The Grantees
Thanks to the generosity of Alaska Airlines, 50 WSU faculty and graduate students can engage in learning and outreach activities related to key sustainability research areas: the food-energy-water nexus, built environment, biofuels, and aerospace. The 2017 grant winners and the activities they will engage in are below.
Itron Food, Energy, Water
Poonam Bajaj, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting
Stephen Bollens, professor
Department: School of the Environment
Traveling to: International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species
Tara Lewis, graduate student
Department: Crop and Soil Sciences
Traveling to: National Association of Plant Breeders Annual Meeting
Ryan Christian, graduate student
Department: Horticulture
Traveling to: American Society of Plant Biologists
Candis Claiborn, professor
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Internal event: Dr. Claiborn is bringing a speaker to WSU Pullman for an interdisciplinary seminar
Greg Collinge, graduate student
Department: Chemical Engineering
Traveling to: North American Catalysis Meeting
John Harrison, associate professor
Department: School of the Environment
Traveling to: Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Limnology and Oceanography
Zachariah Heiden, assistant professor
Department: Chemistry
Traveling to: Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms Gordon Research Conference
Shashika Hewavitharanan, graduate student
Department: Plant Pathology
Traveling to: 63rd Annual Conference on Soil-borne Plant Pathogens
Seanna Hewitt, graduate student
Department: Molecular Plant Sciences
Traveling to: American Society of Plant Biologists 2017 Meeting
Joanna Kelly, assistant professor
Department: Biological Sciences
Traveling to: Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Rabia Khan, graduate student
Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Traveling to: IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2017
Erika Kruse, graduate student
Department: Crop and Soil Sciences
Traveling to: National Association of Plant Breeders Annual Meeting
Pavitra Kumar, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting
Noelle Lebow, graduate student
Department: Food Science
Traveling to: Pacific Fisheries Technologists Conference
Ali Mehrizi-Sani, assistant professor
Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Traveling to: Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences
Mailea Miller-Pierce, graduate student
Department: Biological Sciences
Traveling to: 2017 Pacific Water Conference
Jose Orenday-Ortiz, graduate student
Department: Food Science
Traveling to: American Association of Cereal Chemists International
John Petrie, assistant professor
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Internal Event: Dr. Petrie is bringing six speakers to WSU Pullman for the New Trends in Sediment Transport Research Seminar
Prashant Pokhrel, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo 2017
Stephen Powers, postdoctoral research associate
Department: Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach
Traveling to: Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Limnology and Oceanography
Ayca Seker, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition
Kiwamu Tanaka, assistant professor
Department: Plant Pathology
Traveling to: Phenome 2017
Stephen Taylor, graduate student
Department: Crop and Soil Sciences
Traveling to: Soil Science Society of America International Conference
Jeremy Thompson, graduate student
Department: Crop and Soil Sciences
Traveling to: 2017 Irrigation Show and Educational Conference
Lydia Tymon, postdoctoral research associate
Department: Plant Pathology
Traveling to: American Phytopathological Society National Meeting
Jungang Wang, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: 2017 Institutes of Food Technologists Annual Meeting
Bruce Williamson, graduate student
Department: Horticulture
Traveling to: American Society of Plant Biologists Annual Meeting
Boeing Aerospace
Aniruddha Dive, graduate student
Department: Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Traveling to: Materials Research Society, Spring Meeting
Xiangyu Gu, graduate student
Department: Chemical Engineering
Traveling to: 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting
Huan Hu, graduate student
Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Traveling to: International Solid-State Circuits Conference
Arya Rahimi, graduate student
Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Traveling to: International Solid-State Circuits Conference
McKinstry Built Environment
Zhao Chen, graduate student
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Traveling to: American Concrete Institute Convention Spring 2017
Hooman Ghaffarzadeh, graduate student
Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Traveling to: 2017 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting
Somayeh Nassiri, assistant professor
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Traveling to: Transportation Research Board Meeting
Milena Rangelov, graduate student
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Traveling to: American Concrete Institute Convention Spring 2017
WSU Solar Decathlon Team, application submitted by Camren Richards, undergraduate student
Department: Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
Traveling to: 2017 Solar Decathlon
Hope Rising, assistant professor + her student team
Department: Landscape Architecture
Traveling to: Chinatown Ecodistrict Presentation to San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Harry Rodin III, graduate student
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Traveling to: Driving Concrete Technology Meeting
Mohammad Taufique, graduate student
Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Traveling to: Materials Research Society Conference
Biofuels
Ali Abghari, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: 39th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuel and Chemicals
Thiel Lehman, graduate student
Department: Crop and Soil Sciences
Traveling to: American Society of Plant Biology
Xiaolu Li, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: 39th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuel and Chemicals
Jean-Sabin McEwen, assistant professor
Department: Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Traveling to: 253rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition
Na Pang, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: 7th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts
Waled Suliman, postdoctoral research associate
Department: Composite Materials and Engineering Center
Traveling to: 21st Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference
Evan Terrell, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: ASME Power and Energy Conference and Exhibition
Patricia Townsend, regional extension specialist
Department: WSU Extension
Internal Event: Bringing a speaker to the Poplar Ecosystem Services and Biofuels Workshop
Lei Zhu, graduate student
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: International Biomass Conference and Expo
Tao Zhu, postdoctoral research associate
Department: Biological Systems Engineering
Traveling to: ASM Microbe 2017