PARC wins renewed funding for photosynthetic research
Details: By Diana Lutz, news.wustl.edu When Robert Blankenship, PhD, stood up during the annual all-hands meeting of the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC) at Washington University in St....
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 ArticleTwelve new faculty members to join Engineering in 2014-15
Details: By Beth Miller Twelve new faculty members will join the School of Engineering & Applied Science between July 1, 2014 and July 1, 2015, bringing the total faculty number to 92, the most in...
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 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 ArticleAgarwal to study turbulence modeling with NASA grant
Details: Ramesh Agarwal, PhD, is among a group of collaborators in Missouri that received a $750,000 grant from the National Aeronautic and Space Administration to study turbulence modeling. The...
View ArticleDoctoral students to study biology, mechanics connection under NIH grant
Details: By Beth Miller The Venus Flytrap is a fascinating plant with two leaf jaws that sense when an insect approaches and quickly snap shut, trapping the insect for a meal. The carnivorous plant is...
View ArticleStudents plan to install solar power at Indian orphanage
Details: By Beth Miller Sara Chinnaswamy’s visit to some orphanages in southern India has led to an effort by four Washington University School of Engineering & Applied Science students to provide...
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 ArticleUndergraduates from India, Thailand enjoy hands-on research at WUSTL
Details: By Beth Miller Sixteen undergraduate students from India and Thailand are getting hands-on lab experience this summer in labs in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering. The students...
View ArticleWashington Magazine: Building a strong foundation
Details: Washington Magazine As of June 1, 2014, Leading Together: The Campaign for Washington University had raised $1.547 billion toward a minimum goal of $2.2 billion. The campaign supports...
View ArticleScholarship initiative committee announced
Details: The following School of Engineering & Applied Science alumni will serve as members of the Scholarship Initiative Committee: Mr. William AbbottEN56San Francisco Committee Dr. Lilia...
View ArticleProfessor Richard Axelbaum honored by SAE International
Details: Professor Richard Axelbaum has been selected as a co-recipient of the 2008 SAE Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award. This honor recognizes Professor Axelbaum's outstanding SAE...
View ArticleEngineering alumnus honored for global contributions to society
Details: Wells Fargo Advisors, along with co-sponsors the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Lifelong Learning Institute of Washington University in St. Louis, hosted the Second-Half Champions Awards on...
View ArticleGenin featured in ASME video
Details: Guy Genin, PhD, professor of mechanical engineering, speaks to the Association of Mechanical Engineering about bioengineering. Professor Genin studies interfaces and adhesion in nature,...
View ArticleWU Rocket Club launches in Utah competition
Details: By Beth Miller On a hot, dry, windy June day in Green River, Utah, Mechanical Engineering graduate students Colin Graham and Tim Wray were set to do something they’d never done: send a rocket...
View ArticlePeters featured in Associated Press story
Details: By Noah Trister, Associated Press Even Pete Rose, the man who made the headfirst slide fashionable, says there's a time and place to be prudent. As in, no need to get your nose bashed in at...
View ArticleBacked by Cultivation Capital, Cardialen enters human clinical trials
Details: By Brian Feldt, St. Louis Business Journal Cardialen, a medical device company based out of St. Louis, began its first human clinical trials for its heart therapy device last month. Cardialen...
View ArticleJu receives NSF grant for bioinformatics research
Details: By Beth Miller Tao Ju, PhD, in School of Engineering & Applied Science has received a three-year, $234,668 grant from the National Science Foundation to advance his work in biological...
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...
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