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Jan 17 11:00 am

EECE Seminar - Dr. Yi Tang at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

Jan 24 11:00 am

EECE Seminar - Jeff Greeley at Whittaker Hall

Jan 31 11:00 am

EECE Seminar - Dr. Mary Jo Kirisits at Uncas A. Whitaker Hall

Feng Jiao and collaborators have developed an innovative process to convert CO₂ polluting the atmosphere into valuable carbon-based solid materials. (Credit: Pexels)

WashU researchers turn carbon dioxide into advanced 3D-printed materials

Feng Jiao’s lab developed an innovative process to convert CO₂ into valuable 3D-printed carbon nanocomposites for sustainable industry solutions.

01.16.2025

Firefighters equipped with protective gas masks navigate hazardous environments, emphasizing the importance of advanced filtration technology in ensuring safety during emergencies. (Image: Pexels)

WashU researchers develop porous titanium-dioxide-coated zeolite particles for enhanced safety and protection

New research from Xinhua Liang’s lab seeks to enhance performance of gas mask filters.

01.14.2025

Alumna Leslie Abrahams supports the Biden administration’s climate and energy goals in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. (Courtesy photo)

Insatiable curiosity

Alumna Leslie Abrahams uses broad engineering perspective to pursue climate policy change.

01.06.2025

WashU McKelvey School of Engineering researchers are investigating the microbes that live in household plumbing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Scientists collect ‘microbial fingerprints’ found in household plumbing

Household plumbing is alive with microbes; WashU’s environmental engineers are working to study those ecosystems to ensure clean water flows in homes.

12.11.2024

McKelvey Engineering researchers plan to engineer the cyanobacterium Synechococcus 2973 to create food, nutraceuticals and biopolymers from human waste generated in space. They will test this process in simulated micro- and low-gravity conditions and integrate the biological systems from anaerobic digestion to their newly developed photo-biorefineries, for example, engineering cyanobacteria and synthetic lichens, as shown in this photo. (Courtesy photo)

Researchers aim to develop space biomanufacturing from carbon dioxide, astronaut wastes

WashU-led consortium to facilitate integrative research and education for space biology.

11.25.2024

Lefenfeld receives 2024 EECE Distinguished Alumni Award

Michael Lefenfeld, who earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at WashU, was honored for his entrepreneurial spirit and transformative leadership in sustainable manufacturing.

11.25.2024

Clockwise from top left: Bai, Jiao, Martin, Yang, Wu and Pappu

Six McKelvey Engineering faculty among world’s highly cited researchers

The faculty rank among the top 1% by citations for their field in the past decade.

11.19.2024

Researchers in the labs of Joshua Yuan in the McKelvey School of Engineering and Susie Dai at the University of Missouri used electrocatalysis of carbon dioxide to turn carbon dioxide into intermediates that are then converted by microbes into lipids, or fatty acids, and ultimately became biodiesel feedstock. The process is much more efficient that photosynthesis and uses significantly less land than soybean-based biodiesel. (Credit: Kainan Chen)

Novel electro-biodiesel a more efficient, cleaner option to existing alternatives

Joshua Yuan, Susie Dai and colleagues at WashU and Texas A&M create biodiesel with electrocatalysis and bioconversion.

11.13.2024

A 3D rendering of a carbon nanotube. Carbon dioxide can be turned into carbon nanotubes for use in lithium ion batteries and other potential products. (Image: Shutterstock)

Converting CO2 to solid carbon yields benefits for batteries and more

A researcher at Washington University in St. Louis has received a grant of $1.5 million to convert CO2 into carbon nanotubes that could be used in lithium-ion batteries.

11.06.2024