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Michael Shields was promoted to Associate Professor in early 2020. Shields is an expert on uncertainty quantification for wide-ranging problems in computational mechanics and computational materials science. His group, the Shields Uncertainty Research Group (SURG), conducts methodological research in uncertainty quantification, machine learning, and stochastic methods to better understand the effects of uncertainties and random…

Earlier this month, CaSE associate professor Jamie Guest, along with PhD candidates Julia Carroll and Alberto Torres, represented their research during the Space Technology Research Grants (STRG) Program Technology Day on Capitol Hill. The event gives NASA the opportunity to showcase the cutting edge space technologies that are being developed at universities nationwide. Selected STRG…

The Johns Hopkins Department of Civil Engineering (CE) has formally become the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering (CaSE). Bolstered by unanimous support from our faculty and with significant support from the Whiting School of Engineering leadership, this evolution honors our department’s past and preserves its strengths, while also reflecting our continued commitment to pushing…

Associate Professor Michael Shields has received early career support from the U.S. Department of Energy. This is Prof. Shields’ third young investigator award. His project, titled, “Low-dimensional Manifold Learning for Uncertainty Quantification in Complex Multi-scale Stochastic Systems” leverages large-scale so-called dimension hyper-reduction methods to enable uncertainty quantification for complex multi-scale systems. Professor Lori Graham-Brady was…

Vox interviews Thomas Gernay, assistant professor of civil engineering, to discuss the factors that combined to contribute to the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral.

Assistant Professor Thomas Gernay has been named Associate Editor of Fire Technology. According to its website, Fire Technology publishes original contributions, both theoretical and empirical, that contribute to the solution of problems in fire safety science and engineering. It is the leading journal in the field, publishing applied research dealing with the full range of…

In mid-January, Johns Hopkins was pleased to host a thematic conference for the U. S. Association for Computational Mechanics. Organized by Prof. Michael Shields, the Conference on Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Solid and Structural Materials Modeling brought together prominent scholars in solid and structural mechanics, materials science, and applied mathematics with a shared interest in…

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Somnath Ghosh has been selected to co-organize the 10th International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling. The conference, which is the world leading forum dedicated to the dissemination of the latest development in the field of multiscale materials modeling, will be held on Oct 19-23, 2020 at the Baltimore…

Congratulations to faculty member Rachel Sangree, who recently was promoted to Senior Lecturer! Sangree teaches courses in the area of structural engineering and serves as the department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies and Program Chair for EP Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins’ part-time master’s degree program. Prior to joining the civil engineering faculty at JHU, Rachel earned…

The ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) and the Charles Pankow Foundation (CPF) just signed an agreement for a research grant to develop, write and publish the state-of-the-art exemplar procedural guidance to properly execute a performance-based structural fire engineering design in accordance with the new ASCE/SEI 7-16 Appendix E industry standard. The project team includes four…

We are pleased to announce the hire of two new faculty members! In January of 2019, Dr. Lauren Gardner will join us as an Associate Professor. Prior to joining JHU she was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Research Fellow in the School of Public Health at the University…

On May 23. 2018, Tak Igusa, professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, along with his collaborator Johnathon Ehsani, assistant professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, presented to the Board Members and staff of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) on the topic of the ethics of autonomous vehicle testing. Their presentation focused…