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Ismael Seáñez, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and of electrical & systems engineering in McKelvey Engineering and of neurosurgery at WashU Medicine, and Rodolfo Keesey, a doctoral student in his lab (standing), took an in-depth look at how well high-frequency waveforms, or kilohertz-frequency spinal cord stimulation, actually target the neural structures that lead to recovery. (Credit: Rod Keesey)

Ready to fire

Ismael Seáñez lab evaluates nerve recruitment with high-frequency spinal cord stimulation.

05.12.2026

WashU engineer Feng Jiao has been working to make carbon conversion technologies more scalable for industry. Pictured is a “stack” design of CO2 electrolyzer that can convert waste carbon into other useful chemicals.

WashU Expert: Scaling up the circular economy

Engineers at Washington University are addressing the challenges to scaling up CO2 electrolysis.

05.11.2026

Complex problems like sorting supply chain routes, traffic systems in cities or designing optimized chemical compounds, require “discovery machines”, super computers combining neuromorphic architectures with quantum mechanical tunneling. (Image: Shutterstock)

How to build a discovery machine

Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have mapped out further details for how to create “discovery machines” for solving problems with potentially trillions of complicating factors.

05.11.2026

(left to right) AIAA official Rob Roedts with Julia Peppe, Mischa Trainor and Theo Sanders.

WashU Design/Build/Fly recognized for teamwork at annual AIAA event

Group honored for collective effort to overcome slew of adversities.

05.11.2026

(Photo: Whitney Curtis/WashU)

Class Acts: Catalina Bernabé Correa

Passion for motorcycles and neuroscience drove student to study spinal cord injuries.

05.11.2026

(Photo: Whitney Curtis/WashU)

Class Acts: Ruiqi Wang

Wang's passion for machine-learning led him to help develop the "test kitchen."

05.11.2026

Christopher Cooper, assistant professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering, is developing a two-step process to recycle pure and mixed plastics by breaking them down into pieces and rebuilding the pieces into new materials with a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). (Credit: iStock photo)

Mixed plastic waste target of upcycling process to cut waste, emissions

Christopher Cooper tackles plastic upcycling with ARPA-E grant.

05.08.2026

The hair-like fiber pictured here is a sample of SAM, silk-amyloid-mussel protein hybrid, an engineered protein polymer that can be easily recycled and reused when dropped in a solvent.

Synthetic biology leads to recyclable textiles: Engineered protein fibers for a cleaner future

Researchers develop engineered protein polymers that can be easily recycled and reused.

05.08.2026

Nathan Jacobs in McKelvey Engineering was part of a collaboration of academic and industry researchers who developed a model of every agricultural field boundary worldwide. (Credit: Taylor Geospatial)

Boundaries of agricultural fields worldwide now publicly available

Nathan Jacobs, collaborators launch model that could transform agriculture, food security.

05.05.2026

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May 20 12:00 pm

Construction Management Part-Time Master's Virtual Information Session Hosted by the Sever Institute

May 20 12:00 pm

Preparing to Apply to Engineering Grad School Information Session

May 22 10:00 am

ESE Seminar | Rehman Ali at Preston M. Green Hall

Latest News Briefs

WashU is launching a new universitywide initiative called +AI, led by Provost Mark West. (Credit: Shutterstock)

McKelvey Engineering faculty selected for AI Curriculum Corps

Faculty to participate in summer program to integrate or critically examine AI in classroom.

04.29.2026

The Sever Institute’s engineering management online program is designed to support working professionals with a science, technology, engineering and math background.

Engineering management online program ranked No. 15 nationwide

The part-time online program, offered through the Sever Institute, was recognized as among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

01.28.2026

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Innovations in engineering address clean water and air, sanitation and waste management systems and harmful pollution in many parts of the world, while outreach work continues to implement solutions worldwide, all through partnerships between engineers and those who work in public health. Image: iStock

Engineering public health

Research in McKelvey Engineering intersects with public health.

04.30.2026

Justin and Troy Ruths. Photos by Ken Smith & Ben Corda

Brothers build solid foundation at WashU

Justin and Troy Ruths leave lasting impression.

04.30.2026

Photos by Rebecca K. Clark

The unseen war

Ning Zhang uses his cybersecurity expertise to anticipate and thwart threats in an increasingly interconnected world.

04.30.2026

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Katie Auyeung, a Washington University junior engineering major from Chicago, right, and Zachary Fine, a sophomore biomedical engineering major from Silver Spring, Md., left, help Craig Oberle, of Florissant, put on a device they invented that would help limit his hand tremors at the end of the school’s annual Make-a-Thon program on Thursday in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood. (Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio)

Students invent new adaptive tech during 10-day Make-a-Thon blitz

This year's Make-a-Thon yielded eight projects.

02.26.2025

Image: Mark Ross

In the media: Mysterious blobs found inside cells are rewriting the story of how life works

Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are leading to a new understanding of the cell.

01.22.2025

Hong Chen

In the Media: New Technique for Diagnosing Brain Diseases is Successfully Put to the Test

HEC Science & Technology explores Hong Chen's new method of detecting Alzheimer's disease.

07.31.2023

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