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The Agricultural
Research Center promotes research beneficial to the citizens of
Washington State. The ARC recognizes its unique land-grant research mission to
the people of Washington and their increasing global involvement. The ARC
provides leadership in discovering and accessing knowledge through high-quality
research that contributes to a safe, abundant food and fiber supply, promotes
the well-being of individuals, families, and communities; enhances
sustainability of agricultural and economic systems; and promotes stewardship of
natural resources and ecological systems.
The Center for the Design of
Analog-Digital Integrated Circuits (CDADIC), established as part of the
National Science Foundation's IUCRC (Industry-University Cooperative Research
Center) at WSU, fulfills the mission to advance the state-of-the-art for design
tools, testing techniques, and circuit design methodologies for analog and
analog-digital integrated circuits.
The Center for Materials Research was established at WSU in
1993 to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration between various faculty and
facilitate research and education in the materials areas like nonlinear optical
properties of guest/host polymers, and photoelectronic materials.
The Center for Multiphase Environmental Research (CMER) is an
NSF center designed to gain a better understanding of the factors that affect
the fate and transport of contaminants in the environment, recognizing that
processes that occur at the interface between material phases dictate these
factors.
The Institute of Biological Chemistry conducts research in plant
biochemistry and metabolism in areas such as photosynthesis, plant reaction to
insects, lipids, carbohydrate storage mechanisms, natural products, lignin
synthesis and structure, and other areas.
The Institute for Shock Physics is designed to meet the
national need to maintain scientific capabilities to sustain a safe and reliable
nuclear weapons stockpile without conducting nuclear tests. Hence, this
research explores very rapid compression of materials, shock-induced chemical
changes, detonation science and the dynamic response of materials at large
compressions and deformations.
The Laboratory for Atmospheric Research is recognized worldwide
for its pioneering role in development of regional and national emission
inventories, tracer methods to measure air and ground gas pollution of all
kinds, worldwide methane emissions surveys, windblown dust, and photochemical
air contamination in the Northwest. Areas of research include:- Biogenic
Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOC) in the Atmosphere, Regional Air Quality
Modeling, Regional Particulate Matter (PM), Space-Based Air Pollution
Measurements, Emissions of Global Greenhouse Gases, and Pollutant Transport &
Dispersion.
The Nuclear
Radiation Center (NRC) is an education, research and
service facility supporting the entire university. The Center has a
one-megawatt TRIGA reactor, a cobalt-60 irradiation unit, and numerous
state-of-the-art radiation detectors and counting systems. The Center
supports undergraduate and graduate education, with both facilities and
instruction. Graduate students in engineering, physics, chemistry,
geology, anthropology, food science, animal science, veterinary science and
other fields may conduct their thesis research at the NRC.
The Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) specializes in providing direct one-to-one counseling for management and
technical business issues, such as:
- Dry Spent Nuclear Fuel
- Flow Visualization in Internal
Cavities
- Purchase or sale of
business
- Policies and procedures
- Cash flow income and
income investment analysis
- Business
plan development
- Business location analysis
- Market plan development
- Plant layout and work flow
analysis
The program provides business skills development
counseling, training, and related technical assistance to entrepreneurs and
small business owners and operators in order to improve their potential for
business success. The SBDC is a cooperative effort of WSU, other
universities, community colleges, private sector organizations, the State of
Washington, and the U.S Small Business Administration.
The State
of Washington Water Research Center was established in 1964 as a
joint agency of Washington State University and the University of Washington
with the directorate located in Pullman, at the land-grant university. The
Center has fostered extensive research on Washington state’s water-related
problems. Much of this research is also of regional and/or national
significance. By 2000, over 420 projects had been funded through the
center and completed with technical reports and journal articles distributed to
the professional community and appropriate agencies.
The United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries study the
deposition, biokinetics, dosimetry and bioeffects of the actinide elements in
humans. The Registries include the National Human Radiobiology Tissue
Repository and National Radiobiology Archives and a state-of-the-art low-level
radiochemistry laboratory for actinides. Research is federally funded
through the Department of Energy (DOE) to WSU and is administered through the
WSU College of Pharmacy.
The Washington State Energy Program was established July 1st,
1996, to provide energy programs and services within the transportation,
residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. The mission is to supply
energy information and solutions for business, government, and individuals to
improve personal and global environmental quality and economic well-being.
The Wood
Materials and Engineering Laboratory (WMEL) is an interdisciplinary
research facility administered through the College of Engineering and
Architecture at Washington State University. WMEL has received
international acclaim during its long history spanning five decades of research
in collaboration with industry, government agencies, and other universities.
WMEL develops new building materials from a range of recycled and virgin
resources and also develops innovative structural systems to effectively utilize
new materials while maintaining economic viability and public safety.
In addition to the centers
listed above, as land grant institutions, UI, MSU, USU and WSU house and operate Agriculture Experiment Stations. The Stations
have a variety of facilities on each campus and throughout each state which
support research focused on agriculture, value-added components of
agricultural products, human nutrition and rural development. |
