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Any-fin is possible: the team found that a school of fish moving together in just the right way was incredibly effective at reducing noise.
Model developed by Hopkins engineers could guide treatment plans.
Rajat Mittal and Jung-Hee Seo reach back to the 15th century to solve a 21st-century problem.
How a Pill Dissolves in the Stomach; Insights from StomachSim – Lee, Seo, Kuhar & Mittal
JHU Press Release on our Research on Drug Dissolution in the Stomach.
Study Finds Body Position Makes ‘Tremendous Impact’ in How Fast Medicine Kicks In.
New Science Reveals the Best Way to Take a Pill.
Have you been taking pills wrong? Here’s what science says.
Shantanu Bailoor’s Dissertation Defense, July 14, 2022.
Karthik Menon received the Mark O. Robbins Prize in High-Performance Computing. Congratulations!
Karthik Menon received the Corrsin-Kovasznay Outstanding Paper Award for his paper titled “On the initiation and sustenance of flow-induced vibration of cylinders: insights from force partitioning”. Congratulations!
Shantanu Bailoor received JHU Department of Mechanical Engineering’s Creel Family Teaching Assistant Award for the 2020-2021 academic year. Congratulations!
Dr. Mittal named 2021 ASME Freeman Scholar
Dr. Mittal featured in this Washington Post investigative news report on face masks
Dr. Mittal discusses with VOA, the use of apps that calculate the risk of COVID-19 transmission
Emily Palmer wins second prize in ASME paper competition
FPCL Alum wins Acrivos Dissertation Award
Johns Hopkins team gets $1M grant to explore intricacies of bat navigation.
FPCL Alum Professor Xudong Zheng receives the 2017 NSF CAREER award.
Trying To Unravel The 12th Hole At The Masters | ESPN Sport Science | 2017 Masters
Paddle vs. Propeller: Which Olympic swimming stroke is superior?
Analyzing mechanics of butterflies in flight
Johns Hopkins cricket research could lead to a new generation of robots
Analysis of crickets’ jumps could lead to new, tiny robots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJMdCxw_hg4
Predicting wind-induced variability of golf shots: A look at Hole 12 at the Augusta Masters
In the News FPCL – ME JHU
January, 2017
FPCL work on predicting blood clot formation reported on by the Texas Advanced Computing Center:
August, 2016
Prof. Rajat Mittal’s work with USA Olympian Michael Phelps is featured in The New Yorker for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics:
April, 2016
FPCL work on Augusta National’s 12th hole is featured on the Golf Digest: 
Other media coverages include:
Imperial Valley News (Southern California)
Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)
March, 2016
What tiny mollusks in Antarctica can tell us about ocean acidification.
Computer simulations show tricky wind dynamics at play at Augusta National.
Our research may help golfers tame the sport’s ‘Scariest 155 Yards’.
February, 2016
FPCL work performed on MARCC is featured on the JHU Engineering magazine.
January, 2016
Minuscule Marvels — Our research on spider crickets is featured on the JHU Engineering magazine.
December, 2015
Our research on aeromechanics of spider crickets is covered by more media:
Reuters: Analysis of crickets’ jumps could lead to new, tiny robots
The Baltimore Sun: Study of spider crickets a leap into aerodynamics
November, 2015
Anirban Ghosh (MS ’15) wins 3rd prize among the MS students category
at 2015 ASME IMECE for his paper:
Coupled Fluid-Chemical Computational Modeling of Anticoagulation
Therapies in a Stented Artery, Paper # IMECE2015-52638.
Parastou Eslami received second place in the Hopkins Imaging Conference Poster Contest. Congratulations!
The New York Times covered our research on spider crickets: Crickets and Their Spectacular Dancelike Leaps
October, 2015
Research on aeromechanics of spider crickets is covered by the following media:
June, 2015
Research on Olympic swimmers quoted in NAUTILUS.
May, 2015
Research on Olympic swimmers featured in the Mechanical Engineering Magazine.
See how FPCL helps to build a better heart.
April, 2015
March, 2015
Research on insect flight quoted in the Economist.
February, 2015
Chao Zhang successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “Mechanisms for Aerodynamic Force Generation and Flight Stability for Insects”. Congratulations, Dr. Zhang!
January, 2015
Vijay Vedula successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “Image Based Computational Modeling of Intracardiac Flows”. Congratulations, Dr. Vedula!
June 2014
19th Century Math Tactic Gets a Makeover—and Yields Answers Up to 200 Times Faster
April 2014
Prof. Mittal’s Trip to Antarctica – Chasing Pteropods in Antarctica: Five weeks at Palmer Station
January, 2014
Sea sentinels Signal Ocean Changes – Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine
June, 2013
Figure accepted as JFM cover page
April, 2013
Scientific American: The Mathematical Butterfly: Simulations Provide New Insights on Flight
Inside Science: The Mathematical Butterfly: Simulations Provide New Insights on Flight
January 2013,
Johns Hopkins senior Tiras Lin wins Churchill Scholarship
July 2012,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/oly-science-swim-stroke-adv-idUSL2E8HQBCO20120718
June, 2012
Hopkins News Release: Paddle vs. Propeller: Which Olympic Swimming Stroke is Superior?
February, 2012
POPSCI: To Enable the Robo-Insects of the Future, Researchers Capture Butterfly Flight at 3,000 FPS
CBC: Butterflies inspire bug-size flying robots
Joplin Independent: Research mimics movement of butterflies
November, 2011
https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/NE/MidAtlantic/Web%20Pages/YPSE-11.aspx
October, 2010
Febrary , 2010
Figure from JFM paper chosen for Cover
August, 2008
August 1, Popular Science —- How It Works: The Dolphin Kick
August 13, National Public Radio—-Dolphin Kick Gives Swimmers Edge
August 13, National Public Radio—-The Science Behind Swimmers Dolphin Kick
August 15, The Times of India—-Indian scientist explains Phelps phenomenon
August 19, Popular Mechanics—-After 8 Golds for Phelps, 8 Big Questions on Beijing’s Super Pool
June, 2008
June 20, 2008, The Washington Post—-A revolution that began with a dolphin kick
June 20, 2008, The Washington Post—-Why Are the Records Falling
December, 2006
January, 2006
Hydrodynamics, Small-Scale Flows Highlight 2005 DFD Meeting.
July, 2005
CONTOURS, The Tecplot Newsletter
Spring, 2005
2004
The Wall Street Journal
Online -In Print: Frontpage Page A10
32 Processor COMPAQ GS320 becomes operational 06/07/2004
September, 2003
Professor Rajat Mittal Receives $1Million DoD Challenge Grant
January, 2003
Professor Rajat Mittal Receives DoD Challenge Grant
April, 2002