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Industry in the U.S., however, is facing a wave of retirements in the coming years, and

the number of U.S. students graduating with bachelor’s degrees in engineering is not

keeping pace with our needs. We must help fill the engineering gap with the best and

brightest graduates. These engineering graduates will collaborate across disciplines to

drive technology, advance communities, and sustain a world population more than

seven billion strong and growing at the rate of more than 200,000 people per day.

Today’s engineering graduates understand the connection between studying engineering

and benefiting society. They are innovative thinkers who draw from a convergence of

disciplines to solve problems in engineering fields, medicine, law, public policy, and

business. They create new products and enterprises that stimulate the economy and

help ensure an economically prosperous future. For students pursuing an engineering

education, the potential for developing new tools and approaches to existing and future

challenges has never been greater or more exciting.

“One of the great skills I learned as an engineer at Wash U was how to be a part of a team.”

Jim McKelvey, Jr., EN87Co-Founder & Director, Square

School of Engineering & Applied Science A Case for Support

Engineers are problem-solvers. They challenge convention. They design and build new products and processes. They shape the future. They make the world a better place.

School of Engineering & Applied Science fundraising priorities:• Supporting and attracting a talented and diverse student body

• Recruiting and retaining exceptional faculty

• Building and maintaining first-class facilities

• Supporting interdisciplinary programs and centers

• Enhancing excellence by increasing the annual fund

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Innovation serving society

Throughout history, engineers have driven some of the greatest

achievements of humankind. They have designed automobiles,

airplanes, and remotely operated vehicles; created household

devices like the refrigerator, pop-up toaster, and microwave

oven; invented the television, radio, and laser; developed

fiberglass, nylon, and synthetic skin; and given us computers

and the Internet.

Through the years, Washington University and its engineering

school have advanced knowledge in the service of society. In our

laboratories and classrooms, engineering students and faculty

leverage University strengths in medicine, the life and physical

sciences, engineering and international partnerships to seek

solutions to the challenges of our time. They collaborate across disciplines to:

• ensure affordable energy and address current and future energy demands while preserving the environment and

natural resources;

• team with physicians and scientists to research new frontiers in medicine and health, such as genome and imaging

sciences, medical devices, new drugs, and drug delivery methods;

• advance technology used in computers that control U.S.

transportation and financial systems, mobile devices and

applications, and security and military systems while

ensuring privacy and freedom at home and abroad.

These are challenges shared by the planet. They will require

an accelerated commitment to engineering education and

research to advance the quality of life for all.

To lead well, we must build a rich environment for

entrepreneurship and help put sound economic policies in

place. We must recognize the convergence of engineering

with fields across the sciences, humanities, and social sciences when we prepare our future engineers — the leaders

of tomorrow — for their critical roles in society. Only then can they continue to innovate, solve problems, produce new

industries, and drive economic growth in our complex society and world.

It is an exciting time in the engineering community. While opportunities are great, there is also a sense of concern and

urgency. Innovative partnerships with academia and industry — across disciplines and across the world — will ensure we are

poised to help solve the greatest challenges of this century.

“I find Washington University to be a very supportive place for entrepreneurship. Students these days have an understanding of the pace and consequence of innovation.”

Patrick Crowley, PhDProfessor, Computer Science & Engineering

BME Senior Design Show

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Challenges and opportunities

The U.S. National Academy of Engineering, with guidance from world leaders in engineering and science, has identified

the grand challenges that society, and its engineers and scientists, must address in the 21st century.

Clean air and water are essential to our health and survival. Yet, one out of every six people globally lack adequate

access to clean water, and more than double that number lack basic sanitation systems. Professors like Pratim Biswas,

the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Professor and Chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental, & Chemical Engineering

and Dan Giammar, the Walter E. Browne Professor of Environmental Engineering, are advancing research to create

better systems for purifying and delivering water and improving air quality.

The incidence of cancer and infectious and neurodegenerative diseases are rising at an alarming rate. Professor Lihong

Wang, the Gene K. Beare Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is revolutionizing early cancer detection

through imaging techniques using photoacoustic tomography while Professor Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, Professor of

Biomedical Engineering, is working to develop new biomaterials for tissue regeneration, stem cell transplantation, and

drug delivery.

Professor Wang has received a prestigious BRAIN Initiative Award from the National Institutes of Health. The award is

part of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, a national research effort

launched to revolutionize the understanding of the human mind and uncover new ways to treat, prevent, and cure brain

disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury.

Addressing world concerns in security and defense is an

ever-growing need. Professor Arye Nehorai, the Preston

M. Green Professor and Chair of the Department of

Electrical & Systems Engineering, applies statistical signal

processing and imaging methods for locating targets using

novel sensors. Other applications of his research include

environmental monitoring of chemical substances and new

methods of locating abnormalities in human tissue.

Making solar energy

more economical

has been an ongoing

challenge. By looking

at a piece of material

in cross section, Professor Parag Banerjee and his team discovered how copper

sprouts grass-like nanowires (left) that could one day be made into solar cells.

Learning how the brain works will contribute to creating the best thinking machines. Daniel Moran, Associate Professor

of biomedical engineering and Eric Leuthardt, Associate Professor of neurological surgery received a four-year,

$2 million grant from the National Science Foundation for research which will eventually provide a transplanted artificial

or real arm that can act upon brain neuronal activity and perform tasks that the brain tells it to.

“If we could take these and study some of the basic optical and electronic properties, we could potentially make solar cells. In terms of optical properties, copper oxides are well-positioned to become a solar energy harvesting material.”

Parag Banerjee, PhDAssistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering &

Materials Science

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Leading from many strengths

Some of the greatest advances in research

outcomes spring from the interfaces between

engineering and other disciplines. Through

the convergence of Washington University’s

extraordinary strengths, the School has

developed vibrant program areas, new

technologies, and cross-disciplinary research

centers that are revolutionizing engineering,

medicine, business, communications, science,

and national policy.

• FacultyandstudentsinBiological & Medical Engineering study biomolecular and cellular networks that control

the onset and progression of aging and various complex diseases. Advances in cancer, cardiovascular disorders,

Alzheimer’s, and other neurodegenerative diseases — some of the most severe health care challenges today — will

impact millions of lives. Significant advances in biomechanics, metabolic engineering, and synthetic biology also are

being catalyzed by engineers in this field.

• ResearchersworkinginAdvanced Materials & Nanotechnology — the engineering of structures on sizes comparable

to those of atoms and molecules — have developed new materials for use in the acquisition and storage of energy

and ways to use available energy more efficiently. Applications in biomedical fields include novel materials for use in

surgery as well as in tissue regeneration and reconstruction.

• Therapidpaceofglobalizationrequiresheighteneddemandforenergyandgoodsthroughsustainablesourcesand

with technologies that will have limited environmental consequences. Environmental Engineering & Sustainable

Technologies developed by researchers like Professor Richard Axelbaum, EN77, the Stifel & Quinette Jens Professor

of Environmental Engineering Science and director of the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization, is making a

difference in the world’s energy future.

• Understandingproblemsinmedicine,biology,andtheenvironmentrequireinnovativeadvancesinImaging

Technology & Signal Processing, an area of increasing importance in sensor networks, radiation therapy, and

diagnostic medicine. New imaging technology being developed by Professor Lihong Wang will allow doctors to

determine if cancerous cells are embedded deep in tissues without having to perform surgery.

• EngineerswhocanaddressincreasingdemandsforsuperiorscalabilityandsecurityofNetwork & Communications

Systems are vital to our world of rapidly advancing communication technology. Tomorrow’s networks must be

more scalable and secure than today’s Internet and must be able to handle hundreds of billions of data bytes while

preserving confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility for critical services.

Stephen F. Camilla T. Brauer Hall

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Poised for growth to better serve others

The School of Engineering & Applied Science continues to play a vital role at

Washington University, a top-flight teaching and research institution with one

of the nation’s best schools of medicine and an unrivaled social work school.

A world player in addressing societal problems through national and

international partnerships, the School is impacting many important

initiatives at home and abroad:

• Named Data Networking: Principal researcher, Patrick Crowley,

Associate Professor in Computer Science & Engineering, has helped to

establish a new consortium of U.S. universities and leading technology

companies to promote development and adoption of Named Data

Networking, a new Internet protocol architecture to increase network security, accommodate growing bandwidth

requirements, and simplify the creation of increasingly sophisticated applications.

• The Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization: University researchers have joined efforts with industries, foundations,

and government organizations to advance clean coal technology, making St. Louis one of the nation’s centers for

clean coal research. The goal of the consortium is to foster the utilization of coal as a safe and affordable source of

energy, and as a chemical feedstock, with minimal impact on the environment

• McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP): Under the direction of Professor

Pratim Biswas, an expert in aerosols and air quality, the University partners with MAGEEP, a consortium of 28 other

leading international universities and corporate partners, on issues of energy, environmental and sustainability

research, education, and sustainable campus operations.

• Center of Regenerative Medicine: Co-Directed by Professor Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, the Center of Regenerative

Medicine is a research collaborative of over 60 faculty members committed to advancing the science of regenerative

medicine and its therapeutic applications. Regenerative medicine harbors enormous potential to impact the

treatment and cure of a wide range of debilitating human diseases. This rapidly developing field invents approaches

to enhance the healing process for degenerative diseases, or injured adult tissues and organs, as well as to repair

birth defects, either by harnessing the body’s own stem cell reservoirs and reprogramming capabilities, or by

engineering tissues ex-vivo.

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World-class community

World-class people make a world-class university. In the School of

Engineering & Applied Science, faculty are not only committed teachers,

they are also distinguished scholars and researchers. Over the past

decade, 20 engineering faculty members have received prestigious National

Science Foundation CAREER awards, which recognize early career-

development activities of teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate

research and education within the context of their organization’s mission.

In 2011, Lan Yang, the Edwin H. and Florence A. Skinner Professor, received

the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

for her innovative work with optical resonators and microlasers and their

applications for optical communications and single nanoparticle sensing. Engineering faculty received more than $28

million in research funding in fiscal year 2014 from the federal government, corporate partners, and other agencies.

An outstanding faculty draws outstanding students. Washington University ranked No. 14 for National Universities

Rankings in the fall 2014 U.S. News & World Report. The average SAT score of accepted freshmen — 1485 out of a possible

1600 — rivals those scores at our overlapping, peer schools including Duke, Princeton, Stanford, and Northwestern

universities. Washington University’s engineering school received more than 6,500 undergraduate applications for 238

seats in the freshman class.

World-class impact

Of medium size with a rigorous curriculum, the Washington University

School of Engineering & Applied Science fosters an entrepreneurial

culture that allows it to remain nimble and quick to seize

opportunities. Students and faculty work side-by-side on research

projects that both advance theoretical knowledge and promote the

application of new discoveries.

With the goal of promoting new and innovative discoveries to solve

challenges or needs, the School of Engineering & Applied Science

created the Discovery Competition in 2012. This special opportunity

provides engineering undergraduate students the forum to explore their entrepreneurial interests with support from

mentors, to use their creativity to develop solutions for real-world problems and to compete for financial awards that

could help turn their ideas into businesses.

A partnership with the University-wide Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, which helps develop courses

and business competitions in entrepreneurship, has generated ideas and inventions among those in the engineering

community. Area organizations such as Arch Grants and BioSTL award startup businesses with substantial funds to

enhance an environment where entrepreneurs can start and grow businesses and advance bioscience company creation

that drives economic growth. Mentorships through Innovate St. Louis, alumni entrepreneurs, and others offer students

additional support and guidance.

Engineers Without Borders

Professor Pratim Biswas

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Many successful companies have been founded on the technology developed in the School of Engineering & Applied

Science. Several are based in St. Louis and are driving the region’s innovative, entrepreneurial culture. For example:

• Global Velocity: cyber security protects critical information in national security, enterprise networks, critical

infrastructure, and the cloud; St. Louis-based Global Velocity has changed the way companies control, manage, and

protect their data and networks; engineering alumnus Greg Sullivan, EN81, serves as chief executive officer.

• Exegy: provides hardware-accelerated computing appliances to the world’s leading financial organizations; former

engineering Professor Ron Indeck’s work on data searches led to the founding of St. Louis-based Exegy.

• X-tend Energy: produces high-performance electrochemical materials for lithium-ion batteries. Breakthrough

improvements in battery technologies with low-cost manufacturing processes have the potential to transform the

electric vehicle industry by lowering the cost and boosting the power of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. The

technology was developed by engineering Professor Richard Axelbaum, EN77.

• Observable Networks: offers Network Security-as-a-Service providing automated security analytics and modeling to

continuously analyze the behavior of all network devices. Observable Networks was founded by Professor

Patrick Crowley.

• Sparo Labs: A medical device startup formed in St. Louis and founded by alumni Andrew Brimer, EN13, and

Abigail Cohen, EN13. Sparo Labs is developing a pocket-sized spirometer to measure lung function, which could impact

asthma patients worldwide.

Accomplished engineering alumni have impacted society and their communities in meaningful and significant

ways — from Chief of the NASA Astronaut Corps and U.S. Air Force Colonel Robert Behnken, EN92 EN92, crew member

and specialist for two U.S. space shuttle missions; to Dr. Alan Hurwitz, EN65, president of Gallaudet University

in Washington D.C.; to Anna Patterson, EN87 EN87, Google’s Vice President of Engineering; to entrepreneur Tony

Thompson, SI99, CEO of Kwame Building Group and a St. Louis philanthropist.

Likewise, engineering alumni serving in leading academic roles are helping to meet national and global challenges.

For example, W. E. Moerner, EN75 EN75 LA75, the Harry S. Mosher Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University 2014

Nobel Price winner, is credited with achieving the first optical detection and spectroscopy of a single molecule in

condensed phases. At the Georgia Institute of Technology, Ellen Zegura, EN87 EN87 SI90 SI93, is well-regarded for

her research in wide-area (Internet) networking services and mobile wireless networking. Bruce Rittmann, PhD, SI74

EN74, is the director of the Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State

University. His work is leading to new ways to clean up pollution, treat water and wastewater, capture renewable energy,

and improve human health.

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Many engineering school alumni who have launched or are heading companies are revolutionizing industries:

• LiliaAbron,SI68,foundedPEERConsultants,P.C.,asuccessfulglobalenvironmentalandgeneralcivilengineering

consulting firm. With six offices in the U.S., two overseas locations, and more than 115 licensed and/or accredited

professional engineers, scientists, and technicians, PEER specializes in environmental engineering.

• MatthewEttus,EN96EN96,foundedEttusResearchLLC,oneoftheworld’sleadingsuppliersofsoftware-definedradio

hardware. Now a subsidiary of National Instruments, the company makes the Universal Software Radio Peripheral

(USRPTM) family of products — tools engineers use to create custom, flexible radio communications systems.

• HalBarron,EN85,PresidentofResearch&DevelopmentforCalico,Google’santi-agingstartup,aimedattackling

aging and illness. Barron combines this role with a part-time commitment at Roche, where he has served as chief

medical officer and head of global product development. He is also a member of the Genentech Board of Directors.

• JamesMcKelvey,Jr.,EN87LA87,co-foundedSquare,thelargestmobilepaymentplatforminthenation.Square

is forging partnerships with organizations and businesses to stimulate small business growth and enhance the

payment experience for millions of customers.

Clearly, the School of Engineering & Applied Science is ready to be counted among the world’s best engineering schools.

We have the knowledge. We have the know-how. We have the network. We have set our goals. Now, we must work to

achieve them. To prepare the next generation of engineers for leadership roles in their organizations and communities,

we seek a substantial investment of resources.

The support of our alumni, friends, and partners has been critical to our successes. And it undeniably will define our

future. Your investment will help create a safe, healthy, and secure future. Only with your help can we realize the power

of our potential, and, true to the mission of Washington University, strive to benefit America and the world.

School of Engineering & Applied Science Priorities

Support for students $42 million

Support for faculty $20 million

Support for facilities $20 million

Support for interdisciplinary programs and centers $10 million

Support for the Engineering Annual Fund $18 million

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Student scholarships and fellowships bring the brightest to our doors

• We seek $42 million to attract a talented and diverse student body.

Washington University draws the most academically gifted,

creative, and imaginative undergraduate and graduate students

to our doors. They come for our excellent educational programs,

the reputation and research impact of our faculty, and the many

extraordinary curricular and co-curricular opportunities available in

the School and across Washington University. To continue to attract

and retain the best students, the School must increase support

for need-based and merit-based scholarships and fellowships.

Improving the retention rate of engineering undergraduates also

will require funding for more global experiences, undergraduate

research projects, and internships. Over the next decade, we wish to

increase the number of undergraduate engineering students from more than 1,300 to 1,500. Support for annual fund and

permanently endowed scholarships will aid our efforts to attract excellent students and achieve this growth.

Through engineering student organizations and design

projects, students have the opportunity to blend theory and

practice, developing critical leadership and management

skills. Upon graduation, students who participate in

engineering projects outside the classroom find themselves

ready to tackle similar problems in their careers. There are

20 engineering-related student organizations plus many

other valuable engineering-related projects in which students can participate. The need to fund such organizations as

Engineers without Borders, Formula SAE Team, and National Society of Black Engineers is overwhelming.

Critical to our success are talented doctoral students. The foundation and lifeblood of research programs, doctoral

students are the future workforce in academia and industry research. They bring research support to the School, drive

innovation, and attract other talented students and faculty. To strengthen their impact, we seek to increase our doctoral

pool from 380 to 500 students over the next decade. Because doctoral student stipends are fully supported by research

grants after the first year, the School must create an endowment of $60 million to support additional, first-year doctoral

students until they are assigned these grants.

The national trend shows many engineering fields are now requiring a master’s degree for entry-level professional

practice. For this reason, we seek to increase the number of master’s programs by more than 40 percent over the next

decade, emphasizing interdisciplinary study involving business, architecture, healthcare, and other areas. Programs

and financial support are now in place to encourage our best undergraduates to couple their four-year undergraduate

program with a fifth year to acquire a second degree, a master’s in a related engineering discipline.

“I’m putting myself through college. If it weren’t for this financial support I would not be here.”

Tomer Sabo, EN14 GB14

WashU Racing team

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Exceptional faculty set research direction, target solutions to society’s problems

• We seek $20 million to attract and retain outstanding faculty.

Washington University engineering professors are passionate

world-class researchers and educators. We must expand

their ranks to serve increasing student enrollment and

research programs. To build strategic mass in critical areas,

we must also continue to diversify faculty. With several

professors expected to retire over the next decade, our goal

is to grow our tenured and tenure-track faculty to 120 and

double research support to $50 million annually.

To serve the engineering school’s great faculty, we must

provide them with resources to make societal impact.

To attract stand-out researchers and academic leaders

who will take the engineering program to the next level of excellence, the School must secure funding for endowed

professorships, department chairs, and a dean’s chair — compelling recruiting tools for exceptional faculty.

First-class facilities advance research outcomes

• We seek $20 million to strengthen an exceptional teaching, research, and living environment.

State-of-the-art facilities help attract and retain the best and brightest students and the most talented faculty and provide

them with the tools they need to do their best work. Engineering students and faculty must have an optimal physical

environment that fosters collaboration and discovery.

Over the past decade, Washington University, the School

of Engineering & Applied Science, and generous donors

have invested more than $150 million in developing a new

engineering complex on the northeast corner of the Danforth

Campus. As part of the East Campus plan, we hope to build

upon the teaching and research excellence taking place on

this remarkable campus.

This effort will require new instructional spaces to educate

the next generation of engineers and leaders; laboratories

that serve robust and growing research agendas; and spaces

for the planned expansion of students, faculty, partnerships,

and interdisciplinary activity. Henry A. and Elvira H. Jubel

Hall will further promote and strengthen collaboration as it

will house the Department of Mechanical Engineering &

Materials Science on East Campus.

“We are trying to understand what causes some of the major environmental problems, and then develop technologies to prevent them at the source.”

Pratim Biswas, PhDProfessor and Department Chair,

Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

“America needs more young people who pursue engineering and other technical disciplines to help us compete globally. It is my hope that this new building will create enthusiasm and attract bright students who will serve as our leaders of tomorrow.”

Don Jubel, EN73President & CEO of Spartan Light Metal

and Washington University Trustee

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Interdisciplinary programs and centers stimulate collaboration, speed progress

• We seek $10 million to advance the scholarship, research, and creative potential of students and faculty.

Interdisciplinary programs and centers bring together faculty and students from wide-ranging areas, to exchange ideas,

collaborate, and learn from one another. They help advance technology and build a culture of entrepreneurship across

the dynamic landscape of 21st century teaching and research. These programs create opportunities to develop ideas

into action and action into solutions for ever-greater societal impact.

Building on strengths in medicine and engineering, the

multidisciplinary Center for Biological Systems Engineering

(CBSE) has the potential to transform our understanding of

the onset and progression of complex diseases such as cancers

and neurodegenerative diseases. This work will enable

diagnosis through early detection and improved therapeutics

through identification of molecular targets. Researchers

including Rohit Pappu, PhD, Professor of Biomedical

Engineering and Director of CBSE, who studies Alzheimer’s and

Huntington’s diseases, are collaborating on novel approaches

to detect, diagnose, and treat complex diseases.

Important work in the University’s Nano Research Facility

draws researchers from across disciplines to identify

applications in the energy, environment, and biomedical

fields. Resulting products have included a surgical mesh

made of strands of nanofibers, which will make surgical

repairs easier on doctors and patients alike. Matthew

MacEwan, a recent graduate in the University’s M.D./Ph.D.

program, developed the biological surgical mesh and formed

a company, Acera Surgical, Inc., to develop a first-in-class

line of implantible electrosupun neruosurgical meshes and

related tools and accessories.

Opportunities for greater impact come from the Institute of Materials Science & Engineering. Established by the

Schools of Engineering & Applied Science and Arts & Sciences, the Institute integrates and exploits the full potential of

interdisciplinary materials research by bringing together more than 30 researchers from engineering, physics, chemistry,

and earth and planetary sciences. While advances in materials science and engineering research depend on knowledge

from traditional disciplines, a new dynamic and diverse approach through a convergence of disciplines provides the

greatest opportunities for unprecedented discoveries - new knowledge that cannot be achieved by a single discipline

or department. The Institute also educates the next generation of materials scientists and engineers through a novel

interdisciplinary PhD program.

“The problems of society are all complex, and finding solutions to them will involve interdisciplinary approaches. An interdisciplinary center or initiative can bring together students, faculty and staff with common interests who can accomplish more by working together than by working alone. The very best interdisciplinary initiatives are ones where the individuals have exceptional disciplinary strength. The greatest success comes where such individuals are willing to work with others and share their expertise to achieve common goals.”

Chancellor Mark Wrighton

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Engineering Annual Fund supports unexpected opportunities and needs

• We seek $18 million to enhance excellence by increasing Engineering annual support.

Support for the Engineering Annual Fund provides the

flexibility to seize new opportunities and respond to

unexpected challenges. Annual Fund support is a critical

resource that keeps the engineering school at the forefront

of discovery and innovation.

Support for the Annual Fund provides instant impact

regardless of amount. These gifts go to work immediately

to support student internships and research/design

competitions, pay for technology and laboratory equipment,

provide seed funding for new research initiatives, fund

interdisciplinary centers, and bring distinguished leaders

to campus.

New programs like the multidisciplinary Engineering

Discovery Competition, open to undergraduates, encourages

student teams to develop innovative health and energy products,

mobile applications, and other new technologies.

Leading Together

The School of Engineering & Applied Science plays a vital role within Washington University, the St. Louis region, and the

nation. It has become a world player, collaborating across disciplines to address pressing challenges in medicine and

health, energy and the environment, and security.

Now, the School is positioned to impact the world in more profound and significant ways. To strengthen our leadership,

we must inspire and prepare the next generation of engineers and leaders who will help solve urgent global challenges

of the 21st century. This will require resources to attract the brightest students and the most talented faculty, ensure

state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and learning, and provide programs that stimulate collaboration and speed

research and discovery.

We are committed to becoming one of the world’s premier engineering schools. With the continued dedication, hard work,

and generous support of our engineering alumni, friends, and partners, we will achieve our vision to serve society — to

improve the quality of life for the greater good. Together, we will lead to ensure a bright, secure future for generations to

come. We invite you to join us.

“Washington University has given me the tools to succeed and discover new things on my own. It’s difficult to experience the practical side of engineering in a classroom setting. Through my internships with the Federal Highway Administration and Paric Corporation, I learned what is right for me. I enjoy being on-site every day.”

— Kristen Cardenas, EN12

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For more information or to make a gift, please contact us

Aaron Bobick

Dean and James M. McKelvey Professor

School of Engineering & Applied Science

[email protected]

(314) 935-6350

Abe L. Cross

Senior Director of Development

School of Engineering & Applied Science

[email protected]

(314) 935-9379

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Alumni website: alumni.wustl.edu

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