Students will have numerous opportunities to participate with faculty on research projects including helmet design for impact to the brain, assistive technology for people with cognitive disabilities, sensor signal processing on mobile robots, cell and tissue engineering, the synthesis of nanomaterials for use in energy, and environmental technologies and brain-computer interfaces.
Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology Fellowship
In technically oriented fields, such as neurosurgery and neurointerventional radiology, technical innovation and leadership are synonymous. To engage these emerging trends, the Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology (CINT) created a unique opportunity to participate in a paid summer internship that brings together engineering and neurosurgery faculty. The goal of the fellowship is for students to communicate with people from medical backgrounds to more effectively envision, articulate, and implement ideas to improve the practice of neurosurgery. Students will have the opportunity to work with neurosurgical and engineering faculty, other engineering students, and a neurosurgical resident. The residents and students will design, draft, and create the prototype of an original concept. At the end of the fellowship, students will present their design for industry evaluation at the corporate office of Stryker Corporation.
Undergraduate students have numerous opportunities to participate with faculty on research projects ranging from cell and tissue engineering to developing biosensors to the synthesis of nanomaterials for use in energy and environmental technologies.
McKelvey Scholars
Each year, select incoming engineering students will be chosen for the James M. McKelvey Undergraduate Research Scholar Program and the Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Scholar Program. Those selected hold the honor of being called a McKelvey or Luce Scholar, and each will receive an award to conduct research with any Washington University faculty member in engineering, medicine, or the sciences. These Scholars will also be able to take advantage of special programming, such as attend a seminar on research ethics, participate in an undergraduate research forum, and publish in a special undergraduate research journal.
The research award may be used for summer stipends to enable students to spend one or more summers at Washington University focusing on in-depth research projects. McKelvey and Luce Scholars are also eligible for all other merit-based scholarships and awards, as well as for need-based financial aid.