Recognition

2020 Commercialization Gap Fund (WSU Office of Commercialization)

2019 WSU Research Week 3.0 Competition: Pitching the Business Value of Your Research.

2019 R+D Award (Architect Magazine)

2019 Commercialization Gap Fund (WSU Office of Commercialization)

2018 Summer Cohort NSF I-Corp Team

2018 Amazon Catalyst Fellowship (Amazon & WSU)

2016 AIA Upjohn Research Initiative Grant

Publications

D. Drake and T. Miyasaka. “Thermal performance of Drywall Waste Block (DWB), a novel insulative masonry block made from recycled gypsum drywall waste and other waste materials.” EAAE-ARCC 2020 International Biennial Conference of Research in Architecture, Valencia, Spain. (In review).

D. Drake and T. Miyasaka. “Engineering properties of a novel masonry material made from recycled drywall waste.” International Journal of Industrialized Construction. (In review).

D. Drake, F.Z. Ramadhan, P.F. Sze, and T. Miyasaka. “Drywall Waste Blocks: A Novel Masonry Material Utilizing Recycled Construction & Demolition Waste,” Proceedings of the 2019 Modular and Offsite Construction Summit. https://doi.org/10.29173/mocs106