Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute program helps students learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship and gives them the tools to translate their ideas into real world businesses.

The research of Dr. Hongfei Lin and his team was recently featured on the cover of ChemSusChem. Other contributers to the paper, Coupling Glucose Dehydrogenation with CO2 Hydrogenation by Hydrogen Transfer in Aqueous Media at Room Temperature, include Dr. Guodong Ding, Dr. Ji Su, Cheng Zhang, Kan Tang, and Dr. Lisha Yang.

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Conversion of CO2 into value‐added chemicals and fuels provides a direct solution to reduce excessive CO2 in the atmosphere. Herein, a novel catalytic reaction … » More …

The WSU Office of Undergraduate Research has announced that scholarships have been awarded to 27 students pursuing research with a mentor.

Groundbreaking nanotechnology designed to protect cherries, apples and other fruits is showing positive results.

Doctoral student designing modules that teach important concepts by seeing and doing, rather than by textbooks and lectures.

Jean-Sabin McEwen, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, has co-edited a special issue on computational catalysis in the journal Catalysis Today.

Xiao Zhang, associate professor in WSU Tri-Cities’ Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, is targeting the use of lignin to create affordable biofuels and bioproducts.

Washington State University chemical engineering student Kristian Gubsch is the school’s first recipient of the prestigious Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship, administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The nationally competitive award pays $19,000 total for the Edgewood, Wash., student’s 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years, provides a 10-week paid summer internship at an NOAA facility, and funds travel to present at two scientific conferences.

Heading into his junior year, Gubsch plans to facilitate an introductory course for incoming Honors College students and work in Dr. Hongfei Lin’s carbon conversion and chemical engineering research lab.

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The Amazon Catalyst program has awarded $177,735 in grants to 10 WSU teams comprised of students, faculty and staff across disciplines and locations.

Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture announced the names of outstanding students, faculty and staff at its annual convocation ceremony.