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Team Examines Dirty Truth Behind Recycling Plastics
April 4, 2026
Researchers find that cross-contamination can minimize the amount of reusable materialâbut there is a solution.
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Can Timber Columns Stand Up to the Heat of Burning Buildings?
April 2, 2026
As taller mass timber buildings become more common, researchers investigate their structural response to fires to develop safer building designs and fire resistance specifications.
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Somdatta Goswami receives Johns Hopkinsâ William H. Huggins Excellence in Teaching Award
March 25, 2026
The award honors faculty members for outstanding teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Johns Hopkins Universityâs Whiting School of Engineering.
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Bell Named National Academy of Inventors Senior Member
March 12, 2026
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Postdoctoral Researcher Jacob Diamond Awarded ARL Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
March 11, 2026
Postdoctoral fellow Jacob Diamond has been awarded the 2026 Robert J. Eichelberger Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL).
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Successful Part Production Advances Digital Twin Modeling Project
February 16, 2026
Researchers have completed their first successful production of a challenge part through their NASA Space Technology Research Institute, co-led by Johns Hopkins University and Carnegie Mellon University, which will advance efforts to optimize additive manufacturing of custom components used in aeroengines.
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Engineers Chip Away at Dynamics Behind Debris from Impacted Asteroids
January 8, 2026
A team led by Ryan Hurley, co-deputy director of HEMI, found that kinetic energy was the biggest factor.
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Shaky Proposition: Engineers Link Metal Deformation to Earthquake Physics
December 23, 2025
When observing metal deformation at the microscopic scale, HEMI researchers Jaafar El-Awady and Mostafa Omar observed foreshocks, mainshocks, and aftershocks similar to earthquakes.
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New Tech Reduces False Positives From Breast Ultrasounds
December 18, 2025
Advance by Johns Hopkins researchers could spare patients unnecessary follow-up exams and procedures.
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Students Ponder How to Protect the Planet from an Asteroid Threat
December 10, 2025
HEMI Fellow K.T. Ramesh's How to Stop an Asteroid course introduces first-year Johns Hopkins undergrads to both the engineering and sociopolitical sides of planetary defense.
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World Changing Ideas Summit: KT Ramesh Discusses the Future of Materials Discovery
December 5, 2025
HEMI Fellow KT Ramesh discussed his vision for the future with other leaders in health care, space, and AI at the World Changing Ideas Summit, hosted by Johns Hopkins University and Fast Company.
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Civil and Systems Engineering Dataset Selected by NSF to Train Innovative AI Models
November 20, 2025
Fracture mechanics dataset created by postdoc Maryam Hakimzadeh and HEMI Fellows Somdatta Goswami and Lori Graham-Brady among 10 selected for NSF AI pilot program
