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In a paper published in Science, Johns Hopkins University researchers detail a new method for testing metals at a microscopic scale that allows them to rapidly inflict repetitive loads on materials while recording how ensuing damage evolves into cracks.

The four-year, $182,080 grant will provide Pittman with mentored research training and will support his dissertation work, which focuses on the role of viscosity in basic cell behavior and function.

Scharfstein, BS '00, MSE '04, Senior Technology Commercialization Associate at Berkeley Lab, discusses his career path and offers advice for young engineers.

In their proposal, titled "Electrostatically-Charged Contact Mechanics in Lunar and Martian Dust Environments," the pair aims to create novel proof-of-concept experiments with the specific goal of relating particle roughness and charging to cohesion and friction during mechanical contact of rough particles with rough or smooth surfaces.

Yun and her team will use the award to develop a first-of-its-kind, tension-sensitive drug release system that targets only diseased cells, leaving healthy cells alone.

Wang and a multi-disciplinary team of researchers were awarded $3 million by the National Institutes of Health to develop a diagnostic device for self-testing HIV viral load.

Cristina Martin-Linares, a mechanical engineering PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University, has been awarded the prestigious ”la Caixa” Fellowship.

A new robotic system designed by researchers from Johns Hopkins University’s Laboratory for Computational Sensing & Robotics may help hospitals preserve protective gear, limit staff exposure to COVID-19, and provide more time for clinical work.

When completed, the system will test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in as few as 10 minutes and can be performed in healthcare facilities or the workplace.

Jung is the first Johns Hopkins student to receive the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00).

Grants from the NIH-funded Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Engineering Research Career Development Program (IREK12) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support Brown’s research on haptic perception in robotic applications.

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