McKelvey School of Engineering

A team of WashU researchers has integrated two novel vision-language models that create a potential AI assistant that may help people with cognitive decline cook meals and remain independent.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have investigated how assemblies of molecules called microphases could be a useful target in developing treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.

Startups built on WashU discoveries attracted a record $1.7 billion in private-sector investment over the past year, accelerating the commercialization of WashU innovations into life-changing diagnostics, therapeutics and medical devices.

Biology and engineering researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have uncovered the mechanism of plants’ twisting roots.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found a way to better track circadian brain signals that synchronize the body clocks.

ShiNung Ching, an expert in neuroengineering, has been named chair of the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering.

The McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has received several grants from the Department of Defense to support research into machine learning and energy storage.

The National Academy of Inventors has elected two Washington University in St. Louis faculty members to its 2025 cohort of fellows: Jennifer N. Silva, MD, and Lan Yang.

Matthew Lew, at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected to the 2026 class of Optica fellows.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed an algorithm to decode the language of intrinsically disordered regions of proteins and their roles in human cancers.