School of Design and Construction Magazine

School of Design and Construction, Washington State University.

Summer 2023
Jason Peschel.

Peschel named director

Jason Peschel has more than 17 years of teaching experience at WSU and has worked in the construction industry as a chief estimator and vice president.

safer workplace.

Making the workplace safer

Hongtao Dang has received a grant to develop a training program for construction workers on the topic of psychological safety.

next-gen buildings.

Training next-gen building operators

Julia Day is part of a team that received a US Department of Energy grant to train students in managing grid-interactive, efficient buildings.

Huntington Fellowship.

Huntington Fellowship

Kristina Borrman received a Huntington Library fellowship to conduct research on Black architect Paul Revere Williams and work he did in support of Black-owned banks.

Julia Day.

New leadership

Julia Day has been named associate director of WSU’s Composite Materials and Engineering Center.

human-based interior design.

Interior Design

Check out our new video and learn about the unique opportunities in WSU’s interior design program: “Human-centric design based around everything we do.”

Student success:
first place at ASC competition.

First place at ASC competition

WSU construction management students earned first place in the commercial category in the Associated Schools of Construction student competition.

landscape design for the future.

Designing for the future

Landscape architecture students reimagined the small towns of Malden and Pine City, Washington, which were destroyed in a devastating wildfire.

first place in construction management competition.

First place at Pacific Northwest construction management competition

Teams from construction management programs at WSU and UW participated in the competition, which was held at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

research in Singapore

Singapore provides ‘eye-opening’ research experience

Zachary Colligan participated in an NSF-sponsored research abroad experience in Singapore.

ECC Program at WSU.
The Energy Conscious Construction (ECC) program
offers an interdisciplinary emphasis in energy-efficient residential buildings, with a focus on the state of Washington and covering all phases of the design process from design through construction and post occupancy evaluation.


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