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.

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