Engineers Week features events for all
Details: Engineers Week 2014, from Feb. 16-22, features a variety of events centered around the Space Race that bring engineering to life for students, educators and the campus community. Beginning...
View ArticlePolk's India experience a great learning opportunity
Details: By Madeleine Polk This past January, I had the opportunity to visit Andhra Pradesh, India, as a part of the Winter Institute in System Dynamics for Rural Development, a course in the Brown...
View ArticleWashington University to sponsor Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls – the...
Details: By Diane Toroian Keaggy, news.wustl.edu Women are underrepresented in the important fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) — minority women even more so. To help close the...
View ArticleFebruary Engineering News
Details: Distributed monthly during fall and spring semesters, Engineering News is designed to inform engineering students, faculty, staff and alumni. View the February 2014 issue. Abstract: The...
View ArticleStudents in CELect course make impact on local startups
Details: By Neil Schoenherr, news.wustl.edu St. Louis is becoming widely recognized as a successful hub for startup businesses, with a wide range of groups and services that provide a support network...
View ArticleDoctoral students named Olin Medical Science Fellows
Details: Yang Li, PhD, and Albert Hsuan-Han Mao have been named 2013-14 Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Medical Science Fellows. Li is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biomedical Engineering...
View ArticleSounds of sustainability
Details: The Record Christopher Wilson, a freshman in the School of Engineering & Applied Science, demonstrated a musical instrument he built from found and recycled materials for members of...
View ArticleKlyachko receives Distinguished Investigator Award
Details: Vitaly A. Klyachko, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, received a Distinguished Investigator Award Jan. 29 at the School of Medicine. Klyachko, also assistant professor of...
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 ArticleSpecial glasses help surgeons ‘see’ cancer
Details: news.wustl.edu High-tech glasses developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help surgeons visualize cancer cells, which glow blue when viewed through the eyewear....
View ArticleDanielli named Pipeline Entrepreneurial Fellow
Details: By Beth Miller Three-time entrepreneur Amos Danielli, PhD, has been chosen as a member of the 2014 Class of Entrepreneurial Fellows by Pipeline. Danielli, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab...
View ArticleAgarwal receives engineering education award
Details: By Beth Miller Ramesh K. Agarwal, PhD, the William Palm Professor of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2014 Society of Automotive...
View ArticleForbes highlights startup co-founded by alumnus
Details: By Aaron Tilley, Forbes.com If you’re like most people, you’ve got a lot junk you don’t use piling up in your garage. And San Francisco-based startup Yerdle wants to help you get rid of it....
View ArticleSumers Recreation Center will provide WUSTL community a new place to play,...
Details: By Diane Toroian Keaggy, news.wustl.edu A suspended jogging track, a three-court gymnasium, two multipurpose rooms, a spinning studio, state-of-the-art fitness equipment and team locker rooms...
View ArticleFrom the blog: WUSTL team wins GlobalHack competition
Details: A team of Washington University students won the $50,000 first prize in the GlobalHack hackathon Jan. 31 at Union Station in St. Louis. The team, called The Force, consisted of Eric Elias, a...
View Article3-D printer creates transformative device for heart treatment
Details: By Beth Miller Using an inexpensive 3-D printer, biomedical engineers have developed a custom-fitted, implantable device with embedded sensors that could transform treatment and prediction of...
View ArticleHaving a heart attack? This smart membrane tells your doctor
Details: By Liat Clark, Wired Magazine A bespoke 3D-printed membrane filled with sensors could be key to saving people from heart failure. One of the creators behind the device, biomedical engineer...
View ArticleFrom the blog: Q&A with David Karandish, founder and CEO of Answers.com
Details: wustlengineering.tumblr.com David Karandish earned computer science degree with honors from the School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University in St. Louis in 2005. In...
View ArticleLocal NBC affiliate interviews Efimov
Details: KSDK Igor Efimov, PhD, explains to Art Holliday of KSDK News Channel 5 how his device could one day warn high-risk patients before experiencing symptoms of a heart attack. <object...
View ArticleDiscovery Competition 2014 names 10 semifinalists
Details: By Beth Miller Ten teams have been named semifinalists in the second annual Discovery Competition, designed to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit and provide up to $25,000 in cash for...
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