Science & Technology

Two WashU faculty members will receive Outstanding St. Louis Scientist awards: battery engineer Peng Bai, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, and biologist Ram Dixit, in Arts & Sciences.

A national organization that recognizes workplaces providing commuter benefits to employees recently named WashU among its 2025 Best Workplaces for Commuters.

WashU biology graduate student Jhan Carlos Salazar, in Arts & Sciences, has made high-impact — and high-altitude — discoveries about the adaptations of lizards in his home country of Colombia. He works with Jonathan Losos, the William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor.

A computer scientist at Washington University explains data and privacy concerns with the increasing use of artificial intelligence.

A new award supports work at Washington University to develop a framework that will allow autonomous systems to maintain safety even in the face of sensor malfunctions, mechanical failures or deliberate cyberattacks.

Engineers at Washington University will be working to improve energy efficiency in production of a potent biofuel thanks to a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Yixin Chen is the first person from Washington University to be elected a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.

Neuroscientists at Washington University have set up computer frameworks that can help model individual brain dynamics.

With support from the U.S. Department of Defense, a team of WashU computer scientists is working to improve generative artificial intelligence for use in inaccessible, remote or embattled environments.

Cory Berkland has been named the inaugural Mark and Becky Ruhmann Levin Professor in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University.