At HEMI, we break materials down so that we can re-build better versions moving forward, while also developing the next generation of innovative thinkers and leaders.
— Tim Rupert, Director
Welcome to the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI) at the Johns Hopkins University. HEMI serves as a nucleation point for teams of brilliant scholars and problem solvers who strive to address the most challenging issues facing materials in extreme environments or demonstrating extreme performance. Our teams investigate material performance at extremes of temperature, pressure, and radiation, as well as other conditions that lead to material failure. The work we do enables advancements in countless academic fields and industries—each time we overcome extreme conditions in aggressive service environments, we remove roadblocks standing in the way of technological innovation.
HEMI’s primary goal is to serve as an intellectual hub for research on extreme materials, both for Hopkins researchers and the broader scientific community. We do this by (1) providing the infrastructure and staff support needed to perform innovative research, (2) maintaining cutting-edge facilities that enable access to extreme conditions, and (3) gathering the best and brightest to rapidly create collaborative teams.
Per year on average. Includes everything from single-PI projects to large research centers.
from the Whiting School of Engineering, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, JHU APL, and external organizations
including research scientists, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students
to other universities, national laboratories, and industry partners
A view of HEMI’s impact can be seen from the scale of our research enterprise. Our research activities take the form of single-principal-investigator projects, massive collaborative research centers, and everything in between. HEMI currently serves as the home base for four major research centers covering topics such as the accelerated discovery of new materials with artificial intelligence, materials issues associated with the defeat of weapons of mass destruction, multi-scale modeling of materials, architected materials, and additive manufacturing. These centers demonstrate the power of a collaborative research institute such as HEMI, where we are prepared to rapidly team up and tackle the world’s toughest problems at a moment’s notice.
I encourage you to explore our website to learn about our exciting activities, connect with our talented team, develop new collaborations, and join our extreme materials community!
Sincerely,
Tim Rupert
Director, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
