Summer Undergrad Research Tracks Natural Gas Leaks
Posted On Thursday, August 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WASHINGTON Tags: Alex Lambdin, materials engineering, National Science Foundation, natural gas pipelines, REU programs, Washington State University
PULLMAN, Wash. - While some college students spend their summers tracking down the perfect vacation spot, Alex Lambdin spends his tracking down methane emissions leaking from natural gas pipelines.
Lambdin, a senior in civil engineering, is one of more than 60 students from around the country and Washington State University participating ...
Collaborations Enhance Addiction Therapy Research
Posted On Sunday, April 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WASHINGTON Tags: fifth Indo-American, therapy research, Washington State University, WSU Spokane addiction researchers
PULLMAN, Wash. – A faculty member is one of about 25 scientists selected to participate in a prestigious international symposium this week, where he will discuss his work on drug and alcohol addiction and upcoming collaboration with WSU Spokane addiction researchers. This collaboration is expected to lead to combined behavioral ...
Grant Funds Preparation For Invasive Mussels
Posted On Saturday, March 30, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WASHINGTON Tags: Columbia River Basin, hydroelectric infrastructure, Northwest invasion, Washington State University, zebra mussel
Zebra and quagga mussel clusters can cover surfaces at a density of up to 700,000 per square
meter. (L-R, images courtesy of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, San Luis Obispo County
Mussel Prevention Program, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources via AP)
VANCOUVER, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University are preparing for a ...
NFL Funds Effort To Fix Brains With New Nerve Cells
Posted On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WASHINGTON Tags: head-injury victims, K-shish-toff, Krzysztof Czaja, NFL Charities, Washington State University
PULLMAN, Wash. - As research efforts go, this one is high risk. Which is to say, it could easily fail.
And it’s high reward. Meaning it could provide some relief to concussions and subsequent health effects seen in athletes, soldiers and other head-injury victims.
The National Football League thinks enough of the ...
John Minge Named President Of BP America
Posted On Friday, February 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under WASHINGTON Tags: BP’s Upstream business, John Mingé, Lamar McKay, Trans-Alaska oil pipeline, Washington State University
PULLMAN, Wash. - John Mingé has been appointed chairman and president of BP America, Inc., and will serve as BP’s chief representative in the United States. He will succeed Lamar McKay, who has been appointed to head BP’s Upstream business.
Mingé has led BP Alaska since January 2009, where he is ...
Online Message Boards Provide Outlets for Mothers’ Concerns
Posted On Thursday, January 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MISSOURI Tags: e-cohort, Family Studies, Human development, University of Missouri, Washington State University
COLUMBIA, Mo. –Parenting infants and toddlers can be challenging, and for generations, mothers have turned to other moms for advice. Now, with the availability of the Internet, mothers are consulting each other using modern venues: online message boards. Research from the University of Missouri indicates online discussion boards provide safe ...
