Environmental engineering students find success at national contest
Students from Washington University brought home eight awards from the WERC Environmental Design Contest.
Quantum physics may help lasers see through fog, aid in communications
An engineer in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University is implementing quantum technology to develop ways that lasers can operate effectively in challenging environments.
Barcodes expand range of high-resolution sensor
A technique developed by Washington University researchers vastly expands the range of optical sensors used in measuring chemical signatures and molecules.
Ursaworks Robotics Club succeeds at competition
The Ursaworks Robotics Club at Washington University in St. Louis secured a second-place finish at the 2024 Midwest RoboMaster Competition.
Class Acts: Ping-I (Dennis) Chou
Ping-I (Dennis) Chou soon will graduate from Washington University in St. Louis and begin work at Intel. He has studied water chemistry and plastics in the environment.
Class Acts: Guinter Dame Vogg
As an undergraduate researcher at Washington University in St. Louis’ Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Guinter Dame Vogg analyzed air filters from around the globe for PM2.5, the microscopic particles that cause millions of premature deaths every year. What he saw changed his life.
Smart nanoparticles may be able to deliver drugs to heart after heart attack
Jianjun Guan, a materials scientist in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, received a four-year more than $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to design a system of nanoparticles that deliver drugs after a heart attack much more effectively than current methods allow.
Imaging technique shows new details of peptide structures
In a paper published in ACS Nano, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis outline how they used a chemical probe to light up interlocking peptides. Their technique will help scientists differentiate synthetic peptides from toxic types found in Alzheimer’s disease.
Role of dust on indoor environmental air quality gets closer look
Jenna Ditto, an assistant professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University, is taking a closer look at the chemistry of indoor dust with a three-year $453,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Novel material supercharges innovation in electrostatic energy storage
Sang-Hoon Bae, a researcher at Washington University, has developed artificial heterostructures made of freestanding 2D and 3D membranes that have an energy density up to 19 times higher than commercially available capacitors.
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