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Michael Tsapatsis
Interdiscplinary scholar
Renowned chemical engineer named BDP
Published Sept 18, 2018
Michael Tsapatsis creates molecular sieve membranes and catalysts to improve industrial efficiency and reduce waste, pollution
A man uses a laser cutter
Tech Ventures
New innovation hub opens its doors
Published Sept 13, 2018
FastForward U Homewood features meeting and event spaces, plus a makerspace equipped with laser cutters, 3-D printers, and more
Hurricane as seen from NASA satellites
Climate change, superstorms, and civil engineering
Published Sept 13, 2018
Two Hopkins engineers discuss the critical importance of shoring up America's infrastructure to protect from storms like Florence
Heart model
Heart health
Getting to the heart of cardiac arrhythmia
Published Sept 12, 2018 Video
Computer models help physicians better identify heart tissue to target during cardiac ablation, a procedure to correct irregular heartbeats
Students sit with laptops on their desks
HopHacks
Hacking solutions for cities
Published Sept 11, 2018
At biannual hackathon, participants will develop apps aimed at improving urban living
Lagoon Nebula
Interdisciplinary
Space@Hopkins seed grants awarded
Published Sept 11, 2018
Interdisciplinary initiative brings together researchers from across the university who focus on civilian space studies
DART spacecraft
Asteroids
Throwing DARTs at approaching asteroids
Published Sept 6, 2018
APL-led mission will test a technique for deflecting asteroids on a collision course with earth
Power lines
cyber warfare
Protecting U.S. energy grid from cyber attacks
Published Sept 5, 2018
Paul Stockton, APL senior fellow and former Defense Department official, outlines plan to protect U.S. energy grid through defense and deterrence
Blood test surrounded by fruits and veggies
No more cheat days
Published Fall 2018
Clinical trials of nutrition and diets are often complicated by the simple fact that study participants might not adhere to the rules of the study. What if there were a way to change that? / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration shows fish as ears of corn
Aquaculture
Casting a wider net
Published Fall 2018
Jillian Fry works to make sure the public health crises and errors of industrial agriculture aren't repeated in a new arena—the sea / Johns Hopkins Magazine