Vikram Yadama will serve as director and Julia Day will become the associate director of WSU’s Composite Materials and Engineering Center.

A grant from Google will help one WSU researcher map vegetation across the Western U.S. that could help reduce the risk of wildfires.

Xianming Shi is the new chair of civil and environmental engineering, while Haluk Beyenal will serve as associate dean of research and graduate studies. Dave Field is the new director for the Institute of Materials Research.

Putting nanoparticles from shrimp shells into cement paste made the material significantly stronger — an innovation that could lead to reduced seafood waste and lower carbon emissions from concrete production.

A new report from Washington State University and the state Department of Ecology indicates vulnerabilities in the Columbia River Basin could be amplified over the next 20 years.

As one of 18 winners, the Tri‑Cities campus received $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to implement its Empowering the Future Energy Workforce plan.

WSU researchers are teaming up with a Tacoma-based start‑up to develop environmentally friendly, climate resilient, and affordable roofing materials made from bamboo.

With the pandemic’s masks now presenting an environmental problem, researchers have demonstrated the idea of using old masks in a cement mixture to create a stronger concrete product.

The awards honored six female members of the WSU community for their professional accomplishments and contributions to the university.

A new $3.5 million National Science Foundation grant will allow WSU researchers to study the snow and atmospheric conditions in Greenland with the aim of providing better forecasts of future sea level rise.