in Pullman.

The assistant professor in WSU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering received the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career award for her work helping communities better prepare for wildfires.

Researchers intend to prove the resilience of tall timber buildings by simulating a series of large earthquakes on a 10‑story mass timber building this spring.