Researchers test liquid hydrogen as potential green fuel source
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
September 28, 2020
A WSU lab is the first university lab in the country to successfully test liquid hydrogen as a green fuel source for unmanned aerial vehicles. WSU researchers collaborated with Mississippi State University and Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. to create a hydrogen-electric version of the ScanEagle dro...
WSU researchers receive grant for new computing system design
BRADLEY GAMBLE, Evergreen reporter
June 26, 2020
The National Science Foundation gave WSU and Duke University researchers a three-year grant to develop a new computing framework, which will use 3D chips to increase the efficiency of computing and communication. Partha Pratim Pande, director of WSU’s School of Electrical Engineering and Comput...
WSU microwave technologies help keep food safe
BRADLEY GAMBLE, Evergreen reporter
April 30, 2020
WSU Regents Professor Juming Tang developed a new system of microwave food safety technologies in an effort to make meals healthier and safer around the globe. The new technologies protect food from pathogens and spoilage using electromagnetic wave pulses called microwaves, which could help decrea...
Cougs in Space prepare satellite
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
April 27, 2020
Teams from Cougs in Space are working together to build a satellite that will be launched from the International Space Station by this October. Mathew Bauer, junior computer science major and president of Cougs in Space, said the satellite is a 10-centimeter cube, or “CubeSat.” It will conta...
NSBE creates space for black engineers
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter
April 7, 2020
For years the National Society for Black Engineers has promoted diversity in STEM across the nation, and the WSU chapter is no different. NSBE is an organization in college campuses across the US, dedicated to helping black students in engineering and other STEM majors. The WSU chapter has bee...
MAPS supports minority students in pre-health
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter
April 7, 2020
The Minority Association for Pre-Health Services, or MAPS, focuses on helping all students of color in pre-health. Members of the club, which runs under the Health Professions Student Center, do not need to be in pre-health nor do they need to be a minority, but the club is focused on promoting m...
Team Zephyr competes in health innovation
BROOKLYNN HILLEMANN, Evergreen reporter
March 11, 2020
Team Zephyr of WSU competed last week at the fifth annual Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge. The team consists of bioengineering students Jackson Rieb, Kathryn Lober and Sarah Schroeder. They were tasked with creating a solution for a problem the world faces today related to health. Accord...
Building the perfect beast
ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen reporter
March 9, 2020
Crimson Robotics president Daniel Goto has been putting in between 70-90 hours per week to work on “Pain Saw,” which is the robot his team will bring to this year’s BattleBots competition. “I think everyone who builds robots wants to go to BattleBots,” Goto said. “BattleBots is the Olym...
Research team makes batteries safer
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
February 27, 2020
A WSU research team has created a way to make a high-energy battery which forgoes the safety issues found in lithium-ion batteries. Min-Kyu Song, WSU School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering assistant professor, led the research project. He said the research team developed a formula that prot...
Hacking away at the competition
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
February 25, 2020
Coding Pals and Error 404: Team Not Found got first place in their respective tiers during the annual CrimsonCode Hackathon which took place Feb. 22 and 23. The hackathon was hosted by the Association for Computing Machinery. This was the eighth year the hackathon was hosted at WSU. Nikola...
GPSA allocates money for kids’ science day
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen GPSA reporter
February 25, 2020
A representative from the WSU Women*s Center spoke to GPSA senators about resources available for students. Senators also approved to fund $1,000 for the Kids Science and Engineering Day. Women*s Center Iris Alatorre, WSU Women*s Center program coordinator, said the center provides free items for s...
Engineering school secures $500K for research
KAITLYN TEJERO, Evergreen reporter
February 18, 2020
Three researchers in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science have received CAREER Awards from the National Science Foundation. One of the award winners, Anamika Dubey, is an assistant professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. “This award is given...
The Pullman Police Department decided to not discipline an officer who suggested people stay “out of sight, out of mind” during a large gathering that...
