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Mar 28 11:00 am

ESE Seminar Series | Alejandro Domínguez-García at Preston M. Green Hall

Mar 31 3:00 pm

ESE defense | Luke Lozenski at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Apr 2 2:00 pm

ESE defense | Haoyu Zhang at Preston M. Green Hall

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

Autonomous vehicles are susceptible to sensor malfunctions and mechanical failures that might make them unable to detect and appropriately respond to real-time conditions. They also face the threat of cyberattacks in which bad actors might spoof the car’s location or fabricate the presence of an obstacle, causing the vehicle to behave dangerously. (Image: iStock)

Clark to enhance safety of autonomous systems, even when under attack

Andrew Clark received a National Science Foundation grant to ensure the safety and reliability of drones, driverless cars and surgical robots.

01.14.2025

According to the National Institutes of Health, between 50 and 70 million Americans have chronic sleep disorders. The most common sleep disorder, insomnia, affects about one-third of American adults. (Photo by Indra Projects on Unsplash)

Engineering better sleep

Jr-Shin Li plans to develop advanced mathematical models to decode circadian rhythms and tackle chronic sleep disorders.

01.07.2025

Kamilov receives Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award

Ulugbek Kamilov won the 2024 Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing Society.

12.20.2024

Li named IEEE Fellow

Jr-Shin Li, professor of electrical & systems engineering, joins prestigious group.

12.09.2024