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Commencement 2012

 

Square Inc. co-founder receives Alumni Achievement Award
Described as an artist, author, entrepreneur and engineer, Jim McKelvey, Jr., the co-founder of Square, Inc., graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 1987 with degrees in economics and computer science.
Follow your passion
With a commitment to exploring the frontiers of innovation and technology, WUracing created their newest vehicle: the WU-2012.
$25 million clean energy research award
“This innovative research program will help promote clean energy, create jobs, and open export opportunities,” said David Sandalow, United States assistant secretary of energy for policy and international affairs. “By bringing some of our best scientific and technical minds together, we can strengthen both our great nations.”
Computer Science & Engineering faculty win CAREER Awards
Two assistant professors recently won individual Faculty Early Career Development Awards (CAREER) from the National Science Foundation. Since 2005, 12 professors have earned NSF CAREER Awards.

 

Revolutionizing early cancer detection
Professor Lihong Wang's laboratory collaborates with physicians - breast surgeons, radiologists, GI specialists, and dermatologists, among others - from the Washington University School of Medicine.
Preston M. Green Hall
A multidisciplinary hub, Preston M. Green Hall includes collaboration areas to promote interactions among researchers, professors and students.

Across Disciplines. Across the World.TM

As an engineering school in service to society, we aspire to improve quality of life by discovering knowledge and preparing the next generation of engineering leaders. Our strategy includes focusing intellectual efforts and building on strengths, particularly in the health, energy and environmental sciences. Through innovative partnerships with academic and industry partners — across disciplines and across the world — we will contribute toward solving the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

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Commencement 2012 information for Engineering students
Washington University's 151st Commencement will begin at 8:30 a.m. on May 18 in Brookings Quadrangle. Undergraduate and graduate engineering students will also be recognized at separate recognition ceremonies.
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Prestigious national scholarships awarded to five WUSTL juniors
Engineering students Jennifer Head and Jenny Liu have been named Goldwater Scholars, one of the most prestigious awards for undergraduates planning careers in the sciences, engineering or math.
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Three new professors join metabolic engineering/systems biology research cluster
Fuzhong Zhang, Marcus Foston and Tae Seok Moon will join the School of Engineering & Applied Science as faculty members in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering.
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WUSTL Engineering in the News

Arch Grants awards first $750,000 in grants
Students Michael Gidding and Daniel Garcia and their startup Saturnis, and Associate Professor Patrick Crowley and his startup Observable Networks, each received a $50,000 grant.
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Professor Dave Peters discusses the science of baseball on St. Louis Public Radio
"Almost every pitch — fast ball, curve ball, knuckleball — they move because of air pressure. They move because of Bernoulli's principle and the different ways the pitcher makes them spin."
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Igor Efimov
Lucy & Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
The Efimov Lab works to engineer the pacemaker and conduction system of the heart.
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Industry News

Robotics championship draws best of best to St. Louis (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship events were held in St. Louis and attracted "young science and technology enthusiasts from around the world" to downtown St. Louis.
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Engineers: The Next Generation - Do we need more? Who will they be? What will they do? (National Academy of Engineering)
Charles M. Vest, President of the National Academy of Engineering and President Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, answers a frequently asked question, "Do we really need more engineers?"
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