McKelvey School of Engineering

Abhinav Jha and a group of interdisciplinary collaborators have developed a method to measure dopamine transporter, a protein related to movement and Parkinson’s disease.

Song Hu, at the McKelvey School of Engineering, will use photoacoustic microscopy to study abnormal oxygen metabolism in injured neonatal brains thanks to a five-year $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Hong Chen’s lab at the McKelvey School of Engineering has developed a noninvasive focused ultrasound intranasal delivery method to help treat central nervous system diseases and tumors.

A $314,807 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will support Abhinav Jha’s interdisciplinary work looking at the ethics of artificial intelligence implementation in the medical sphere.

Research from the lab of Fangqiong Ling at the McKelvey School of Engineering finds SARS-CoV-2 material in wastewater reflects illnesses in communities. It also helps establish guidance for future studies.

Nicole Briceño, a first-year student at Washington University, took part in the National LOFT Leadership Institute Open Space Summit and the 35th Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in September in Washington.

Yixin Chen will work with two McKelvey School of Engineering alumni on a collaborative project with the U.S. Department of Energy and Lincoln University to improve biomanufacturing.

McKelvey School of engineering faculy Zhen (Jason) He, Young-Shin Jun, Vijay Ramani and Fuzhong Zhang will lead new projects focused on clean energy technologies thanks to $10.7 million in new funding, collectively, from the U.S. Department of Energy.

A team of researchers including Joshua Yuan at the McKelvey School of Engineering has developed a system that uses carbon dioxide to produce biodegradable plastics. They could someday replace the nondegradable plastics used today.

Pioneering research at Washington University helped people understand the fundamental role of gut microbes in human health and disease. Now a community of local scientists is learning more about the diverse microbial systems that support animals, plants and ecosystems.