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Sep 21 1:00 pm

IMSE Seminar: 'Discovering Magnetoelasticity in Soft Matter for Bioelectronics' at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Sep 28 1:00 pm

IMSE Seminar - "Crumpled Papers and a Path to SciComm" at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

Oct 12 9:00 am

PhD Virtual Information Session Hosted by the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering

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With a Department of Defense grant, McKelvey Engineering researcher Christopher Cooper will develop materials to deter organisms from fouling surfaces in aquatic environments, work that could affect fuel efficiency in ships but also could improve the function of desalinization plants and medical devices in the human body. (Photo: Shutterstock)

08.31.2026

A painless punch with a microneedle patch could detect kidney disease earlier

New research from the lab of Srikanth Singamaneni shows the early success of a microneedle patch that can be applied on the skin to quickly and safely capture biomarkers from the biofluid in the skin and quantify them accurately on the patch. The patch detected early signs of kidney injury and may one day support home or point-of-care monitoring without requiring refrigeration. (Credit: Singamaneni lab)

08.17.2026

New platform explored to meet emerging need in mechanobiology

Jae Park, a doctoral student in the lab of Alexandra Rutz, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has developed a unique, dynamic platform with electricity-conducting biomaterials in which stiffness can be modulated by applying voltage. Such a platform can help researchers learn more about the potential to use conducting polymers to study mechanobiology and to study the effect of stiff environments on cells, which play a role in fibrosis and some types of cancer. (Credit: Jae Park)

06.12.2026

Samsung grant will fund better energy storage systems

Researchers at WashU have found a promising way to improve electrostatic capacitors using an innovative design of the ferroelectric materials that maintain electric polarization. The work caught the eye of component manufacturer Samsung Electro-Mechanics, which provided a $1.8 million grant to take this technology to the next level. (Photo: Shutterstock)

06.11.2026

Mixed plastic waste target of upcycling process to cut waste, emissions

Christopher Cooper, at WashU McKelvey Engineering, is developing a two-step process to recycle pure and mixed plastics by breaking them down into pieces and rebuilding the pieces into new materials with a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. (Photo: iStock)

06.01.2026

WashU Expert: Scaling up the circular economy

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Upcoming IMSE Events

IMSE Seminar: 'Discovering Magnetoelasticity in Soft Matter for Bioelectronics' at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

IMSE Seminar - "Crumpled Papers and a Path to SciComm" at Stephen F. & Camilla T. Brauer Hall

PhD Virtual Information Session Hosted by the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering

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Shake it off

A painless punch with a microneedle patch could detect kidney disease earlier

New platform explored to meet emerging need in mechanobiology

Samsung grant will fund better energy storage systems

Mixed plastic waste target of upcycling process to cut waste, emissions

WashU Expert: Scaling up the circular economy

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