Hispanic Heritage Month: An Interview with Dr. Jonathan Silva, SMNAI (Links to an external site)
Category: School — McKelvey Engineering
WashU to lead $26 million decarbonization initiative (Links to an external site)
National Science Foundation grant is largest in McKelvey Engineering history
Chen, Silva named senior members of National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)
Hong Chen, Jon Silva, both in biomedical engineering, are honored as rising leaders in their fields
NAI Welcomes 124 New Emerging Innovators (Links to an external site)
WashU awarded up to $20M to create portable device to scan for eye diseases (Links to an external site)
High-tech imaging tool could be used in other medical fields
Team to develop breathalyzer test for COVID, RSV, influenza A (Links to an external site)
COVID-19, RSV and influenza A are the most predominant of seasonal viruses, each transmitted through aerosols and droplets that are easily spread indoors. A team of researchers at Washington University is developing an inexpensive, handheld breathalyzer that could make rapid screening a step closer to reality.
Device for noninvasive brain biopsies via blood draw moves closer to market approval (Links to an external site)
FDA grants WashU-based technology ‘Breakthrough Device’ designation
WashU Gap Fund Makes First Two Awards
Washington University in St. Louis recently launched a fund to facilitate the commercialization of technologies created by its researchers. The Gap Fund, operated by the Office of Technology Management (OTM), has made its first two awards to WashU researchers to support the advancement and commercialization of technologies to improve maternity outcomes and treat diabetes. “The Washington […]
Profiles in Innovation: Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month is recognized annually from September 15–October 15 by celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans. Here we profile two Washington University faculty members and how their Hispanic and Latino backgrounds have helped shape their academic careers and approach to innovation. Jonathan Silva, PhD: Professor, Department of Biomedical […]
O’Brien wins awards at national pitch competition (Links to an external site)
Christine O’Brien was awarded both the People’s Choice and Judges Award at the 2023 Equalize Pitch Competition
Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes (Links to an external site)
Proof-of-concept device could also monitor for flu, RSV, other respiratory viruses
Class Acts: Carolyn Duncan (Links to an external site)
Energized by St. Louis startup scene, Duncan will work for a bioscience firm with WashU roots
Yang elected senior member of National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)
Lan Yang, the Edwin H. & Florence G. Skinner Professor in the Preston M. Green Department of Electrical & Systems Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Improving women’s health with engineering (Links to an external site)
Tools and techniques of engineering can be applied to diagnosis, treatment and prevention in women’s health
New diagnostic test is 1,000 times more sensitive than conventional tests (Links to an external site)
When Srikanth Singamaneni and Guy Genin, both professors of mechanical engineering and materials science at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, established a new collaboration with researchers from the School of Medicine in late 2019, they didn’t know the landscape of infectious disease research was about to shift dramatically. In a conference room […]
O’Brien team wins NIH prize to further develop maternal health device (Links to an external site)
Christine O’Brien, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and her team have received a $20,000 prize from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Technology for Maternal Health Challenge.
Genin, Guilak named to National Academy of Inventors (Links to an external site)
Faculty members honored for ‘facilitating outstanding inventions’