Engineering Momentum: Young-Shin Jun: Meeting climate change head on
Details: By Beth Miller, Engineering Momentum In Korean culture, one’s name is selected very carefully, as each has a special meaning. For Young-Shin Jun, PhD, the meaning behind her name — given to...
View ArticleFive Minutes with Jessica Wagenseil
Details: By Beth Miller One in three American adults has high blood pressure, a serious condition that can lead to coronary heart disease, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure and other health...
View ArticleTwo WUSTL faculty named AAAS fellows
Details: news.wustl.edu Two faculty members from Washington University in St. Louis have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest...
View ArticleHigh-tech X-ray imaging technique to offer detailed look at engineered tissue
Details: By Beth Miller Mark Anastasio, PhD, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new imaging system that will help biomedical engineers see what happens when...
View ArticleStaying ahead of Huntington’s disease
Details: By Beth Miller Huntington’s disease is a devastating, incurable disorder that results from the death of certain neurons in the brain. Its symptoms show as progressive changes in behavior and...
View ArticleAmerican Association for Aerosol Research honors Chris Hogan & Tandeep...
Details: Chris Hogan, a WUSTL alumnus and the Benjamin Mayhugh Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, received the Friedlander Award for the best PhD dissertation in aerosol research....
View Article$80 million in stimulus grants awarded to WUSTL
Details: By Caroline Arbanas Washington University has been awarded nearly $80 million in funding from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to support research across a broad range of...
View ArticleFrom your toilet to your gas tank? Engineering biofuel research featured on...
Details: By Kevin Held, KDSK.com Below is an excerpt from "From your toilet to your gas tank?" A Washington University professor wants to turn human waste in to fuel. And Bill Gates wants to help...
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 ArticleAmazon drones: Technology almost there, insurance and regulation still far off
Details: By Neil Schoenherr, news.wustl.edu For Amazon’s recently announced drone delivery system to get off the ground, the company will have to solve numerous difficult technological challenges....
View ArticleWUSTL joins U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center
Details: By Beth Miller Washington University in St. Louis has joined an international group of researchers working to make great strides in advanced coal technologies. The university is now part of...
View ArticleReal-time virtualization software to enable embedded systems integration
Details: By Tony Fitzpatrick Modern automobiles are marvels of computation and electronics. Cars in recent years could have as many as 100 separate microprocessors, each with its own operating system...
View ArticleConverting plant waste into biofuel
Details: By Beth Miller Two faculty members in the School of Engineering & Applied Science are teaming up to find a way to turn a waste product from wood into biofuel and biomaterials. Tae Seok...
View ArticleDecember Engineering News
Details: Distributed monthly during fall and spring semesters, Engineering News is designed to inform engineering students, faculty, staff and alumni. View the December 2013 issue. Abstract: The...
View ArticleTwo Engineering alumni are semifinalists for 2011 Olin Cup Competition
Details: From ideabounce.com Marla Esser, BSEP '84, and Steve Reis, BSME '06, are semifinalists for the 2011 Olin Cup Competition. HomeNav - The Online Home Guide (Marla Esser) HomeNav – the online...
View ArticleMD/PhD student starts nanotechnology company
Details: By Caroline Arbanas, news.wustl.edu Matthew MacEwan is no ordinary medical student. The neurosurgeon-to-be, a student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, also is pursuing...
View Article2012 Alumni Achievement Award winners
Details: Eight distinguished alumni will be honored with Alumni Achievement Awards at a dinner on April 19, 2012 at the Coronado Ballroom. Award recipients include: Dr. Larry Chiang, Senior Advisor,...
View ArticleAlumnus Jim McKelvey featured in Super Bowl commercial
Details: "And I turned it into a bank." Jim McKelvey is featured at :12 in the 2012 Best Buy Super Bowl Commercial, "Phone Innovators." McKelvey is the co-founder of Square, Inc. Square's device...
View ArticleIn Haiti for the long haul
Details: magazine.wustl.edu After an earthquake rocked Haiti in January, members of the university community answered the call to serve, assisting our beleaguered neighbors to the south. And their...
View ArticleDepartment of Biomedical Engineering will welcome new professor
Details: Mark Anastasio, currently an associate professor at Illinois Institute of Technology, will join the Washington University in St. Louis faculty early in 2011. Professor Anastasio is a 2006...
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