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Mechanical engineering

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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
Photograph of Rui Ni
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering professor wins grant to fund turbulence research
Published Aug 22, 2024
Rui Ni receives $1.25M Moore Foundation grant to explore how chaotic air movement in storms influences the formation and behavior of lightning
Yun Chen
Faculty honors
Mechanical engineer Yun Chen among inaugural recipients of NSF award
Published Aug 9, 2024
Three-year, $3M Trailblazer Engineering Impact Award will support Chen's research applying the rules of quantum mechanics to control how cells behave
pastel-colored paper cranes arranged on a white background
Mechanical engineering
New imaging technique could diagnose cancer metastasis
Published July 18, 2024
Johns Hopkins engineers have created an optical tool combining laser light and folded DNA to help clinicians distinguish between localized and metastatic cancers
The peloton with the best climber jersey on the ascent of the Tourmalet during stage 6 of the Tour de France 2023
Mechanical engineering
Surprising similarities between fish, pro cyclists
Published July 9, 2024
Research reveals fish swim in schools to save energy, just like cyclists in a Tour de France peloton
Four Johns Hopkins University students hold up leaf blowers on a quad
Engineering
Students invent quieter leaf blower
Published May 14, 2024
Patent-pending design by Hopkins undergrads could be available in stores within two years
Four students showcase their invention
Mechanical engineering
Students aim to take the bite out of noisy dental drills
Published April 29, 2024
Mechanical engineering majors at Johns Hopkins created a device that dampens the din of dental drills during procedures
Lidia Al-Zogbi
Artificial intelligence
Robot tackles trauma's silent killer
Published April 16, 2024
Autonomous system devised by a Johns Hopkins doctoral student IDs and treats internal bleeding to prevent pre-hospital deaths when minutes matter
The robotic surgeon created by Hopkins researchers
Mechanical engineering
Robotic surgeon precisely removes cancerous tumors
Published March 18, 2024
A team of Johns Hopkins researchers designed a device that can successfully remove tumors from the tongue with accuracy rivaling human surgeons
An electric knife fish shown with a black background
Science+Technology
We all shimmy like these electric fish
Published Oct 26, 2023
Johns Hopkins scientists are the first to demonstrate that a wide range of organisms, even microbes, perform the same pattern of movements in order to sense their surroundings