March 2006 Mission
Informatics
Kenneth Daratha
Improving Health Outcomes for
Individuals with Chronic Disease
College of Sciences
Valipuram S. Manoranjan
Teaching and Using Mathematical
and Computational Tools
School of Mechanical and Materials
Engineering
Sinisa Mesarovic
Multi-scale Modeling: Between
large and small, discrete and continuous
School of Mechanical and Materials
Engineering
M. Grant Norton
Nanomaterials for Converting and
Storing Energy
School of Engineering and Computer Science
WenZhan Song
Advancing the Cyberinfrastructure for
Volcano Monitoring
May 2005 Mission
Civil and Environmental Engineering
J. Daniel Dolan
Improving Performance of Low-Rise
Buildings
Physics
Peter Engels
Quantum
Hydroynamics—Atomic-Scale Behavior Meets the
Macroscopic World
Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science
Robert R. Lewis
From Synthesizing Realistic Images
to Visualizing
Scientific Data
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cole C. McDaniel
Predicting and Improving the
Behavior of Structures in Earthquakes
Mission to DC: Genomics, Proteomics, and Informatics
Mechanical Engineering
Prashanta Dutta
Microfluidic Technology
Chemical Engineering
Cornelius (Neil) F. Ivory
Integrated Proteomics
Computer Science
John H. Miller
Simulation of Biological
Systems
Mission to DC: Nanomaterials: Electronic, Photonic, and Bionic Applications
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
David Bahr
Nanomaterials: Bridge Between Atomic
and Macroscopic
Chemistry and Materials Science
K.W. Hipps
Electron Transfer at the
Sub-molecular Level
Civil Engineering-Wood Materials and Engineering
Laboratory
Marie-Pierre Laborie
Nanoscale Engineering of Bio-based
Composites
Chemistry and Materials Science
Alexander D. Li
Folded or Self-Assembled Molecular
Systems
Physical and Computational Sciences and Engineering
Washington State University is committed to building on its existing strengths in the areas of physical sciences and engineering. The researchers highlighted here provide a sampling of both established and recently added research programs in these fields. Each of these researchers and their many collaborators are making important impacts in their respective areas.