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Chemical engineering

Illustration of a fuel cell
Going platinum
Published Spring 2018
Hopkins engineer has come up with a technique to make fuel cells for electric cars cheaper and more effective: coating inexpensive cobalt with a layer of platinum atoms 100,000 times thinner than a strand of hair / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A man wears safety goggles and holds up a test tube with dark liquid and examines it while a second man observes
Efficient electricity
Gilded age of electric cars?
Published Dec 19, 2017
Technique makes electric cars more efficient and cost-effective, helping accelerate movement away from fossil fuels
Team members include (from left): David Gracias, Vicky Nguyen, and Rebecca Schulman
Biochemical engineering
Soft 'smart' robots?
Published Sept 15, 2017
DNA trigger causes hydrogels to change shape, a new way to create robots that don't rely on wires or batteries
Gagnon gets NSF award
Published Jan 29, 2014
Engineering professor's Early CAREER Award will support development of inexpensive, portable biosensors
Engineering's Schulman receives NSF's early-stage career honor
Published Jan 7, 2013 Video
Her lab seeks new method for assembling connections between nanoscale device terminals