Archived articles
Electron microscope
Commentary
The future of electron microscopy
Published March 2, 2021
Engineer Mitra Taheri and team publish roadmap to harness data science and artificial intelligence for electron microscopy, unlocking tool's full power
Student group from Patricia McGuiggan’s Materials Characterization class. (in order from left to right) Julie Rose (Museum Director/Curator), Varun Kedia (2020, BME), Anish Thyagarajan (2020, BME) and Avery Burrell (2020, BME)
Materials science
Students use new technology to identify a piece of JHU history
Published Dec 16, 2019
Students identify metal artifact in Homewood Museum collection as century-old part of building's roof
Atomic tracking results graphic
Copper could unlock clean-energy potential
Published Nov 1, 2019
Scientists at Hopkins, UCLA find that copper particles stabilize the platinum-nickel catalysts that hydrogen fuel cells use to produce clean electricity
Page from Erasmus book
Manuscripts
Erasmus unredacted
Published Winter 2018
It will take a team of conservators, data scientists, and even an astrophysicist to find out what's written on the Red Cyprian's paint-slathered pages / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Robert E. Green Jr.
In memoriam
Longtime WSE faculty member dies at 85
Published Nov 28, 2017
Robert Green helped found Department of Materials Science, spent more than 50 years at JHU
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
Graduate student Alexander Komin (left) and materials scientist Kalina Hristova.
Ebola virus
Protein could be key to Ebola's spread
Published Aug 22, 2017
Discovery by JHU researchers plays key role in project that appears to pinpoint what makes deadly virus so contagious
Blue-green circuit board closeuo
Materials science
A super-strong silicon alternative?
Published June 28, 2017
Hopkins team creates durable alloy that could be key to next tech frontier
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
Exhibition
Going to extremes
Published April 4, 2017
MICA photographer Jay Gould creates arts based on his HEMI artist-in-residence experience