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McKelvey School of Engineering First Day of Classes

Jan 26 10:00 am

Equalize 2021 Application Info Session

Education, Equality and Privilege

Illustrations by William Fehr. Photos by Whitney Curtis

Our mission: To explore

From designing a flame that produces less soot to measuring harmful particles in the atmosphere, McKelvey Engineering is playing a critical role in NASA's research and development.

07.20.2020

Front row, from left to right: Valeria Pinedo Chipana, Landon Tafoya, Dylan Zubata and John Campoverde. Back row, from left to right: Michael Pichardo, Madison Larkin and Victor Kalil. Photos by Whitney Curtis

Understanding Latinx diversity and building a community

With more than 80,000 Latinx undergraduate students studying engineering in the United States, McKelvey Engineering and SHPE asked: What can we do to recruit more Latinx students to WashU?

07.20.2020

McKelvey Engineering alumni pitch in to COVID-19 effort

McKelvey School of Engineering alumni are doing their part to help out during the COVID-19 pandemic, both as part of their work and on their own time. Here are a few we learned about.

07.20.2020

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Engineering the Future: Nanoparticles Part 4 - Nanoparticles as Aerosols

How can nanoparticles be leveraged as aerosols and what applications exist?

04.24.2019

Engineering the Future: Nanoparticles Part 3 - Good Nanoparticles

How can we leverage the nature of nanoparticles for good? What materials science and medical applications exist?

04.11.2019

Engineering the Future: Nanoparticles Part 2 - Dangerous Nanoparticles

How are dangerous nanoparticles formed, how do they impact our health, and how can we reduce those impacts?

11.26.2018

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In the media: How a hologram can show a patient’s heart during surgery

Jennifer and Jon Silva, a husband and wife team working at Washington University in St Louis in the United States, have developed a hologram that visualises a patient’s heart while they are in the operating theatre.

08.21.2020

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In the media: UV Light Wands Are Supposed to Kill Viruses. But Do They Really Work?

Sellers claim that hand-held UV-C light wands sanitize surfaces, but many are underpowered and others are fakes. Here’s what you need to know.

08.03.2020

Photo by Kevin Poenicke

In the media: From emergency ventilators to intubation hoods, local makers find new purpose during COVID-19

Creative efforts continue to assist frontline health-care workers.

05.04.2020

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