McKelvey School of Engineering

Washington University researchers plan to use advanced math to better understand and control biological systems, specifically our body’s internal clock, possibly leading to better treatments for sleep-related issues.

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering have turned an age-old assumption about cell force on its head. Their work, published in PLOS Computational Biology, has implications for how cancer spreads and wounds heal.

WashU engineer David Peters has developed a fresh approach to reaffirm classical airfoil theory.

Researchers at Washington University are looking to find new ways to design vaccines to protect against inflammation in the brain that causes dementia.

Environmental engineers at Washington University are working to document the microbial populations that live in household plumbing.

Dylan Mack, a student at the McKelvey School of Engineering, was a finalist for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship, which funds graduate studies in the United Kingdom.

Researchers at Washington University are working to develop an anaerobic digestion process using cyanobacterium to grow food in space.

Photonics researchers at Washington University received a federal grant to overcome a data processing bottleneck with integrated photonics.

Students in the social choice systems class at Washington University are learning about design challenges in social choice systems like redistricting.

Brain science researchers at WashU are studying how the brain perceives, processes and remembers everyday events. Their goal is to create an intervention that could improve memory by helping people segment events.