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A team of engineering students has developed an idea for a small-scale gasification device that would allow Nigerians and people from other countries with a limited electric power grid to convert their trash to electricity.

When Texas went dark and cold for days last month, the public learned an important lesson about the need for reliable electricity and a resilient electric power grid.

WSU researchers will use an NSF grant to study how the interaction between hospital or nursing home facilities and the community affects the spread of infectious diseases.

Assefaw Gebremedhin, associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, is recipient of the 2021 George Pólya Prize in Applied Combinatorics.

Social media and movie streaming companies have a zero problem and new WSU research could help.

The fund supports research with high market potential and provides researchers up to $40,000 to boost their ability to make an economic impact on society.

A WSU research team recently developed and used a machine learning algorithm to find the optimal designs for an electric power system for an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle.

The WSU Tri‑Cities team is designing the ventilator as part of their senior capstone project under the guidance and mentorship of engineering professors Mohamed Osman and Barbara Philipp.

A newly developed fast, scalable algorithm can optimize the distribution of vaccines in a simulated epidemic network, potentially bringing the number of infected people down by three to seven times.

Washington State University power researchers are working to develop better tools to keep the lights on during extreme events.