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David Bowman, C-STEM Dean and Earthquake Expert, Explains the Science Behind the Disaster in Turkey and Syria

February 8, 2023

David Bowman, C-STEM Dean and Earthquake Expert, Explains the Science Behind the Disaster in Turkey and Syria

The impromptu lecture gave members of the Eastern community an opportunity to understand the geology of the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in southeastern Turkey and northeastern Syria.

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EWU Electrical Engineering Alumnus Working on High Profile Project

January 26, 2023

EWU Electrical Engineering Alumnus Working on High Profile Project

Russell Thomas ’13 is senior design engineer for electrical systems inside a 600,000-square-foot building that is part of a $12 billion project to construct a chip manufacturing plant for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) first U.S. campus.

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Erin Toulou Receives Inaugural Clawson-Youngs Environmental Studies Award

November 21, 2022

Two geoscience professors standing with a student award winner

Toulou, a junior at EWU, is modeling West Plains groundwater flows to track possible contamination by chemicals similar to those found in fire-fighting foam at Fairchild Air Force Base is receiving the inaugural Clawson-Youngs Environmental Studies Award.

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Recent EWU Grad is Poised to Make His Mark on Biochemistry

July 22, 2020 by

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John Vant has come a long way since his days dominating the ice at Eastern. Now a standout doctoral student in biochemistry at ASU, his work with some of the world’s top biochemical experts could lay the groundwork for a vaccine against COVID-19.

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Engineering team prints 3-D prosthetic for SPS student

January 25, 2018 by aaldaco

picture: student and boy with prosthetic arm fist bump

Last week, a team from EWU’s Engineering Department presented a 3-D-printed prosthetic arm to a fifth-grader at Spokane Public Schools. Rob Gerlick, PhD and assistant professor of mechanical engineering, engineering tech Frank De Abreu and engineering student Shannon Kellam visited Isaiah Strom’s classroom last Wednesday to custom fit his device and teach him how to use

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SeaPerch challenge for middle schoolers

September 8, 2017 by aaldaco

Photo: Robotics team tests their submersible

Students from area middle schools are gearing up for the seventh annual SeaPerch Challenge at Eastern Washington University, putting their engineering skills to the test after months of building an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Thirty-two EWU student volunteers from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) club co-host the event in which roughly 60-80

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