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The electrochemical system developed by WashU researchers helps water treatment facilities mitigate membrane fouling issues without added chemicals, supporting more sustainable wastewater reuse. (Credit: Pexels)

Electrochemical innovation offers chemical-free solution to assist in wastewater reuse

Kaichao Yang and Zhen He developed an electrochemical process that softens water, disinfects pathogens and benefits reverse osmosis systems used for advanced water treatment.

05.02.2025

Floral hydromagnesite particles mixed with white nickel-sulfide particles formed after two hours of carbonation and sulfidation, as seen under a scanning electron microscope. (Credit: Young-Shin Jun)

New nucleation to advance climate resilience and clean energy technologies

Young-Shin Jun and her team explore a sustainable approach to metal extraction and carbon mineralization.

05.01.2025

McKelvey Engineering researchers have found a way to precisely control contaminants in nanopores that would ultimately benefit desalination techniques, carbon dioxide storage and porous catalysts. (Credit: Young-Shin Jun)

The mysterious chemical world inside nanopores

Young-Shin Jun, Srikanth Singamaneni’s labs look at contaminants in nanopores.

04.30.2025

(Photo: Whitney Curtis/WashU)

Class Acts: Joshin Kumar

Engineer is working to protect us from the next pandemic.

04.29.2025

(Photo: Whitney Curtis/WashU)

Class Acts: Gaelen Clayton

McKelvey Engineering student loves being part of team, on the field and in the classroom.

04.29.2025

An electron microscopy image captures the wave-like rippling observed in a MXene. (Image: Francisco Lagunas Vargas)

Nanoscale materials ripple in the cold, study finds

That observation could help in the design of technologies that use MXenes, a promising new material.

04.28.2025

From left, members of team WashU Water Warriors: team leader Michelle Kane, Dillon Colbert, Karina Ravipati, Frannie Katz, Erin Reardon and Wes Beamer at the 2025 WERC Environmental Design Contest. (Credit: Kristen Wyckoff)

WashU students win four awards at the 2025 WERC environmental design contest

Twelve seniors competed in the 35th annual WERC Environmental Design Contest as a part of their environmental engineering capstone course.

04.28.2025

Pictured (l – r): Fan, Wang

Two new faculty to join McKelvey Engineering Electrical & Systems Engineering

Yingying Fan, Zhiyang Wang to join ESE as assistant professors in 2025-26.

04.28.2025

Minielly receives 2025 Ralph S. Quatrano Prize

Katherine Minielly is president of EnCouncil.

04.28.2025

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Matthew Bersi (right) works with a student in the Soft Tissue Biomechanics Lab. (Photo: Whitney Curtis)

Bersi named 2025 Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Matthew Bersi has been recognized by the Biomedical Engineering Society as an innovative and impactful junior faculty member in bioengineering.

04.03.2025

Postdoctoral scholar Heather Struckman in the lab sharing new research methods with BME doctoral student Erica Marquez. Many postdoctoral trainees will mentor a PhD, undergraduate or high school student during their training.

Postdoctoral scholars shape academic life, bolster innovation and collaboration

Postdoctoral trainees share their experiences working in WashU’s Department of Biomedical Engineering.

03.05.2025

Katie Auyeung, a Washington University junior engineering major from Chicago, right, and Zachary Fine, a sophomore biomedical engineering major from Silver Spring, Md., left, help Craig Oberle, of Florissant, put on a device they invented that would help limit his hand tremors at the end of the school’s annual Make-a-Thon program on Thursday in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

Students invent new adaptive tech during 10-day Make-a-Thon blitz

This year's Make-a-Thon yielded eight projects.

02.26.2025

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The Plastics Problem

McKelvey engineers tackle one of the biggest environmental issues of our time.

04.01.2024

Photo by Ron Klein

Where Engineering and Public Health Meet

Dan Giammar wants to put himself out of business.

04.01.2024

Photos by Sid Hastings

A New Course

Family inspiration, on-campus community support essential to their success.

04.01.2024

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Katie Auyeung, a Washington University junior engineering major from Chicago, right, and Zachary Fine, a sophomore biomedical engineering major from Silver Spring, Md., left, help Craig Oberle, of Florissant, put on a device they invented that would help limit his hand tremors at the end of the school’s annual Make-a-Thon program on Thursday in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

Students invent new adaptive tech during 10-day Make-a-Thon blitz

This year's Make-a-Thon yielded eight projects.

02.26.2025

Image: Mark Ross

In the media: Mysterious blobs found inside cells are rewriting the story of how life works

Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are leading to a new understanding of the cell.

01.22.2025

Hong Chen

In the Media: New Technique for Diagnosing Brain Diseases is Successfully Put to the Test

HEC Science & Technology explores Hong Chen's new method of detecting Alzheimer's disease.

07.31.2023

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