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Chen receives $5.4 million NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

The highly competitive award supports high-risk, high-reward projects.

10.08.2024

Students attending the first McKelvey Believes meeting of the year wrote aspects of their identities on wooden sticks and worked with a team to build bridges to explore the role of identity in engineering.

McKelvey Believes easing the transition for first-generation students

Program offers mentorship, guidance and academic support.

10.08.2024

Peng Bai’s research group combines stable sodium metal plated in liquid electrolyte (left) with precisely engineered particles of sodium vanadium phosphate (right) to create safe and efficient sodium batteries. (Image credit: Peng Bai, Rajeev Gopal and Ethan Boutelle / WashU)

Beyond lithium: Sodium-based batteries may power the future

Peng Bai will work toward sustainable and efficient energy storage technology.

10.08.2024

Microscopic images of a contracted rat elbow joint help Spencer Lake’s lab evaluate the number and types of cells present in different tissues within the joint and how tissues change over time and following various treatments. (Courtesy: Lake lab)

Debilitating elbow contracture to get closer look aided by machine learning

Spencer Lake’s lab to target post-traumatic joint contracture with $2.4 million grant.

10.04.2024

Pappu named American Physical Society Fellow

Rohit Pappu was recognized for his research in intrinsically disordered proteins.

10.04.2024

Pictured (l – r): Martinez Mejia and Moreno Romero

Two McKelvey Engineering Students Awarded AAHHE Graduate Fellowships

Program prepares Latina/o/x doctoral scholars for successful careers.

10.03.2024

Image: Aimee Felter/Washington University

Engineering Curiosity with Anna Goestenkors

McKelvey’s Engineering the Future podcast returns with a look behind the scenes of biomedical engineering research with guest Anna Goestenkors.

10.02.2024

Wu joins Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering faculty

Highly regarded researcher Gang Wu specializes in new hydrogen technology.

09.30.2024

Center for Women’s Health Engineering names Zhu interim director

Zhu will advance the center's mission of addressing health disparities and promoting gender-specific healthcare solutions.

09.30.2024

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ESE Seminar Series | Francesco Bullo at Preston M. Green Hall

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EECE SEMINAR - DR. Adam Guss at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Bae recognized by Falling Walls Foundation for breakthroughs in high-density energy storage

Sang-Hoon Bae named one of 10 winners worldwide of Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of 2024 in Energy and Technology.

08.26.2024

Radiopharmaceuticals can target specific organs, tissues or cells, including cancer (iStock)

Imaging method shows promise for personalized cancer treatment

Abhinav Jha and collaborators conduct a computer-based trial of a novel technique to reliably estimate dose of radiopharmaceutical therapy.

06.13.2024

Low-dose (second from left) SPECT images that have been denoised using the proposed DEMIST method (right). Normal-dose images are on the left for reference. The image is less noisy and the defect became more detectable and visually clearer with DEMIST. (Credit: Abhinav Jha)

DEMIST artificial intelligence tool may enhance usability of medical images

A deep-learning-based image denoising method developed by Abhinav Jha may improve detection of myocardial defects in low-count SPECT scans.

06.04.2024

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Chen receives $5.4 million NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

McKelvey Believes easing the transition for first-generation students

Beyond lithium: Sodium-based batteries may power the future

Debilitating elbow contracture to get closer look aided by machine learning

Pappu named American Physical Society Fellow

Two McKelvey Engineering Students Awarded AAHHE Graduate Fellowships

Engineering Curiosity with Anna Goestenkors

Wu joins Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering faculty

Center for Women’s Health Engineering names Zhu interim director

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Imaging Seminar: Roger Michaelides at Preston M. Green Hall

ESE Seminar Series | Francesco Bullo at Preston M. Green Hall

EECE SEMINAR - DR. Adam Guss at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Bae recognized by Falling Walls Foundation for breakthroughs in high-density energy storage

Imaging method shows promise for personalized cancer treatment

DEMIST artificial intelligence tool may enhance usability of medical images

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