MechE Force is an e-newsletter distributed to students, alumni, and friends of the JHU Mechanical Engineering Department. We recently published our fourth issue, which can be found in its entirety by clicking here.
In this issue:
A Message from Professor Louis Whitcomb, Mechanical Engineering Department Chair
- Blowin’ in the Wind – Rajat Mittal’s computer model helps golfers tackle wicked wind conditions.
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Measuring Mechanics – Yun Chen evaluates the mechanics of how cancer cells behave.
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Farewell to Andrea – Looking back on Andrea Prosperetti’s 31 years at Hopkins.
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Driving Force – Anna Goodridge ’17 is Hopkins Baja’s first female captain.
- Advised by Marin Kobilarov, WSE team takes home 2016 KUKA Innovation Award
- Sean Sun delivers Inaugural Professorial Lecture
- Kelvin Xie wins 2016 TMS Best Poster Competition
- Mike Bernard promoted to Academic Program Manager
- Students recognized for 2016 Senior Design Projects
- Sung Hoon Kang co-edits issue of Materials Research Society Bulletin
- Five Graduate Students defend dissertations
- Tamer Zaki receives Office of Naval Research’s prestigious Young Investigator Award
- Andrea Prosperetti to receive ASME’s 2016 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award
- Charles Meneveau awarded honorary doctorate by Danish Technical University
- Mechanical Engineering staff receive WSE Staff Excellence Awards
- Steven Marra receives Capers and Marion McDonald Award
- Students recognized at 24th Annual Whiting School Convocation Ceremony
- Penn’s Vijay Kumar delivers Annual Alexander Graham Christie Lecture
- MechE faculty members’ research showcased at DARPA’s Pentagon Demo Day
- Major news outlets feature Senior Design project aiming to help female veterans
- Noah Cowan receives funding to study animal mechanical agility and neural control
- Sung Hoon Kang to participate in National Academy of Engineering’s 2016 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
- In Memoriam: Martin “Marty” Joseph Moran ’96
- “Dispatches from the Gulf” documentary features work by Joe Katz