News & Events

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

A team member wears the Locus Suit. Courtesy photo.

McKelvey Engineering students design device tailored to fit needs of visually impaired

The Locus Suit enables independent navigation.

04.27.2026

McKelvey Engineering students build new aerospace design team

WashU VTOL focuses on autonomous vertical take-off and landing aircraft.

04.21.2026

Genin elected to World Council of Biomechanics

Guy Genin will serve a 12-year term on prestigious international governing body.

04.14.2026

Researchers at WashU have found that diamond dust is not a suitable particle for stratospheric aerosol injection that could cool the Earth. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Diamonds are not a geoengineer’s best friend

WashU researchers find that diamond dust is not ideal for strategic stratospheric aerosol injection.

03.20.2026

All systems go

How Walter Evans, BSEE ’41, left a lasting mark on control systems engineering — and everyday electronic systems in use today — with the creation of a method called root locus.

03.10.2026

WUAIR participates in Formula Student AI, an autonomous driving competition that provides each team with a car and challenges them to design and implement the sensor suite and software stack that enable it to race.

WashU AI Racing in high gear for its first year

New student group offers experiences in AI, robotics and autonomous driving.

02.11.2026