NIH awards $3.1 million grant for Washington University, St. Jude ALS research
Rohit Pappu and collaborator Tanja Mittag received $3.1 to study RNA-binding proteins that are mutated in patients with familial forms of ALS
Simple tools reveal high-fidelity truth in lithium-ion batteries
New research from the lab of Peng Bai uncovers true current density — and the forces that shape it.
Lu named editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical System
Chenyang Lu, the Fullgraf Professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been named editor-in-chief of ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems, the field’s flagship journal.
Bai receives NSF CAREER Award
Peng Bai, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a $503,025 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
Fine-tuning device performance with swarms of swimming cells
J. Mark Meacham’s lab in the McKelvey School of Engineering uses motile algae cells to measure performance of high-tech microfluidic devices.
Weisensee receives NSF CAREER Award
Patricia Weisensee, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a $557,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
Imoukhuede, Payne named AIMBE Fellows
Two faculty members from Washington University — Princess Imoukhuede and Philip R. O. Payne — have been named fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). AIMBE’s College of Fellows is limited to the top 2% of medical and biological engineers.
Solved: The mystery of toxic fracking byproducts
Research from the lab of Kimberly Parker at the McKelvey School of Engineering reveals how certain, toxic byproducts of hydraulic fracturing are created. The next step is to determine whether or not there’s something to be done about it.
Mirror, mirror on the monitor
Research from the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences asks if our views about our own appearances have changed in the age of Zoom.
Fighting racial inequity by funding Black scientists
Washington University’s Princess Imoukhuede and Lori Setton join more than a dozen of their colleagues across the country calling for racial equity in federal funding of biomedical engineers.
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