Megan Flake: Keeping engineering labs running during the pandemic
McKelvey School of Engineering labs couldn’t shut down due to COVID-19. Megan Flake kept them running smoothly while research was on hold.
Bai lab develops stable, efficient, anode-free sodium battery
The lab of Peng Bai has developed a stable, anode-free sodium ion battery that is highly efficient, will be less expensive and is significantly smaller than a traditional lithium ion battery.
Parker receives geochemistry association award
Kimberly Parker, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, received an award for young promising geochemists from the International Association of GeoChemistry.
Class Acts: The Researchers
This week, Class Acts celebrates three leaders in research — Churchill Scholar Jessika Baral, Spencer T. Olin Fellow Chelsey Carter and U.S Army veteran Alex Reiter.
Stroke-recovery device using brain-computer interface receives FDA market authorization
A first-of-its kind device that helps people disabled by stroke regain significant control over their arm and hand function by using their minds has received market authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. The system developed by Neurolutions Inc., a WashU startup, relied on innovative multidisciplinary research at the university.
Washington University researchers to design detectors of airborne SARS-CoV-2
A team of researchers at Washington University is developing devices to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 in the air.
Class Acts: The Makers
Welcome to Class Acts, a celebration of remarkable graduating students. In our first installment, Class Acts showcases three incredible makers — artist Erin Lewis, engineer Alex Levy and pop-up market founder Noor Bekhiet.
Jha to develop imaging methods with $1.8M NIH grant
Abhinav Jha, assistant professor at the McKelvey School of Engineering, has received a four-year $1.83 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He will develop a new framework to evaluate quantitative imaging methods and help doctors make better decisions.
Keeping hackers at bay
As we become more reliant on technology that interacts with the physical world — self-driving cars, delivery drones, medical equipment — we need researchers like Ning Zhang to help keep us a step ahead of the hackers.
Modeling the pandemic
Since early in the pandemic, researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have been using data modeling to assess the effects mitigation measures might have on everything from the spread of transmission to the economy. Now, with the US and other countries again experiencing rising cases, their research is as relevant […]
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