NSF funds training program to boost regional quantum workforce
The National Science Foundation is investing $3 million in a new graduate student training program for aspiring scientists and educators who want to explore careers in quantum science at St. Louis-area research laboratories, private companies and other facilities.
Silva receives award from American Heart Association
The American Heart Association has recognized the McKelvey School of Engineering’s Jonathan Silva with its Established Investigator Award. The five-year $400,000 award will support his work into precision medicine for patients with irregular heartbeat.
A one-two punch for photoacoustic imaging
A team led by Song Hu at the McKelvey School of Engineering found a way to measure biomarkers in the body with higher accuracy by combining a Bessel beam with deep learning.
Wearable ultrasound sensors for human brain in development
The McKelvey School of Engineering’s Hong Chen and her team are developing tiny sensors to detect blast-induced traumatic brain injury with new funding from the Office of Naval Research.
New structure found in cells
A research group led by Rohit Pappu in the McKelvey School of Engineering and Anthony Hyman at the Max Planck Institute have discovered a new, relevant level of structure in cells.
Selenium removal from industrial wastewater focus of new research
A multi-institutional team led by an engineer at Washington University seeks to refine a method that would remove selenium from wastewater efficiently and cost effectively, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
WashU Expert: Ethics of sentient AI
Yevgeniy Vorobeychik says discussions about AI sentience are, and always will be, misguided.
Bai, Nagulu, Zhang receive collaboration grants
Peng Bai, Aravind Nagulu and Ning Zhang, all assistant professors at the McKelvey School of Engineering, have been awarded $25,000 Collaboration Initiation Grants from the school.
Nagulu teams on DARPA grant
Aravind Nagulu at the McKelvey School of Engineering is co-principal investigator on a $2.4 million federal grant that will help develop filters for next-generation wireless systems.
Giving metal to microbes could reduce greenhouse gas
Collaborative research from the labs of Daniel Giammar and Jeffrey Catalano finds a lack of available metals may be responsible for more nitrous oxide than previously thought.
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