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Author: Leah Shaffer

Finding nature-inspired alternatives to plastics focus of new center
Climate & Environment

Finding nature-inspired alternatives to plastics focus of new center

A team of researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has established the Synthetic Biology Manufacturing of Advanced Materials Research Center to work across disciplines to find nature-inspired alternatives to plastics.
January 24, 2024
Jun receives $1.4 million grant to develop new uses for wastewater
Engineering

Jun receives $1.4 million grant to develop new uses for wastewater

Young-Shin Jun, a professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has been awarded a $1.4 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to turn concentrated waste from water purification systems into valuable products for industrial use.
January 22, 2024
Engineering

Guérin wins grant to enhance atmospheric simulation speed

Roch Guérin, chair of computer science and engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a two-year $207,394 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve speed of GEOS-Chem 3D atmospheric simulation software.
January 19, 2024
New research creates framework for large-scale geospatial exploration
Engineering

New research creates framework for large-scale geospatial exploration

Computer scientists at the McKelvey School of Engineering have developed a framework for large-scale geospatial exploration using a novel visual reasoning model.
January 17, 2024
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