New and exciting activities in the
McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences
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Recent News From McDonnell Center Fellows
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How WashU researchers are using AI to transform discovery
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WashU scientists in biology, chemistry, and physics are using new tools to study evolution, design materials, and model cellular behavior.
Some questions in science are too complex for any single human mind to solve alone. At WashU, researchers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence, using machine learning and neural networks to analyze large datasets, detect patterns, and make predictions across biology, chemistry, and physics.
Trevor GrandPre and his team use computation and AI tools in work that bridges physics and biology.
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Barrios awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
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Aaron Barrios, a first-year McDonnell Center Graduate Fellow in the Department of Physics, has been awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program is among the nation’s most competitive awards in STEM fields, providing three years of support, including an annual stipend and a cost-of-education allowance.
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From Chicago to Huntsville: Advancing TIGERISS and PUEO collaborations
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Brian Rauch is helping lead TIGERISS, a mission slated for launch to ISS (the International Space Station), while continuing work on the PUEO mission.
Recent meetings took him first to the University of Chicago and later to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, highlighting both scientific collaboration and operational readiness.
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Rauch and other participants at the Payload Operations Integration Working Group #58 outside the ISS Payload Operations Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Rauch (front row) with collaborators touring the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC), where ISS payload operations are managed.
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Rauch and Lindsey Lisalda (center row) with PUEO collaborators at the University of Chicago; a prototype antenna is shown in the foreground.
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Recent Publications by McDonnell Center Fellows
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| Advances in Digital Innovation Across
Arts & Sciences and Beyond
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Friday, May 8
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Compiled and edited by Alison Verbeck. Please send any contributions to alison@wustl.edu.
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