Gregory Wiedman, Robert Ireland, Nuala Del Piccolo, and Anindya Roy

Clockwise from top left: Gregory Wiedman, Robert Ireland, Anindya Roy, and Nuala Del Piccolo

Three advanced graduate students and one postdoctoral researcher from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering will serve as instructors in the Whiting School of Engineering’s newly announced Hopkins Engineering Applications & Research Tutorials (HEART). Gregory Wiedman, Robert Ireland, Nuala Del Piccolo, and Anindya Roy will provide undergraduates with an introduction to cutting-edge engineering research and demonstrate how that research impacts society.

The courses offered through HEART have no prerequisites and are open to all JHU undergraduates in the Whiting School of Engineering and the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Students can still enroll in one of the tutorials this semester, even though the deadline to add other classes has passed. Registration for HEART begins September 22 for freshmen and September 29 for all other students. The deadline for HEART registration is October 10.

The available courses include:

  • Finding the Cure: Methods in Drug Delivery,
  • Hybrid Materials for Solid-State Energy Harvesting,
  • Stuff of Dreams: How Advances in Materials Science Shape the World,
  • and Visualizing Biomolecules.

Visit the HEART website for more information on registration and the courses offered.

 

About the Instructors

Gregory Wiedman is a PhD student in the lab of Dr. Kalina Hristova. He is working on a high throughput screen for proteins that could cause endosomal escape of drug molecules.

Robert Ireland is a PhD student in the lab of Dr. Howard Katz. He is working on solid-state energy harvesting using abundant and non-toxic materials, with a focus on turning heat transfer into electricity.

Nuala Del Piccolo is a PhD student in the lab of Dr. Kalina Hristova. She is researching the thermodynamics of protein-protein interactions using fluorescence microscopy.

Anindya Roy is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Michael Falk. After obtaining his PhD in Physics from Rutgers University in 2011, he spent two years at UC Santa Barbara studying hydrogen-storage materials for hydrogen-powered cars.