Deuk Heo, assistant professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University College of Engineering and Architecture, received a National Science Foundation CAREER grant to develop a new generation of battery-free wireless sensors that will be powered by renewable energy sources.

This REU program is sponsored by the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University. The program consists of 10 weeks working with top research professors and graduate students at WSU. During this time, REU participants will assist in designing smart environments. In addition to taking a 3-hour research methods course, participants will perform hands-on research on topics including design of sensor networks, middleware, machine learning algorithms, and automation algorithms, and will investigate applications of smart environments to health monitoring and energy conservation.

Most research ideas will be tested using two on-campus smart environments, and students will present their research results in a poster session at the end of the ten week period. Travel support is available for students who submit their work to a research-related conference. This WSU/EECS REU program is funded by National Science Foundation. 

Every year EE 234 (Microprocessor Systems) taught by Andy O'Fallon has a robot competition as the students' final project.  The class curriculum consists of microprocessor system architecture, instruction sets, and interfacing, as well as assembly language programming.  The competition, their final project, challenges each student to create a unique robot with what they have learned that they can race against the other robots created by each student.  (2009 competition pictures below)

Entry:  Clock Robot

Journal of Proteome Research 
Amid emerging concerns that blood platelets donated for transfusion by individuals with Type 2 diabetes may be unsafe, scientists are reporting the first detailed identification and analysis of a group of abnormal proteins in the platelets from diabetic donors. The study could lead to screening tests to detect and monitor these so-called “high risk platelets,” the researchers say. Their study will be published in the ACS’ Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication. About 18 million people in the United States have Type 2 diabetes, and the disease is spreading with the epidemic of obesity.
 

Gary Steele, CEO of Proofpoint Inc., will address graduates from the Colleges of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, Engineering and Architecture, Nursing, Pharmacy, Sciences, and Veterinary Medicine (BS, MS and PhD candidates) at the 3 p.m. commencement ceremony Saturday May 9, 2009 on the Pullman campus.
Steele, who received a bachelor’s degree in computer science in 1984 from Washington State University, maintains his ties with WSU by serving on both the EECS Executive Council and the Harold Frank Entrepreneurship program advisory board.  Recently he arranged for a crucial donation of the Proofpoint  email security solution  to WSU.

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Washington State University Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE) celebrated the excellence of faculty, staff, and students at its 2008-9 awards ceremony April 9 at the Lewis Alumni Centre.
“These prestigious awards publicly recognize some of the most innovative and outstanding members of the WSU undergraduate academic community,” says Mary F. Wack, vice provost for undergraduate education.  “At this second annual event, we heard descriptions of the work of many exceptional people in several programs—from peer tutors to faculty mentors, and from academic advisors to leaders in teaching, learning, and assessment.  I am quite proud of, and inspired by, the accomplishments of these extraordinary people at WSU.”

Welcome to highlights of the third annual School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Extravaganza!  Events included the EECS Senior Design Poster Preview and Competition from 10 am until 4 pm on the first and second floors of the EME building, tours of faculty research laboratories including the PSE Renewable Energy Lab, and an evening awards ceremony and banquet featuring keynote speaker Ed Schweitzer from 6pm until 9pm.  The 2009 Extravaganza was proudly presented by Puget Sound Energy of Bellevue, WA.

Senior Design Project created by Robert Siedman, James Siedman, Michael Mellum, Shawn Greenman, and Keyne Dirks, with mentor Eddie Schweitzer.  The sponsoring company is Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories.

by Frances Ryan, WSU CB Marketing and Communications Manager
PULLMAN, Wash. – The Washington State University Business Plan Competition, organized by the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in the College of Business, took place in Pullman April 17-18. The two-day event included more than 130 competitors in four divisions, including two WSU divisions, and high school and non-student divisions. Forty-eight teams presented their plans to a panel of judges from the business community, with the winning teams sharing cash and prizes totaling $100,000.

Prior to the two-day event in Pullman, 35 teams from the college’s international campuses in Brig, Switzerland, and Chengdu, China, held preliminary competitions. Two teams from Switzerland and one team from China then traveled to Pullman to participate in the main event. The international teams participated in several events with CB faculty and students prior to the competition.

This year’s Hands-on Relay School, held March 16 – 20, was a huge success with a total of 181 participants.  We are very proud of this considering that the school first started out with 56 students.  Despite our best efforts to accommodate more there were still 45 students turned away this year due to capacity constraints.

For twenty six years, Washington State University and WEI have worked together to deliver the annual Hands-On Relay School.   This school offers six hands-on track choices and one theory session to relay technicians, electrical/power plant technicians, engineers, and protective relay test specialists.  In addition to learning about preventative maintenance methods, these students learn multiple test methods for a variety of protective relays and test equipment.