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MEMS SEMINAR: Sandra Matteucci, Senior Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

MEMS: Adrian Buganza-Tepole, PhD, Columbia University at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

MEMS SEMINAR: Jian-Xun Wang, PhD, Associate Professor at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

In this model, cell clusters can “feel” farther beyond their surrounding environment in the human body by acting as a collective, shown here “reaching out” with the red indicating the spatial distribution of the collagen deformation over a layer of stiff tissue. WashU researchers share details on this emergent property in the journal PNAS. (Image: Pathak lab)

Working together, cells extend their senses

New research has implications for tracking cancer.

09.11.2025

Jianjun Guan

Guan named Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Professor of Engineering

Jianjun Guan is known for his work in biomaterials and regenerative medicine.

08.26.2025

Clockwise from top left: Anastasio, Fan, Friend, Wang, Sharma, Nurollahian, Holdener

New faculty to join McKelvey Engineering for 2025-26 academic year

The new faculty include a new chair for Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science.

08.01.2025

Fluorescent image showing increased expression of a hypoxia marker (Image-iT red hypoxia) in breast cancer spheroids (BT549, triple-negative breast cancer cells) after exposure to hypoxia, followed by normoxia, within 3D collagen matrices. Scale bar, 500 μm. (Credit: José Almeida, Pathak lab)

Feature or flaw? Breast cancer cells remember low-oxygen environments

Amit Pathak’s lab investigates how breast cancer cells use memory of hypoxic tumors to move through dense tissue.

07.02.2025

McKelvey Engineering faculty members awarded Spring 2025 Here and Next Seed Grants

Faculty members from wide range of engineering disciplines among winners.

06.30.2025

Friend named chair of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Washington University in St. Louis

Acclaimed researcher James Friend to join McKelvey School of Engineering in 2026.

06.26.2025

Matt Bitner-Glindzicz

‘Every second counts’

Alumnus Matt Bitner-Glindzicz engineers a life-saving solution.

06.19.2025

WashU Satellite’s chief mechanical engineer Jack Galloway, chief physicist Sophie Fendler and project manager Geoffrey Goffman work in Urbauer Hall.

WashU Satellite selected for federally funded spacecraft development program

Student group will receive $50,000, summer internships.

06.03.2025

Clockwise from top left: Bersi, Cooper, Sorrells, Kong

Four McKelvey faculty win Collaboration Initiation Grants

The one-year awards promote collaborative research within the university.

05.14.2025