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From NCAA champion runner to climate leader: Lucy Cheadle Levin, AB '15, is helping to advance climate action through her work at the California EPA.

She credits her education with preparing her to tackle complex challenges & create a sustainable future.
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A new imaging approach from #WashUEngineers could improve how endometrial cancer is detected.

@WashUBME's Quing Zhu & collaborators from @washumedicine are using optical coherence tomography & machine learning to provide rapid, accurate testing.
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Alexandra Rutz of @WashUBME and doctoral student Jae Park have developed a dynamic, electricity-responsive biomaterial whose stiffness can be tuned with voltage.

The work could advance research into fibrosis, cancer and other diseases.

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After a year of designing, building, testing and refining, WashU Racing delivered the best finish in McKelvey history at Formula SAE Michigan.

Congratulations on an incredible season and a historic achievement.
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"This is going to be cool when it works."
That's the spirit behind Mechanical Engineering Senior Design course, where McKelvey seniors design, build, test & refine solutions for real-world customers. The result: valuable experience & creative prototypes.
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The AI for Health Institute has awarded nearly $300,000 to support six interdisciplinary research teams exploring innovative AI-driven approaches to healthcare and public health.

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Spencer Lake of #WashUMEMS and six co-authors received the 2026 Richard Skalak Award for the best paper published in 2025 in the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
Their paper was selected as the winner out of 18 finalists from papers published in 2025.
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Yifan Dai of @WashUBME received a five-year, $2 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the @NIH.

Dai will study buffering, the process where cells undergo complex cycles to work properly and maintain life.

Learn more.
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Two brothers. Two successful careers. One WashU foundation.

Meet alumni Justin and Troy Ruths, whose journeys from WashU led to leadership in academia, entrepreneurship and AI.

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WashU researchers used cardiac optogenetics to study how irregular heart rhythms affect the brain.

In a mouse model, they found that arrhythmia altered brain oxygen levels during and after the event, offering new insight into the heart-brain connection.

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In the latest issue of Momentum, get to know the new department chairs leading Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science and Electrical & Systems Engineering as they share their vision for the future of research, collaboration and student success at WashU.https://t.co/arz7iMcM2e

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The new minor in Computational Artificial Intelligence, offered through the McKelvey School of Engineering, will help students develop the knowledge and skills needed to work with one of today’s most transformative technologies.
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As AI-generated images become harder to spot, #WashUEngineers are developing a faster, more efficient way to detect fakes.

The model learns what real images look like, helping it identify synthetic content as AI generators evolve.
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McKelvey Engineering’s new Systems Engineering for Social Good minor will give students the tools to think critically about fairness, bias, ethics & real-world impact of engineered systems, bridging technical innovation w/community-centered problem solving
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The tassels have turned, but we’re still celebrating.

A few favorite moments from Commencement 2026 with the graduates, families and community that made the day so special. 🎓

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McKelvey Engineering has named Christopher D. Ramsay associate dean for undergraduate programs. He will support academic success, advising and the undergraduate experience for McKelvey students.

He succeeds Chris Kroeger, who retires this summer.
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Our latest Momentum cover story highlights how McKelvey Engineering researchers are advancing public health through interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative research designed to improve lives and communities around the world.

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WashU Expert: Feng Jiao of @WashU_EECE, outlines the challenges & opportunities ahead in scaling CO & CO2 electrolysis from the lab to commercial deployment, from system design & temperature control to global investment & manufacturing infrastructure.
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✨ Class Acts 2026: Ruiqi Wang

#WashUCSE PhD student developing AI for the “smart kitchen” — using vision-language models to detect cognitive errors and support independent living.

Learn more.

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@WashUBME senior advancing neuro-rehabilitation research for spinal cord injuries, contributing to WashU Racing + Engineers Without Borders, and bringing a global perspective to engineering.

“Different perspectives lead to better science.”

Learn more:
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