WSU's Engineering Experiment Stations that transferred technical knowledge to communities are the forerunners of today's multi-disciplined research centers. It now helps find synthetic and composite solutions for building materials, waste recycling, and more effective use of forest resources. It also seeks unique materials, such as wheat, to turn into particleboard. To top of page. Seven other CEA buildings on campus provide another 400,000 square feet of learning and laboratory space.
Endowments help provide the latest equipment.
The Spokane Interdisciplinary Research and Technology Institute and Spokane Interdisciplinary Design Institute, which opened in 1996, provide opportunities for research in a metropolitan setting, with technology transfer in mind. EM also goes to several of WSU's Extended Learning Centers in the state. To top of page. Assistantships, Fellowships, Traineeships More than 70 percent of full-time graduate students at WSU hold teaching, research, or staff positions to help cover costs of education, living, and insurance. Other external research grants fund numerous other fellowships and traineeships, as do partnerships with industry.