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Design competitions

Student research
Hopkins team earns second place at Collegiate Wind Competition
Published June 30, 2021
In the university's first appearance at the annual competition, the Hopkins Student Wind Energy Team received praise for their miniature dual-rotor, counter-rotating wind turbine
Mechanical engineering
Students navigate the ups and downs of engineering design
Published Dec 6, 2019
First-year students vie to see whose glider will soar to victory in annual design competition
Biomedical engineering
Student engineers take on common dialysis complication
Published Oct 29, 2019
Student startup Relavo is among the finalists at the National Collegiate Inventors Competition
COMMUNITY
This is how you hackathon
Published May 1, 2019
Mini-MedHacks brings city students to the East Baltimore campus for a day of problem-solving, design, and creativity
Undergraduate research
Student team develops tool for use in brain surgeries
Published Nov 15, 2018
Team's device, Radiex, holds back cortical tissue during surgery; they will present their design this week at Collegiate Inventors Competition
Innovators
The new (fully visible) face of surgery
Published April 25, 2018
Hopkins-grown startup ClearMask scores $25K from Social Innovation Lab
Undergraduate research
Teams of young inventors recognized
Published April 10, 2018
Two teams of Hopkins biomedical engineering students are among winners at MIT competition
Undergraduate research
JHU 2nd at Collegiate Inventors Competition
Published Nov 3, 2017
Undergraduate students developed AssistENT, a device designed to open obstructed nostrils and aid sleep
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
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