Unexpected movements discovered in stressed nanomaterials

2/1/10:  In a recently published article in Science, Professor Kevin Hemker and collaborators describe that newly developed nanocrystalline materials can exhibit surprising activity in the tiny spaces between nanocrystals. For more information, see article in the JHU Gazette.

Professor Omar Knio named Associate Editor

1/29/09: Professor Omar Knio has been named Associate Editor of the Journal Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics where he will cover the areas of Uncertainty Quantification, Multiscale Fluid Dynamics and DNS of Reacting Flows. 

Freshman Experiences in Mechanical Engineering

12/14/09: A highlight of our first-year undergraduate course "Freshman Experiences in Mechanical Engineering" is the fall semester design competition. Read about the fall 2009 festivities in the JHU Gazette.

Professor Gregory Chirikjian Honored as IEEE Fellow

11/23/09: At its November 2009 meeting, the IEEE board of directors voted to elevate Professor Gregory Chirikjian to the rank of IEEE Fellow, effective, 1 January 2010,  for his outstanding contributions to hyper-redundant manipulators.

American Physical Society Honors Professor Joe Katz

10/7/09: Professor Joseph Katz was recently elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. Fellowship of the APS is  a distinct honor signifying recognition by one's professional peers, accorded to its most distinguished members.

New DNA Test Uses Nanotechnology to Find Early Signs of Cancer.

7/24/09: Professor Jeff Wang’s group and collaborators at Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins have developed a highly sensitive test to look for DNA attachments that often are early warning signs of cancer. More information can be found in Genome Research and JHU Gazette.

Professor Thao (Vicky) Nguyen wins a PECASE

7/7/09: President Obama today named Professor Thao (Vicky) Nguyen as one of the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.  The recipients will receive their awards in the Fall at a White House ceremony. Congratulations to Professor Nguyen on this tremendous award and accomplishment.

New ME Faculty Member

7/1/09: The department of Mechanical Engineering welcomes its new colleague, Professor Rajat Mittal. Professor Mittal is a world-renowned expert on computational fluid mechanics and its applications to low Reynolds number aerodynamics, biomedical flows, active flow control, LES/DNS, Immersed Boundary Methods, fluid dynamics of locomotion (swimming & flying), biomimetics & bioinspired engineering, and turbomachinery flows.

ASM International 2009 Fellow Award

6/26/09: Professor Kevin Hemker has been elected by the Board of Trustees of ASM International as a Fellow of the Society. The honor of Fellow represents recognition of his distinguished contributions in the field of materials science and engineering and for his research contributions in the understanding of deformation mechanisms, in intermetallic systems, and micro-scale mechanical testing.

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