Three Whiting School of Engineering researchers have received grants from the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund. Sharon Gerecht, Kent Gordon Croft Investment Management Faculty Scholar in the Whiting School of Engineering’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and associate director of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology, and Warren Grayson, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical […]

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For health workers in the field treating people stricken with Ebola and other diseases, a protective suit is the first defense against infection. The suit and head covering itself, however, can hamper the ability to help by impeding breathing, or heating up so quickly in high temperatures and humidity that workers can scarcely wear the […]

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Congratulations to ME PhD student Ahmed Hussein, who has received a highly competitive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the National Research Council Research Associateship Program (NRC RAP). The program is administered by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which aims to provide post­doctoral awards for recent PhD graduates to be used to conduct independent research […]

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You can whack it with a hammer, attack it with a drill, even stab it with a screwdriver. But try as you might, you won’t be able to tamper with a high-tech pill dispenser designed by mechanical engineering students at Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering. Which is exactly the point. The U.S. Centers […]

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IEEE Spectrum details efforts by a team of Hopkins undergraduates to build a real-life version of the “Star Trek” Tricorder. Read more.

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Congratulations to the following members of the Mechanical Engineering Department who were recognized at the 26th Annual Whiting School of Engineering Convocation Awards ceremony on May 4th. These students and aides have helped further the mission of not only the Mechanical Engineering Department, but of the Whiting School of Engineering and Johns Hopkins University as well.  […]

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Engineering by Design Since its inception in 1986 by Professor William Sharpe, Jr., Senior Design has been the pinnacle of the Johns Hopkins University Mechanical Engineering student’s academic career. The course, which requires collaboration between the students and industry partners, provides students the opportunity to get some real-world experience while remaining in the academic setting. […]

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From December – May 2015, eleven graduate students defended their dissertations. We congratulate these scholars on this great accomplishment and wish them well in their future endeavors!

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During the weekend of April 18th-19th, the Johns Hopkins Baja team competed in the first of two competitions this season in Auburn, Alabama. The team, consisting of primarily underclassmen improved immensely over last years finish and earned their highest placing yet.  With a race strategy of less drama and more laps, the team raced to […]

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