Copper nanowires could become basis for new solar cells
Details: By Beth Miller By looking at a piece of material in cross section, Washington University in St. Louis engineer Parag Banerjee, PhD, and his team discovered how copper sprouts grass-like...
View ArticleWUSTL researcher featured in Bloomberg Businessweek
Details: By Caroline Winter, Bloomberg Businessweek When surgeons remove a tumor, the search for every last cancer cell is critical. The diseased tissue can be difficult to distinguish from the...
View ArticleEngineering students create robotic prosthetic arm for teen
Details: By Tom O'Neal, fox2now.com CHESTERFIELD, MO (KTVI) – Sydney Kendall of Chesterfield has a new 3-D robotic arm thanks to some students at Washington University. What started out as a project...
View ArticleGroundbreaking optical device could enhance computers, lasers
Details: By Jo Seltzer At St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, a section of the dome called the Whispering Gallery makes a whisper audible from the other side of the dome as a result of the way sound waves...
View ArticleWUSTL students ‘print’ pink prosthetic arm for teen girl
Details: news.wustl.edu Thirteen-year-old Sydney Kendall had one request for the Washington University in St. Louis students building her a robotic prosthetic arm: Make it pink. Kendall Gretsch, Henry...
View ArticleUniversity makes major solar commitment
Details: By Neil Schoenherr, news.wustl.edu Washington University in St. Louis is moving forward with a bold and impactful plan to increase solar output on all campuses by 1,150 percent over current...
View ArticleClear-Eyed Vision
Details: by Erin Peterson, Washington Magazine When Christine Lorenz, PhD, was growing up, she placed her trust in people who saw a bright future for her. Now, as a vice president at Siemens...
View ArticleAgarwal, Zhang publish book on geological carbon storage
Details: Ramesh Agarwal, PhD, the William Palm Professor of Engineering in Mechnical Engineering & Materials Science (MEMS), and Zheming Zhang, PhD, a MEMS alumnus, have published a book on a...
View ArticleGenin named Global Scholars Fellow at Tsinghua University
Details: By Beth Miller Guy Genin, PhD, has been named a 2014 Global Scholars Fellow at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The award will allow Genin, professor of mechanical engineering in the School of...
View ArticleIDEA Labs teams unveil medical innovations
Details: By Allison Braun, news.wustl.edu IDEA Labs is a student-run bioengineering design incubator that brings together students from across the university to solve problems in health care with...
View ArticleWinners of Bear Cub grants announced
Details: By Caroline Arbanas, news.wustl.edu Scientists developing new drugs, diagnostic tests or other technologies often struggle to secure funding to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of their...
View ArticleAnna Etherington Claims Pole Vault National Title On Day One Of NCAA...
Details: bearsports.wustl.edu Delaware, Ohio, May 22, 2014 – Washington University in St. Louis senior Anna Etherington, Deer Park, Ill. (Barrington) finished her career in perfect fashion by winning...
View ArticleEight of 20 Arch Grants winners are affiliated with the university
Details: By Neil Schoenherr, news.wustl.edu Representing social entrepreneurship, technology, business, education, biomedical science and design, eight Washington University in St. Louis-affiliated...
View ArticleApril Engineering News
Details: Distributed monthly during fall and spring semesters, Engineering News is designed to inform engineering students, faculty, staff and alumni. View the April 2014 issue. Sign up for our...
View ArticleWashington University expanding supercomputer with NIH grant
Details: By Beth Miller Washington University in St. Louis has received a nearly $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to upgrade and expand the university’s existing high-performance...
View ArticleCrowley to further study Named Data Networking with NSF grant
Details: By Beth Miller Patrick Crowley, PhD, and a nationwide group of collaborators have received a nearly $5 million collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop, test...
View ArticleEngineering students use 3-D printer to create prosthetic arm for teen
Details: By Tom O'Neal, fox2now.com CHESTERFIELD, MO (KTVI) – Sydney Kendall of Chesterfield has a new 3-D robotic arm thanks to some students at Washington University. What started out as a project...
View ArticleMeet the Class of 2014 Valedictorians
Details: Congratulations to the three valedictorians of the Class of 2014 of the School of Engineering & Applied Science: Caleb Ford, Biomedical Engineering. Ford is an excellent example of a...
View ArticleWUSTL discovery may lead to securer payments
Details: stltoday.com A discovery by two Washington University scientists in the mid-1990s could play a role in preventing the kind of credit card fraud that recently affected customers of the suburban...
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Alumni chosen for 2014 Alumni Achievement Awards
Details: Six outstanding alumni have been selected to receive the 2014 Alumni Achievement Awards by the School of Engineering & Applied Science. The recipients will be honored March 20 at a dinner...
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