College of Science and Engineering
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| Where there's air, there's a road | Bryan Phillips has come a long way from his middle school days in Medford, Ore., where he and a buddy built their first hovercraft, a wooden contraption that kept taking on water and sinking. |
2011-01-04 | |
| Nice Vest! A touch of neon halts harassment of New Zealand seals | It’s an old saw among officials responsible for protecting everything from porcupines to penguins: “We don’t manage wildlife, we manage people.” Now, researchers in New Zealand have put a neon twist on preventing people from bugging wildlife. They found that simply placing a volunteer wearing a… |
2010-12-09 | |
| Presence of observers prevents fur seal attacks | Further to the recent attacks on fur seals in Kaikoura, comes a timely study just published in Conservation Biology. Alejandro Acedevo-Gutierrez and Lisa Acedevo of Western Washington University, and Laura Boren, DoC’s national marine mammal coordinator, found that the presence of an official-… |
2010-12-09 | |
| Blue whale feeding methods are ultra-efficient | Foraging whales must have high densities of krill for their feeding methods to be effective, says Alejandro Acevedo-Gutiérrez of Western Washington University in Bellingham. Lunge feeders "have to get more bang for the time underwater, so to speak", he says. |
2010-12-09 | |
| WWU awarded $730,000 federal grant for design of hybrid bus | 2010-12-08 | ||
| Scientists In Solar Energy Research Receive Additional Funding | Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), America's second-oldest foundation and the first wholly devoted to science, announced today that it has presented Scialog® Collaborative Innovation Awards of $100,000 to each of three groups of scientists to supplement the initial grant… |
2010-12-08 | |
| 'Wizards @ Western' lecture series continues Dec. 4 with 'Living with Volcanoes in the Pacific Northwest' | 2010-12-01 | ||
| From Window magazine: Total Dedication | 2010-12-01 | ||
| Lakewood Playhouse roast puts heat on director Marcus Walker's cancer fight | Their sons Reuben, 22, and Henry, 19, are students at Western Washington University. Marcus Walker is pretty sure Reuben will turn out OK. He’ll graduate with a major in physics and vocal performance, a natural combo. Henry might be more of a problem. “He’s been studying theater… |
2010-11-29 | |
| Local technology group to award scholarships Dec. 3 | The Technology Alliance Group is having its annual scholarship awards program at Bellingham Technical College. The event is noon to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3. Along with a scholarship awards program, participants will have a French American Holiday Lunch prepared by the Culinary Arts… |
2010-11-29 |