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Dec 3 7:00 am

Electrical & Systems Engineering Master's Virtual Information Session

Dec 5 8:30 am

Imaging Science & Engineering Seminar | Kooresh I. Shoghi at Preston M. Green Hall

Dec 5 10:00 am

Electrical & Systems Engineering Seminar | Yang Liu at Preston M. Green Hall

Lew elected Fellow of Optica

Matthew Lew was elected for his contributions to super-resolution microscopy, single-molecule imaging and developing innovative nanoscale sensing techniques.

11.25.2025

Clockwise from top left: Alfaro, Barnett, Cher, Xue and Cox

Five McKelvey Engineering graduate students selected for Olin-Chancellor’s Fellowships

Program recognizes second-year doctoral students with exceptional academic and research accomplishments.

11.18.2025

Clockwise from top left: Jiao, Martin, Pappu, Yang, Wu

Five researchers from McKelvey Engineering among the world’s most cited

The faculty rank in the top 1% by citations for their field in the past decade.

11.13.2025

The WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology is establishing the Center for Computational and AI-enabled Imaging Sciences in partnership with WashU’s McKelvey School of Engineering. The new center is dedicated to developing AI-based imaging tools to improve the diagnosis and precision treatment of numerous medical conditions.

New center to develop AI-based imaging tools to improve diagnosis, care

WashU Medicine Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology leads effort on image-based precision medicine.

11.03.2025

Sorrells receives NIH Director’s Early Independence Award

The five-year award will fund her research into inflammatory bowel disease.

10.10.2025

With funding from the National Institutes of Health, ShiNung Ching and Ben Palanca, MD, PhD, seek to develop personalized medicine strategies for treatment-resistant depression that would tailor drug dosage based on a patients’ age, genetics, health conditions, brain dynamics and neural circuits. (Credit: iStock photo)

Personalized brain modeling of anesthetic effects to predict antidepressant response

ShiNung Ching, Ben Julian Palanca, MD, PhD, look at brain dynamics, neural circuits as clues to alternative approaches.

09.22.2025

The orientations and positions of fluorescent molecules quantified by single-molecule orientation localization microscopy (SMOLM) highlight their sensing capabilities. By visualizing how Nile red transiently binds to grooves formed by crossed-beta sheets, SMOLM resolves the organization of amyloid fibers that cannot be detected by standard localization microscopy. (Credit: Lew lab)

WashU Expert: Optical microscopes take a big leap forward

Thanks to Matthew Lew’s research, we can now see not just where a molecule is in matter, but also where it is “facing.” The positive implications for research in biomedicine and nanotechnology are profound.

09.17.2025

Mark Lawrence, assistant professor in the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering, plans to develop sensors and cameras powered by taking advantage of the properties of light with a five-year, nearly $560,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. (Credit: iStock photo)

Light as data and power source

Mark Lawrence plans to develop light-powered sensors with NSF CAREER Award.

09.15.2025

A team of WashU researchers in McKelvey Engineering and WashU Medicine is developing an at-home wearable device that would monitor electrical and mechanical signals in the uterus during pregnancy and labor and provide information about preterm birth. (Credit: Chuan Wang)

Wearable imaging system could provide insight into preterm birth

Chuan Wang, Shantanu Chakrabartty, Yong Wang developing AI-integrated device.

09.08.2025