McKelvey School of Engineering researchers have developed a noninvasive technology combining a holographic acoustic device with genetic engineering that allows them to precisely target affected neurons in the brain, creating the potential to precisely modulate selected cell types in multiple diseased brain regions. (Credit: Yaoheng Yang)

Hong Chen and her lab develop wearable device that modulates brain neurons in mice

New technology allows researchers to precisely, flexibly modulate brain

Yiannis Kantaros studies teams of autonomous robots working collaboratively in the Washington University Miniature City (WashU Mini-City), constructed in McKelvey Hall. (Photo: Yiannis Kantaros)

Yiannis Kantaros will enable teams of robots to interact collaboratively, perceive and respond to their environment with a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation

Advancing robot autonomy in unpredictable environments

Researchers who had been using Fitbit data to help predict surgical outcomes have a new method to more accurately gauge how patients may recover from lower back surgery. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Chenyang Lu leads collaboration using Fitbit data from patients

New machine learning method can better predict spine surgery outcomes

An innovative optical sensing technology, developed in Yang’s lab at the McKelvey School of Engineering, utilizes multimode resonance to boost sensing capabilities. By analyzing patterns in the resonance spectrum, the innovative barcode technique provides detailed information about the sensor's surroundings, offering enhanced dynamic range and accuracy in various sensing applications. (Credit: Yang Lab)

Lan Yang and Jie Liao’s optical barcodes for multimode sensing have potential applications in biomedical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, chemical sensing and more

Barcodes expand range of high-resolution sensor

Artificial heterostructures made of freestanding 2D and 3D membranes developed by Sang-Hoon Bae’s lab have an energy density up to 19 times higher than commercially available capacitors. (Credit: Bae Lab)

Sang-Hoon Bae developed heterostructures with material properties optimal for high-density energy storage, durable ultrafast charging

Novel material supercharges innovation in electrostatic energy storage

Optical sensors have been widely used in various applications, from structural health monitoring to medical diagnosis and imaging. An innovative platform, featuring a control unit operated at an exceptional point (EP), has been developed to enhance the performance of conventional optical sensors. (Credit: Yang Lab)

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