March 2006 Mission
Plant Pathology
Gary A. Chastagner
Protecting Pacific Northwest
Trees from Exotic Pathogens
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science
Sirisha Medidi
Sensor and Ad-hoc Network
Systems
Department of Plant Pathology
Tobin L. Peever
Developing Strains of Disease
Resistant Plants
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Barbara Rasco
Competitive Agricultural Economy:
Integrating Food Processing and Safety
Intercollegiate College of Nursing
Angela Starkweather
The Health Implications of
Stress
Department of Psychology
James Wise
Spatial Mathematical Models to
Connect People and Environment
May 2005 Mission
Biological Systems Engineering
Gustavo V. Barbosa-Cánovas
Technological Advances in the
Foods We Eat
Electical Engineering and Computer Science
Carl Hauser
Distributed Embedded Systems for
Power Grid Communication
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Sankar Jayaram
Research in Virtual Reality and
Distributed Environments for Engineering and Training
Governmental Studies and Services
Nicholas Lovrich
Social Capital and Public Policy
Adoption
Political Science
Steven Stehr
Victim Management in Large-Scale
Disasters
Biological Systems Engineering
Juming Tang
Improving Food and Food Processing
Systems
Safety and Security
Washington State University is committed to building on its existing strengths in the areas of safety and security. 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.