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Friend named chair of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Washington University in St. Louis

Acclaimed researcher James Friend to join McKelvey School of Engineering in 2026.

06.26.2025

Students from WashU and University of Indonesia Jakarta tour a local wastewater treatment facility.

McKelvey Engineering students travel to Indonesia for International Experience program

Lessons in engineering, culture and history highlight two-week trip.

06.27.2025

Fluorescent image showing increased expression of a hypoxia marker (Image-iT red hypoxia) in breast cancer spheroids (BT549, triple-negative breast cancer cells) after exposure to hypoxia, followed by normoxia, within 3D collagen matrices. Scale bar, 500 μm. (Credit: José Almeida, Pathak lab)

Feature or flaw? Breast cancer cells remember low-oxygen environments

Amit Pathak’s lab investigates how breast cancer cells use memory of hypoxic tumors to move through dense tissue.

07.02.2025

2025 Commencement

Please refer to our McKelvey commencement webpage for information regarding:

PhD Hooding Ceremony & Reception on May 9
Bachelor & Masters Ceremony & Celebrations on May 10

Further information about the University-wide Commencement & Festival on May 12 is on the WashU Commencement page.

Events

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Sep 5 11:00 am

EECE Seminar - Shannon Bartelt-Hunt at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

Sep 12 10:00 am

ESE Seminar Series | Magnus Egerstedt at Preston M. Green Hall

Sep 19 11:00 am

EECE Seminar - Dr. Sanat K. Kumar at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

Momentum Magazine

Read about Hong Chen’s work in focused ultrasound, alum Kahan Chavda’s innovative approach to managing invasive species with a twist of fashion, and celebrate the remarkable career (so far) of Phil Bayly.

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Our faculty push the boundaries

Meet the people solving our biggest problems.

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Faculty Spotlight

View the faculty bio for Quing Zhu

Advances cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment prediction and monitoring

Quing Zhu

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Virtual tour preview

Common study space in Jubel Hall
A glimpse of a biomedical engineering lab in Whitaker Hall.
McKelvey Hall is the new home to the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and support Washington University’s data science efforts.

Tour our buildings

The new complex for the McKelvey School of Engineering sits on the northeast corner of WashU's Danforth Campus. This area includes five academic buildings with research laboratories and specialized facilities that support the school's intellectual vision and plans.

Since 2000, more than $275 million has been invested in new and renovated engineering space.

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The best things happen at the intersection of disciplines

At McKelvey Engineering students have the freedom to follow their passion and make a difference in the world. What's your path?

Undergraduate Graduate

Engineering by the numbers

_No. 12

Biomedical Engineering graduate program ranking in U.S. News

$57 ^million

in research awards (FY23)

28^%

of first-year students are Pell Grant-eligible

Support for PhD students

PhD students in McKelvey Engineering are fully-funded, including full tuition support and health insurance.

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