John F. Bade has been named executive director of the Sever Institute in the McKelvey School of Engineering. A former Boeing executive and longtime professor of practice, Bade brings decades of industry and academic experience to the role. Learn more.

Spots are filling up! Join BrightPath STEAM Academy — a dynamic, hands-on experience in science, tech, robotics & more. Open to all. July 17 | Ages 7–17 | Free registration | Lunch + kits provided.

Missouri native James Friend has been named the next chair of #WashUMEMS. He succeeds Philip V. Bayly, who has led the department since 2008. #WashUEngineers .

#WashUBME's Hong Chen @ChenUltrasound & team used focused ultrasound to safely induce a torpor-like state in mammals — lowering body temp, heart rate & metabolism. This earned her a $5.4M @NIH Director’s Pioneer Award — and she’s just getting started.

RT @WevolverApp: Researchers share how machine learning can help guide doctors looking to prevent persistent post-operative pain. Most impo….

An interdisciplinary #WashU research team is harnessing machine learning to improve predictions of preterm birth. By analyzing sleep data from wearable devices the team identifies patterns linked to disrupted sleep a known risk factor for preterm delivery.

Matt Bitner-Glindzicz, BS '21 and MS '21; '22, is tackling a public health crisis with his company, nCase Technologies. The company created a discreet, quick-access keychain case to conceal Narcan to help decrease opioid-related deaths. Learn more.

#WashUCSE’s Chenyang Lu is using AI to help predict which patients may suffer long-term pain after surgery — and how confident doctors can be in those predictions. #WashUEngineers.

The Spring 2025 issue of Momentum is here! Explore Hong Chen’s breakthroughs in focused ultrasound, celebrate Phil Bayly’s leadership, see how alum Kahan Chavda is fighting invasive species through fashion, and more. ⁠.#WashU #MomentumMagazine.

Ten @WashUBME students traveled to @HongKongPolyU for a service-learning experience building orthotic devices for pediatric patients with cerebral palsy. #WashUEngineers #GlobalImpact #ServiceLearning.

A team of researchers from @WashU_EECE have quantified how the amount of submicron particles in the air has changed over the past 25 years. These tiny particles may be more harmful to human health than larger pollutants. Learn more. #WashUEngineers.

Young-Shin Jun of @WashU_EECE and her research team developed a novel nanotechnology that transforms wastewater nutrients into usable fertilizer. Learn more.

#WashUCSE alum Quan Nguyen, PhD ’24, received the 2024 Turner Dissertation Award, which recognizes #WashUCSE's best doctoral dissertation from the previous year. His dissertation was recognized for significant contributions to the field of machine learning.

#WashUESE alum Tyler Richards ('22) founded uFab, a startup using laser technology to make printed circuit boards faster, safer & more sustainably. With support from WashU & STL innovation networks, he's bringing home high-tech jobs — and a bold vision.

#WashUEngineers student group, WashU Satellite, has been selected for the UNP Mission Concept 2025. Students will work on the VECTOR CubeSat alongside @NASA, @AFResearchLab, @SpaceForceDoD & more. Learn more.

Our computer science programs are getting noticed! 👀 TechGuide recently ranked our bachelor’s program #7 and our master’s program #11 in the nation. #WashUEngineers #WashUCSE

Hong Chen of @WashUBME was recently elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. The honor recognizes her pioneering work using focused ultrasound for noninvasive brain treatment and research. #WashUEngineers #WashUBME.

New research from #WashUEngineers and @StJudefound that stabilizing stress granules suppresses the effects of ALS-causing mutations, correcting previous models that imply stress granules promote amyloid formation. Learn more.

Adam Kirsch, #WashUCSE ’24 & current graduate student in data analytics & statistics, & Jamie Kamp, @WashUEECE ’26, will spend the summer advancing energy research through the @ENERGY's Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program.

New research from Rohit Pappu of @WashUBME in collaboration with @Duke shows that interactions of specific plant proteins with molecular motors contribute to biomolecular condensates and cellular functions in plants. #WashUEngineers #WashUBME.