Science & Technology

Sang-Hoon Bae, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering, won an award from Samsung’s Global Research Outreach Program to explore next-generation semiconductor materials and fabrication.

Ning Zhang, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, won a three-year $180,000 award from Intel to support work to assure availability of the Intel Trusted Edge Platform.

Washington University has acquired three electric shuttles as part of its Danforth Campus fleet. The shuttles will be on display at the Earth Day Festival in Forest Park April 22-23.

Fuzhong Zhang, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, developed a method to create synthetic spider silk at high yields while retaining strength and toughness using mussel foot proteins.

Denise Head and Lori Markson, professors, and Calvin Lai, an associate professor, all in Arts & Sciences, have been recognized for their achievements by the Association for Psychological Science.

Richard W. (Dick) Coles, who served as the inaugural director of Tyson Research Center and also as an adjunct professor of biology for more than 25 years, died in December in Colorado. He was 83. A celebration of life for Coles is planned for 1 p.m. April 29 at Tyson Research Center in Eureka, Mo.

Abhinav Jha, an assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering and the School of Medicine, and his collaborators developed and evaluated two methods to quantitatively determine the realism of synthetic, or computer-generated, medical images.

The Earth is facing two interconnected crises — loss of biodiversity and climate change. Each separately is an enormous threat to life on this planet. However, together they are fueling each other, creating a worsening downward spiral.

Quing Zhu, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, and Matthew Mutch, MD, at the School of Medicine, have been working together to develop a new imaging technology that can help doctors determine which colorectal cancer patients’ treatments have been successful, helping some to avoid surgery. Their efforts received a $1.75 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant.

For the green energy revolution to be successful, scientists must develop more cost-effective and sustainable battery technologies. Researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering are spending their energy on just that.