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McKelvey Engineering News April 2020
McKelvey Engineering staff creating face shields for health care workers
McKelvey Engineering staff are pitching in to create personal protective equipment for health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal funding for rapid COVID-19 test goes to McKelvey Engineering researchers
The test is based on a new biolabeling technology called plasmonic-fluor.
Aerosol researchers at McKelvey School of Engineering tackle novel coronavirus
Aerosol research at the McKelvey School of Engineering is working at breakneck speed to understand the novel coronavirus and its effects at scales ranging from ecosystems, to virus particles suspended in droplets.
In the media: This 3-D Simulation Shows Why Social Distancing Is So Important
In The New York Times on April 14, Pratim Biswas describes how aerosols play into social distancing.
In the media: Eclectic St. Louis team of doctors, engineers and machinists answers call for emergency ventilators
Local experts collaborate to meet the local surge of COVID-19 patients.
VIDEO SPOTLIGHT
In this Feb. 25 video, Mike Vahey explains the properties of a virus that allow it to reach pandemic status, as the novel coronavirus did in mid-March.
WashU Expert: Ingredients for a virus to become a pandemic
Other News
Juniors Eisner, Klapow awarded prestigious Truman Scholarship Juniors Eisner, Klapow awarded prestigious Truman Scholarship
Personalized treatment for arrhythmia to get closer look Personalized treatment for arrhythmia to get closer look
McKelvey Engineering students, alumna win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships McKelvey Engineering students, alumna win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Zhang’s CAREER Award could reshape how to build computers for data-intensive era Zhang’s CAREER Award could reshape how to build computers for data-intensive era
New technology offers faster, broader 3D imaging of retinas, feasibility study shows New technology offers faster, broader 3D imaging of retinas, feasibility study shows
Forward osmosis could be alternative wastewater treatment method Forward osmosis could be alternative wastewater treatment method
Soot may only be half the problem when it comes to cookstoves Soot may only be half the problem when it comes to cookstoves
Physics, AI help researchers to better define tumor boundaries in imaging Physics, AI help researchers to better define tumor boundaries in imaging
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
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