Research News from JHU Engineering

JHU iGem Team Places in Sweet Sixteen

2011-10-07T19:49:56+00:00

JHU's iGem team placed in the Sweet Sixteen at MIT's world championship! More on their super-nutritious VitaYeast. more >>

CBID Students Blog from Asia and Africa

2011-08-10T14:06:25+00:00

Center for Bioengineering Innovation & Design students report from Asia, Africa and India while studying the health needs of the poor. more>>

Robots Push Limits for Safe, Effective Surgeries

2010-10-05T17:20:20+00:00

Students Design Early Labor Detector to Help Prevent Premature Births

2010-07-21T13:27:02+00:00

A device designed by Biomedical Engineering students to detect contractions with greater accuracy and sensitivity could help alleviate the health concerns and costs associated with preterm births. More>>

Pinpoint Precision: Nanowires Deliver Biochemicals to One Cell Among Many

2010-07-09T16:02:52+00:00

Biomedical Engineering's Andre Levchenko uses electrical fields to guide and place gold nanowires, each about one-two hundredth the size of a cell, on predetermined spots, each on a single cell. More>>

Eels Inspire Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury

2010-06-25T16:44:58+00:00

By studying lamprey eels WSE's Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings and research colleagues are developing life-changing therapy to help people with spinal injuries walk again. Watch the video >>

Studying Cells in 3-D to Advance Cancer Research

2010-06-21T19:38:51+00:00

Studying cell behavior in a 3-D environment has provided Hopkins engineers with some surprising results. It's information that could help prevent cancer's spread. Listen to the interview on WYPR>> More>>

On-Site Analysis by WSE Faculty Ups Oil Spill Estimate

2010-06-11T15:30:52+00:00

Experts from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, including WSE's Louis Whitcomb, used a remotely-operated vehicle and acoustic technologies to measure flow-rate at the Deepwater Horizon spill--the highest estimate yet. More>>

INBT Welcomes 16 Undergraduate Researchers

2010-06-10T16:55:36+00:00

JHU's Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT) is providing summer research opportunities to 16 of the "best and the brightest" undergraduates from across the country through an NSF-funded program. More>>

“...a kind of Lego set that doesn’t need anyone to play with it.”

2010-06-03T16:43:17+00:00

Mechanical Engineering's Professor Greg Chirikjian and his quest to build self-replicating robots--featured in the New Scientist. More>>

Gulf Oil Spill: NEW Interview with WSE’s Ed Bouwer

2010-05-21T16:34:03+00:00

Ed Bouwer, chair of Geography and Environmental Engineering, discusses "Questions and Lessons from the Gulf Oil Spill" on WYPR's Maryland Morning. Listen to the podcast>>

Assessing Damage to Hospitals in Chile

2010-02-24T19:00:32+00:00

Civil Engineering's Judith Mitrani-Reiser just returned from Chile where she was evaluating the physical and medical performance of public hospitals after the earthquake. Read more>>

Stressed Nanomaterials Display Unexpected Movement

2010-02-01T16:09:33+00:00

Research by Kevin Hemker, chair and professor of mechanical engineering, demonstrates that under the right conditions, newly developed nanocrystalline materials exhibit surprising activity in tiny spaces. More>>

Biodegradable Nanoparticles Ideal Carrier for Drug Delivery

2010-01-04T16:16:30+00:00

JHU researchers have created biodegradable nanosized particles that can easily slip through the body's sticky and viscous mucus secretions to deliver a sustained-release medication cargo. More>>

Heart Cells on Lab Chip Display “Nanosense” That Guides Behavior

2009-12-15T21:15:37+00:00

Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers, working with colleagues in Korea, have produced a laboratory chip with nanoscopic grooves and ridges capable of growing cardiac tissue that more closely resembles natural heart muscle. More>>

Cell’s ‘Cap’ of Bundled Fibers Could Yield Clues to Disease

2009-12-02T17:26:12+00:00

Researchers from the JHU Engineering in Oncology Center have shown that in healthy cells, a bundled “cap” of thread-like fibers holds the cell’s nucleus in place. Understanding the cap's influence on cell and nuclear shape could help with the diagnosis and treatment of disease. More>>

Transparent Insulating Film Could Enable Energy-Efficient Displays for E-Books

2009-11-09T15:27:40+00:00

Re-orienting solution-deposited beta-alumina, a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, has enabled Johns Hopkins researchers to create a thin film insulator which blocks the flow of electricity while inducing large electric currents elsewhere. More>>

Seeing Tumors in a New Light

2009-11-04T16:14:30+00:00

Electrical Engineer Jin Kang is building an optical tool for ‘virtual’ biopsies that will help brain surgeons locate and get a clear look at cancerous tissue. More>>

Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center at INBT Announced

2009-10-26T14:31:33+00:00

Researchers from JHU's Institute for NanoBioTechnology have been awarded $14.8 million from the National Cancer Institute to launch a research center aimed at unraveling the physical underpinnings that drive the growth and spread of cancer. More>>

Predicting Hurricane-Related Power Outages

2009-10-21T12:51:56+00:00

Using data from Hurricane Katrina and other destructive storms, JHU's Seth Guikema (Geography and Environmental Engineering) and researchers from Texas A&M say they have found a way to accurately predict power outages in advance of a hurricane. More>>

JHU Receives $20 million NSF Grant for Data Curation and Preservation

2009-10-09T14:57:50+00:00

Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries received a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to build a data research infrastructure to manage the vast amounts of digital information being generated in engineering and science research. More>>

Computational Process Zones in on Cancer Suspects

2009-09-01T13:18:39+00:00

Johns Hopkins engineers have devised innovative computer software that can sift through hundreds of genetic mutations and highlight the DNA changes that are most likely to promote cancer. More>>

LEGOs Offer Big Picture of Nanoscale Science

2009-08-27T12:24:19+00:00

By watching how steel and plastic balls work their way through a LEGO array, chemical and biomolecular engineering professors Joelle Frechette and German Drazer can visualize what is (or might be) happening on scales much too small to see with the naked eye. More >>

DNA Test Uses Nanotechnology to Find Early Signs of Cancer

2009-08-17T13:07:43+00:00

Using tiny crystals called quantum dots, JHU researchers have developed a highly sensitive test to detect DNA changes that often are early warning signs of cancer. More >>

Thao “Vicky” Nguyen Receives 2009 PECASE

2009-07-23T17:10:53+00:00

Thao “Vicky” Nguyen, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is one of 100 winners of the Early Presidential Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). Nguyen’s research focuses on tissue mechanics, shape memory polymers and the fracture mechanics of polymers. Read more >>

New Type of Deep-Sea Vessel, “Nereus,” Reaches Deepest Part of the Ocean

2009-06-03T12:52:25+00:00

A dive to 10,902 meters on May 31, 2009 by Nereus, a hybrid, remotely operated submarine, marked the start of a new era in deep-sea exploration. Co-principal investigator, WSE's Louis Whitcomb, developed the sub's navigation and control system. More», Interactive Tour of Nereus»

New Clues to Neuron Growth

2009-05-29T17:55:28+00:00

A new "lab on a chip" developed by Whiting School engineers will make it easier to study how and why neurons grow the way they do.

Wireless Vital Sign Monitors

2009-04-14T14:40:07+00:00

Assistant Professor Andreas Terzis and students in the Department of Computer Science have developed the Mi-Tag; a wireless vital sign monitor to be used in emergency rooms. Watch video »

Surgical Tool Smaller Than a Dust Speck

2009-02-10T17:14:13+00:00

Led by WSE's David Gracias, JHU researchers have invented a dust-particle-size device that can be used to perform biopsy-like procedures. National Geographic (video) | Forbes | New York Times

Student-Designed Devices in NY Times

2009-02-01T17:09:35+00:00

Undergraduate biomedical engineering students' innovative devices help intensive care patients get out of bed and offer a revolutionary way to provide vaccines to children developing nations. Read about them in the New York Times. ICU mover | Rotavirus Strip