Debilitating elbow contracture to get closer look aided by machine learning
A researcher in the McKelvey School of Engineering will study the effects of physical therapy and anti-inflammatory treatments on an elbow injury with a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Prestigious NIH Director’s awards go to three WashU faculty
Three researchers from Washington University have received highly competitive and prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s awards totaling $10 million over five years.
WashU scientist talks neurons on educational podcast
A top educational Spanish language podcast for kids recently featured Allison Martinez Mejia, a biomedical engineering PhD candidate at Washington University.
Flores named vice dean for graduate education in engineering
Katharine Flores, the Christopher I. Byrnes Professor at Washington University, has been named vice dean for graduate education at the McKelvey School of Engineering.
Language agents help large language models ‘think’ better, cheaper
Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have devised an agent to help large language models “think.”
Understudied protein blobs have big effect on cellular function
Researchers from WashU and Duke University have shown that the formation of biological condensates affects cellular activity far beyond their immediate vicinity.
2024 presidential election experts
Washington University in St. Louis faculty experts are available to discuss a variety of topics related to the election, politics and national and local issues.
WashU scientists uncover hidden source of snow melt: dark brown carbon
Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering are the first to quantify the effect of dark brown carbon on snow melt.
Janie Brennan
Trained as an engineer, Janie Brennan, a senior lecturer at the WashU McKelvey School of Engineering, now builds courses instead of machines. She’s using her classroom to peel away systemic and cultural barriers to engineering.
Consistency, trustworthiness in large language models goal of new research
A computer scientist at Washington University has received funding from Google to improve grounding in large language models.
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