Vikram Yadama - NSF Career Award

Dr. Vikram Yadama received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for his proposal “Development of high-performance lignocellulosic composites for building envelopes: Authentic learning about sustainable materials through research-based inductive approach.” This program provides NSF’s most prestigious awards to support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholar. The long-term educational goal of this CAREER project is to prepare a new generation of engineers cognizant of sustainable building materials from lignocellulosic fibers and equipped with the knowledge to design and manufacture bio-based composite products for building envelopes in a net zero energy construction. This study aims to advance the science of sustainable buildings through new design concepts using panelized systems for residential construction to meet structural and energy requirements of the building codes. This will reduce the consumption of operational energy of our future homes and stimulate the home building industry and segments of the forest products industry. The award will be funded at a total of $400,000 over five years.

David Pollock - Named the Inaugural Coughlin Distinguished Professor in Structural Engineering

Professor Dave Pollock has been named the inaugural Coughlin Distinguished Professor in Structural Engineering. The professorship was recently created by Jim and Diane Coughlin, co-founders of Coughlin Porter Lundeen engineering firm, for the purpose of advancing excellence in structural engineering at Washington State University.

Shane Brown - 2011 GPSA Faculty Advisor Excellence Award

Dr. Brown was awarded the Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) Faculty Advisor Excellence Award for his dedication, professionalism, and consistency.

Pizhong Qiao Receives Outstanding Technical Contribution Award

Dr. Qiao has received the Outstanding Technical Contribution Award from the Aerospace Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE.) More at: http://www.cea.wsu.edu/default.asp?PageTextID=428

Daniel Shin Receives Samuel Fletcher Tapman Scholarship for 2011-12
CEE Undergraduate, Daniel H. Shin has been selected to receive one of 12 Samuel Fletcher Tapman Scholarship sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for the 2011-12 academic year. The scholarship is awarded based on the applicant’s eligibility, academic achievement, character, leadership capability, and financial need.

Matthew McDonald and Lisa Dilley Receive Hydro Fellowships for 2011-12
CEE graduate students, McDonald and Dilley have each been awarded a Hydro Fellowship (out of fourteen total fellowships) from the Hydro Research Foundation for the upcoming year. These awards were given based on their academic merit, aptitute for high-quality graduate work, and great potential for success.

2011 ASCE NW Regional Conference
This year's concrete canoe regional compitition was held at the University of Portland in Portland, OR. WSU's team placed 1st overall. They will attend the national competition in Evansville, Indiana June 16-18, 2011.

The ASCE steel bridge regional competition was held in Anchorage, Alaska. WSU/CEE team of ten placed 3rd overall in the competition. They qualified to continue on to compete in the national competition held at Texas A&M University May 20-21.

National ASCE Steel Bridge Competition
Eight CEE steel bridge team members traveled to College Station, Texas May 20-21, 2011 where they competed in the national steel bridge competition at Texas A&M. All across the nation 219 engineering schools designed and fabricated steel bridges, 48 of the best of these bridges were invited to compete at the national level. The WSU/CEE team invested over 500 hours towards design and analysis, plus over 1500 hours in the shop fabricating and constructing their bridge. All this work rewarded them with being ranked 15th in the nation! Below is the link to the results from the competition showing the comparison with the other top engineering schools in the nation. http://www.nssbc.info/History/2011NSSBCResults.pdf