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May 1 2:00 pm

ESE defense | Jonathan Gornet at Preston M. Green Hall

May 5 4:00 pm

The CTCN Annual Public Lecture on Minds and Machines at Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium

Sep 12 10:00 am

ESE Seminar Series | Magnus Egerstedt at Preston M. Green Hall

Donald Snyder’s career in electrical & systems engineering to be celebrated April 25

Ulugbek Kamilov to be named Donald L. Snyder Career Development Professor.

04.25.2025

NeuroSA is a neuromorphic architecture with quantum capabilities that allow it to solve optimization problems more reliably than state-of-the-art methods. (Image created by Shantanu Chakrabartty using Google Gemini)

A neuro-quantum leap in finding optimal solutions

Shantanu Chakrabartty’s team has developed a problem-solving architecture modeled on neurobiology that leverages quantum mechanical behavior to guarantee optimal solutions to complex problems.

04.25.2025

McKelvey Engineering students, alumni recognized by NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Two students offered NSF fellowship; several students and alumni received honorable mentions.

04.11.2025

Engineering Interdisciplinary Neuroscience with ShiNung Ching

ShiNung Ching tackles complex problems in brain science with collaborators across disciplines from psychology to systems engineering.

04.02.2025

Sorrells wins 2024 Gold Educational Award from Edmund Optics

The award supports research and education in ultrafast optics.

03.21.2025

What if a microscope could not tell the difference between one molecule and a pair of molecules? Similar to how the Webb Telescope discerns binary stars from the shells of cosmic dust they create, microscopes in the Lew Lab must measure both how molecules interact with polarized light and details within their polarized images to discern two molecules from one. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NASA-JPL, Caltech)

In molecular imaging, details matter

Matthew Lew and Yiyang Chen developed a new method to improve precision in molecular imaging.

03.17.2025

Biomolecular condensates often appear like soap bubbles but are actually more like silly putty, featuring mostly elastic and viscous behaviors on different timescales. WashU researchers have devised a method to image the internal organization within condensates to arrive at a structural explanation for condensate viscoelasticity. (Image: Shutterstock).

A closer look at biomolecular ‘silly putty’

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method to peer into biomolecular condensates, which could lead to a better understanding of condensate functions and their impairment in cancers and neurodegeneration.

03.13.2025

New polarization-independent, highly resonant metasurfaces can precisely amplify and control light without requiring incoming light (top left) to be oriented and traveling in a certain direction. (Image: Bo Zhao)

Collection of tiny antennas can amplify and control light polarized in any direction

Mark Lawrence developed metasurfaces made of highly resonant nanoantennas that can amplify and interact with light regardless of polarization.

02.10.2025

Todd Braver (left) and ShiNung Ching combine their expertise in brain science and systems engineering to gain insights into neural dynamics and behavior. (Credit: Jerry Naunheim)

WashU researchers map individual brain dynamics

WashU neuroscientists ShiNung Ching and Todd Braver develop method to create precision brain models with applications to personalized medicine.

01.21.2025