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Aug 28 9:00 am

Jun Wang PhD Dissertation Defense at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

Sep 25 9:00 am

PhD Virtual Information Session Hosted by the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering

Oct 15 7:00 pm

PhD Virtual Information Session Hosted by the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering

From left: Eason Zhang, Naomi Hsieh, Baiming Zhang

WashU Ursaworks Robotics finishes strong at 2026 ARC Championship

Team earns place in top eight among highly competitive field of university robotics teams.

08.07.2026

Lew elected as senior member of SPIE

Matthew Lew recognized for outstanding contributions to optical imaging community.

07.28.2026

Li wins IEEE Best Paper award

Jr-Shin Li and doctoral student Yuan-Hung Kuan honored for quantum control research.

07.15.2026

Pictured: clockwise from top left, Dai, Fan, Rutz, Xu, Lagunas Vargas

Five McKelvey faculty awarded Collaboration Initiation Grants

The program supports collaborative research by junior faculty.

06.04.2026

New minor in systems engineering for social good offered at Washington University in St. Louis

Program will equip students with ability to connect technical decisions with societal outcomes.

05.28.2026

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

McKelvey Engineering students, alumni win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Prestigious program supports graduate students with high potential to impact scientific innovation.

04.30.2026

Pictured, left to right: Cook and Schwabl

Cook, Schwabl receive 2026 Ralph S. Quatrano Prize

Ben Cook and Suzy Schwabl honored for outstanding achievements.

04.29.2026

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