Centers and Institutes of Washington University in St. Louis - Engineering

Engineering

• Cardiac Bioelectricity and Arrhythmia Center - an interdisciplinary center whose goals are to study the mechanisms of rhythm disorders of the heart, and to develop new tools for their diagnosis and treatment.
• Center for Air Pollution Impact and Trend Analysis - performs air quality research, data dissemination, a literature and data library, and publishes reports and journals. CAPITA specializes in the effects of aerosol research and the impact of air pollution on the atmosphere.
• Center for Application of Information Technologies (CAIT) - provides resources, classes, training, and professional development opportunities for Information Technology leaders at Washington University and throughout the St. Louis region, in order to make the region more competitive as an IT hub.
• Center for Materials Innovation - a collaboration between the School of Engineering, School of Medicine, and College of Arts & Sciences, to advance the field of materials research. The CMI's research focuses are nostructured materials synthesis, magnetic materials, biological and biomedical materials, and materials for energy applications.
• Center for Optimization & Semantic Control - an effort between various academic divisions at Washington University, and leaders in the US Air Force and Aerospace and Air Transportation industries. The COSC works to use mathematical models and optimization problems to solve complex issues in aerospace and transportation systems.
• International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability - I-CARES is a $55 million dollar effort to explore alternative solutions for fuel, by researching biofuels from plant and microbial systems to forward sustainable alternative environmental practices.
• McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences - A coordinated effort between the School of Engineering, and the departments of Earth and Plantary Sciences, Physics, and Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences. Groups work to research broad questions in the space sciences, such as the formation of planets, the beginning of the Universe, and geologic activity on Earth. A unique, state-of-the-art microprobe known as Cameca NanoSIMS analyzes cosmic dust, and recently separated and identified individual presolar dust grains that forms around new stars.