Preston M. Green Hall dedicated Sept. 23
Details: By Diana Lutz, news.wustl.edu A dedication ceremony for Preston M. Green Hall, a new engineering building on the Danforth Campus of Washington University in St. Louis, was held Sept. 23. The...
View ArticleDoctoral student awarded Imaging Sciences Pathway Fellowship
Details: Derek Burrows, PhD candidate in computer science, was awarded an Imaging Science Pathway Fellowship for the 2012-2013 academic year. A collaboration between the Schools of Arts &...
View ArticleLighting up your innards for incisionless surgery
Details: www.newkerala.com If only doctors could operate without ever having to cut through your tissues or even diagnosing cancer, simply by seeing tumours inside with a tool as simple as an...
View ArticleDani Hoover named to Capital One Academic All-District Team
Details: bearsports.wustl.edu Washington University in St. Louis senior Dani Hoover was selected to the 2012 Capital One First-Team Academic All-District Five Women’s Basketball team, as announced...
View ArticleStudent-run company, Saturnis, competes in Clean Energy Student Challenge
Details: Undergraduate students Michael Gidding and Daniel Garcia pitched their new venture, Saturnis, at the Clean Energy Challenge in Chicago on February 29. Saturnis won the $5,000 prize for a...
View ArticleFaculty members named AAAS fellows
Details: Seven Washington University in St. Louis faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific...
View ArticleRhythmic firing of nerve cells involved in body’s movements
Details: By Michael C. Purdy, news.wustl.edu A new model for understanding how nerve cells in the brain control movement may help unlock the secrets of the motor cortex, a critical region that has long...
View ArticleLead levels in drinking water spike when copper and lead pipes joined
Details: By Diana Lutz, news.wustl.edu Lead pipes once used routinely in municipal water distribution systems are a well-recognized source of dangerous lead contamination, but new research from...
View ArticleWUSTL engineers provide free code to help build better batteries
Details: By Beth Miller Lithium-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles, are in high demand, with a global market value expected to reach $33.1 billion in 2019. But their high price and...
View ArticleBiomedical engineering alumna named NCAA Woman of the Year
Details: bearsports.wustl.edu 2012 Washington University in St. Louis graduate Elizabeth Phillips, Homer Glen, Ill. (Lockport) was named the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year, as announced at a ceremony on...
View ArticlePhD student's film wins award at Robot Film Festival
Details: David Lu, a fifth year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, received second place in the Audience Choice category for his film "Researchin'." The film is an...
View ArticleBrandon Brown named First-Team All-American by D3football.com
Details: bearsports.wustl.edu Washington University in St. Louis senior cornerback Brandon Brown added one last piece of hardware to his trophy case, earning first-team All-America honors by...
View ArticleRodolphe L. Motard, former chairman of the Department of Chemical...
Details: Rodolphe L. (Rudy) Motard, PhD, professor of chemical engineering and chairman from 1978-1991 of the chemical engineering department in the School of Engineering & Applied Science at...
View ArticleProtecting Our Soldiers, Defending Our Future
Details: by Rick Skwiot, Washington Magazine Zachary Lemnios was “at the right place at the right time,” he says, when he did his graduate work in the School of Engineering some 30 years ago. His...
View ArticleSalad entrepreneur
Details: By Beth Miller, Engineering Momentum Walk into the Green Bean restaurant in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood and you’ll see lots of color — from the green leaves painted on the walls...
View ArticleDoctoral student awarded 2013-2014 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship
Details: Stephen Tyree, PhD candidate in computer science, was awarded the 2013-2014 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship for his work developing parallel machine learning algorithms for Graphics Processing...
View ArticleBringing engineering to life
Details: By Terri McClain, Engineering Momentum When people first encounter vivacious Washington Universityalumna Deanne Bell, they’re not surprised to learn she’s a television host. But they’re...
View ArticleDani Hoover named NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Elite 88 Award Winner
Details: bearsports.wustl.edu Junior guard Dani Hoover of the 2011 national runner-up Washington University in St. Louis women’s basketball team was named the 2011 NCAA Division III winner of the Elite...
View ArticleThree doctoral students named CBSE Scholars
Details: By Beth Miller Doctoral students Chao Li, Tom Ronan and Kiersten Ruff have been named scholars of the Center for Biological Systems Engineering (CBSE) for 2014-15. Each receives a one-year,...
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...
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