Wu awarded energy technology award
Gang Wu, an electrochemist at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a research award from the Electrochemical Society.
How to grow food without light
In a new publication, researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering make the case for electro-agriculture to help drastically cut carbon emissions.
Carlen wins Association for Women in Science award
Biologist Elizabeth Carlen, a postdoctoral fellow with the Living Earth Collaborative at WashU, received a 2024 Spark Award from the Association for Women in Science. The Spark Award highlights students or early-career leaders in STEM who are visible and vocal advocates for diversity and inclusive scientific practices.
Engineering students selected for prestigious fellows program
Two WashU PhD candidates have been selected for the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Inc. Graduate Student Fellows Program. The students, Allison Martinez Mejia and Gerson Moreno Romero, are both studying biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering.
Researchers to develop low-power, high-performance radar systems
McKelvey School of Engineering researchers received a federal grant to develop low-power, high-performance radar systems.
How to depolarize social media
At a time when political polarization is becoming an increasing problem on social media, WashU data scientist Jean Springsteen is working on a way to bring down the temperature and still get buy-in from social media companies.
Beyond lithium: Sodium-based batteries may power the future
Peng Bai, a researcher at Washington University, has received a National Science Foundation grant to expand his work in sodium-based batteries.
Pappu named American Physical Society fellow
Rohit V. Pappu, a researcher at Washington University, has been selected as an American Physical Society fellow.
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.
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