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Mar 27 2:30 pm

MEMS Seminar: Hydrogen-Electric Technologies for Future Zero-Emissions Aviation at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Super-resolution microscopy is revealing unprecedented insight into the protein structures that underlie the stability and function of the kidney filtration system. The new grant to the Miner, Genin and Suleiman labs will transform these insights into potential targets for the treatment of kidney disease. (Photo credit: Dr. Pongpratch Puapatanakul, MD, laboratory of Jeff Miner)

Interdisciplinary team harnesses mechanobiology to combat kidney disease

Guy Genin and Jeffrey Miner at WashU collaborate to uncover mechanical forces behind incurable kidney condition.

03.18.2025

Agarwal to receive John J. Montgomery Award for Distinguished Innovation in Aerospace

The award from ASME honors outstanding contributions to the aerospace industry.

03.13.2025

(Image: Aimee Felter/Washington University)

Engineering Cardiovascular Health with Jessica Wagenseil

Jessica Wagenseil combines mechanical engineering with biology to study the cardiovascular system, particularly how mechanical properties of the aorta impact disease prediction and treatment.

03.05.2025

Detailed knowledge of how cells mechanically sense their environments is crucial to understanding processes like cancer and wound healing, where groups of cells might aggregate or migrate around stiff tissues and tumors. (iStock)

How cells sense and remember their environments

Amit Pathak received a $2.2 million NIH grant to explore how epithelial cells sense their environments and acquire mechanical memories.

03.03.2025

Stellar achievement

Estela Villacis selected for Brooke Owens Fellowship.

02.11.2025

Stress kymographs for collectively migrating cell monolayers show lower stress on aligned (left), compared to random (right), collagen fibers. (Credit: Pathak lab)

May the force not be with you

Amit Pathak’s lab turns conventional wisdom about forces in cell migration on its head.

01.09.2025

McKelvey School of Engineering. (Credit: Whitney Curtis)

Center for Women’s Health Engineering to host Mini-Research Symposium

One-day event to spotlight groundbreaking research.

12.20.2024

Even the most advanced aircraft remain subject to the long-established principles of aerodynamics, which are still not fully understood by theorists. Luckily, the planes keep flying anyway. (Image: PxHere)

Just keep flying

David Peters reaffirms century-old modern theory of lift, rests competing theory.

12.09.2024

A prototype of Andreea Stoica's miniaturized bio-electrochemical reactor. (Photo by Andreea Stoica)

Stoica selected for Prototypes for Humanity exhibition

The McKelvey graduate student will present a project she developed in the lab of biologist Arpita Bose.

11.18.2024