As the year draws to a close, I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support and active participation in the Voiland School. We have so much exciting news to share with our alumni and the larger chemical engineering and bioengineering community that an annual e-newsletter just could not wait!

This year has been marked by significant milestones—from the addition of several new faculty members to fortifying our expertise in clean energy and health science research to remarkable strides in student education as highlighted by international and national recognition.

Our commitment to excellence is showcased in several high-impact journal publications. I’m also delighted … » More …

WSU senior Katy Ayers, a bioengineering major minoring in biochemistry and mathematics, is the latest finalist for a Marshall Scholarship to study in the United Kingdom.

This year’s list of the world’s most Highly Cited Researchers include WSU experts in business, chemistry, Earth science, engineering, food, and medicine.

Chemical engineering graduate student Naseeha Cardwell plans to use the National GEM Consortium fellowship to conduct computational catalysis research in the field of renewable energy.

A bioreactor developed by WSU researchers to rapidly grow cancer-killing white blood cells could advance the availability of immunotherapy.

WSU doctoral student Kavin Chakravarthy Thangaraj recently took the top poster presentation award at the annual Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Vacuum Society conference.

A proposal to tackle the rising threat of antibiotic resistant “superbugs” was one of three projects that received funding as part of the most recent Cougar Cage event on Sept. 8.

A fundamental discovery about the Fischer Tropsch process, a catalytic reaction used to convert coal, natural gas or biomass to liquid fuels, could someday allow for more efficient fuel production.

Jean-Sabin McEwen, associate professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, has received the 2023 Peter M. A. Sherwood Mid-Career Professional Award.

WSU researchers extracted up to 93% lignin with up to 98% purity from wheat straw, producing a significant amount of material in a uniform way that could make it more attractive for industry use.