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The Department of Mechanical Engineering held a retirement party last week for Mike Bernard, academic program manager. Bernard spent his entire 23-year Johns Hopkins career in the department. “To work…

The Department of Mechanical Engineering held its 2025 Commence Luncheon and student awards ceremony Thursday, May 21, directly following commencement. Full list of award winners below. Charles A. Miller Award,…

Barman team discover cells prefer some curves over others

The Johns Hopkins University Design Build Fly team took 17th place out of 175 teams at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) annual competition last month in Wichita,…

As autonomous underwater vehicles have improved over the decades, so has our ability to explore the ocean's uncharted depths

Michael West, a postdoctoral scholar in the Haptics and Medical Robotics (HAMR) Laboratory led by Jeremy Brown, associate professor in mechanical engineering, is one of 10 Johns Hopkins University PhD…

Three graduate students associated with the Department of Mechanical Engineering are recipients of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award. Salman Mirza (Moore Lab), Caleb Pipes…

Student design team develops device that can sample the amount and type of airborne pollen

See the list below of all teams participating in JHU Design Day 2026. Presentations will be held Thursday, April 30, from 8:30-4:00 pm at Bloomberg Student Center Room 210 A/B.…

Annual spring design event for mechanical engineering undergrads takes classic children's stories and turns them into playable arcade games

Senior Design team shrinks stomach non-surgically using tiny needles

MechE researchers find that cross-contamination can minimize amount of reusable material—but there is a solution