The NIH Director’s Blog recently featured Prof. Noah Cowan, who is teaming his juggling knowledge with neuroscience to improve prosthetics, physical therapy, and robotics.
Using a technique called micropatterning, scientists discover cellular tension and pressure are key factors in stem cell growth and behavior.
High school and middle school age students, along with educators and U.S Army Research Laboratory personnel, recently gathered at the Homewood campus for a crash course in 3D printing and other emerging technologies used by researchers at Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI).
Yik Tung Tracy Ling, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, was awarded first place in the 2018 ASME Master’s Level Paper Competition at the 8th World Congress in Biomechanics, held from July 8-13 in Dublin, Ireland. Students from around the world submitted more than 600 abstracts to the competition. Ling’s winning paper was titled “Structural […]
DEng program is grounded in a candidate’s advanced research and prepares grads for leadership roles in industry or the public sector.
Tza-Huei (Jeff) Wang, professor of mechanical engineering, is part of an interdisciplinary team that will receive a 2018 Johns Hopkins Discovery Award. Prof Wang and Thomas Pisanic, a senior research scientist in Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology, will work with faculty members from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine on a project titled “Digital Methylation […]
Honorees representing dozens of fields receive $75K each to support their work.
The award is intended to foster the invention of methods, instruments, and materials that will open up new avenues of research in science.
Despite their full course loads, a team of Johns Hopkins mechanical engineering students found the time to take on a very special project this semester. Caterina Esposito, Emily Maheras, Mariah Harris, Angela Groszos, Radha Deshmukh, and Willa Grinsfelder teamed up with V-LINC to design a new scooter for a 3-year-old living with cerebral palsy. V-LINC […]
The research of Carl Shapiro and Genevieve Starke, PhD candidates in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who are being co-advised by professors Dennice Gayme and Charles Meneveau—could help put more clean, renewable energy on the grid.
