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Biomedical engineering

Student-built ramp for Ping-Pong ball challenge
Engineering
Ping-Pong problem-solving
Published Oct 4, 2017 Video
First-year biomedical engineering students (plus a T. rex) tackle design challenge
AssistENT team included (clockwise from back row, left): Harrison Nguyen, Clayton Andrews, Pooja Nair, and Talia Kirschbaum
Undergraduate research
Obstruction reduction
Published Sept 27, 2017
Hopkins student team reaches finals of Collegiate Inventors Competition with device that helps open obstructed nostrils and curb snoring
Light from the setting sun filters through the trunks of tall redwoods
Trunk science
What's in a giant tree?
Published Sept 27, 2017
Johns Hopkins joins collaborative effort to sequence redwood, sequoia genomes
Six people pose for a photo together, with one wearing a MedHacks tee shirt
MedHacks 2017
Med-tech innovation, inspiration
Published Sept 7, 2017
Third annual MedHacks hackathon attracts hundreds of students, entrepreneurs
Genetics
A powerful genetic LASSO
Published July 5, 2017
New technique clones thousands of genes at once and could lead to more rapid discovery of new medicines
Design Day
Student engineers perfect their pitches
Published May 8, 2017 Video
In annual year-end Design Day showcase, students present their research, projects, and prototypes
Three students pose with an oversized check for $15,000
Biotechnology
Winning idea for eye surgery
Published April 28, 2017
Treyetech team, made up of 8 undergrads, develops novel device for transplanting, unrolling corneal tissue
Individual Biomedical Research Award winners (from left) Samuel M. Alaish, Jill A. Fahrner, and Ho Lam Tang
Biomedical research
3 recognized for research that improves children's health
Published April 25, 2017
Samuel M. Alaish, Jill A. Fahrner, Ho Lam Tang among 12 to receive Hartwell Foundation awards
Members of team Rain Rain Go Away pose with their invention and a man who uses a wheelchair
Hackathon
Inspired design
Published April 17, 2017
Students win contest with inverted umbrella that deploys with the flip of a switch to help keep wheelchair users dry
Faculty honors
Nine selected for AIMBE College of Fellows
Published March 20, 2017
Members are considered among the top two percent of the country's medical and biological engineers