News: Ndegwa

Three Minute Thesis – Femi Peter Alege wins second place overall in the WSU wide competition

After winning the CAHNRS 2021 3MT competition, Femi Peter Alege, a doctoral student in WSU’s Biological Systems Engineering program, went on to place second and win a $1,500 travel grant in the overall University-wide 3MT competition. “Congratulations, Femi, on your second place in the university Three Minute Thesis competition.  You represented CAHNRS very well and […]

WSU secures more than $1.5 million for specialty crop research

Oct 2017  | CAHNRS NEWS Seven research teams at Washington State University will enhance the competitiveness of Northwest crops by fighting devastating diseases and advancing sustainable agriculture, thanks to more than $1.5 million in Specialty Crop Block Grant funds from the Washington State and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture. To support Washington’s $3 billion apple […]

Cuts to Manure Gas Earns Student Kudos

Ph.D. student, George Mathew Neerackal, won 2nd place at the Ron Sheffield Memorial Student Poster competition at the Waste to Worth conference, Seattle, WA; March 30-April 03, 2015. Poster Title: Manure pH Management for Mitigating Ammonia Emissions from Manure Flush Dairy Barns Advisor: Dr. Pius Ndegwa Dairy cows produce lots of manure. A WSU student’s […]