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Johns hopkins extreme materials institute

Sunset cliffs natural park in San Diego, California, a beach with a sandstone cliff and city buildings in the background
Mechanical engineering
3D X-ray study reveals how rock grains move and stress builds
Published Aug 21, 2025
For the first time, scientists watched sandstone deform from the inside out, grain by grain, revealing insights that could predict earthquakes and improve oil and gas reservoirs
An engineer in a black shirt works on a large red machine.
Mechanical engineering
Smashing rocks for science
Published Aug 30, 2024
Hopkins team uses X-ray technology to observe what occurs when the top layer of an asteroid-like object is hit with extreme external force
Purple-gloved hands holding a JHU-created material that could lead to stronger, lighter, and safer helmets and vehicles
Engineering
JHU-created material could make next-gen helmets, bumpers
Published March 10, 2022
The lightweight, foam-like material could reduce fuel consumption in vehicles and make protective gear more comfortable
Image of 3D puzzle pieces
Extreme puzzle draws inspiration from copper grains
Published Winter 2019
Extreme puzzle draws inspiration from copper grains / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Sarah Hörst (left) and Amy Wetsch
Extreme materials
Otherworldly art
Published Nov 12, 2018
Art student Amy Wetsch builds sculptures inspired by planetary environments explored by Hopkins scientist Sarah Horst
Artist hangs hand-drawn curtains
Extreme art
The writing is on the walls (and curtains)
Published April 11, 2018
Kimberly Hall explores research through an artist's eye with interactive installation created as part of the HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts Program
A man gives a talk while a motion picture is projected on a screen behind him
Materials science
Arts, to the extreme
Published Sept 21, 2017
HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts program brings faculty, students together to translate research on extreme events in new and creative ways
Image shows two broken down images. One is a disintegrating block, the other is a disintegrating tie
Broken art
Published Summer 2017
Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute's first artist-in-residence makes art out of destruction / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Exhibition
Going to extremes
Published April 4, 2017 Video
MICA photographer Jay Gould creates arts based on his HEMI artist-in-residence experience
Extreme science scholars honored
Published Oct 1, 2015
Science, engineering partnership between Morgan State, Johns Hopkins grows