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Most of the approximately 42,000 Americans who die from breast cancer each year perish because the disease has become metastatic, or has spread from its original site to the patient’s…

Award will support study of complex mechanisms of living organisms.

Sean Sun, professor, and Mohammad Ikbal Choudhury, PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, have co-authored a recent study published in Nature on May 8, 2019.

The findings can aid in the creation of asteroid impact and deflection strategies, increase understanding of solar system formation and help design asteroid mining efforts.

Ishan Barman directs a beam of photons to image breast cancer (Image: Will Kirk / Homewood Photography)

A team of clinical and industry experts, including Jeff Wang, professor of mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is developing a new diagnostic platform that can quickly identify and characterize pathogens responsible for many infectious diseases.

  A team of researchers led by mechanical engineering professor Noah Cowan has successfully designed and tested a new system that could be used to help researchers and naturalists collect…

New faculty member Rui Ni aims to deepen our understanding of fluid dynamics from a physicist’s perspective. Fluid dynamics is of paramount importance not only to understand biological processes like…

A team of Hopkins engineers, including MechE professors Noah Cowan and Thao (Vicky) Nguyen, has received a $2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to build and program tiny, soft…

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Noah Cowan, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, two R01 research grants over the next five years…

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.

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.