{"id":13626,"date":"2020-06-23T10:02:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T14:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=13626"},"modified":"2020-06-24T14:34:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T18:34:38","slug":"hopkins-engineering-responds-to-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2020\/06\/hopkins-engineering-responds-to-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Johns Hopkins Engineering Responds to COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the impact of COVID-19 worsened\u00a0across the United States, in mid-March, the university shifted to remote teaching and operations, as well as a ramp-down of all research activities, with the exception of research related to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Almost immediately, WSE faculty and students launched new research initiatives to meet challenges posed by the pandemic\u2014ranging from the redesign of medical devices and creating technologies to extend the life of personal protective equipment to developing models for improved allocation of medical resources and new methods to screen for COVID-19 antibodies.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty members, with just two weeks to adapt their teaching methods and curricula for online instruction, took part in intensive training in software and best practices, and received guidance from experts to help ensure their course learning objectives would be met.<\/p>\n<p>Students and faculty members alike continue to exhibit tremendous commitment, initiative, and creativity as we all adapt to our \u201cnew normal.\u201d In the stories that follow, we share some timely research pursuits, a sampling of our faculty members\u2019 inventive approaches to teaching, some ingenious design projects that students are doing from home, and co-curricular initiatives that draw upon students\u2019 skills and desire to make an impact.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2020\/06\/tracking-the-coronavirus\/\">Tracking the Coronavirus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2020\/06\/addressing-ventilator-shortage\/\">Institution-Wide Effort to Address Ventilator Shortage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2020\/06\/using-social-media-to-track-social-distancing\/\">Using Social Media to Track Social Distancing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2020\/06\/covid-19-virtual-design-challenge\/\">Thinking Fast In a Time of Crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2020\/06\/jhu-bpc-moves-online\/\">Business as Usual: The Business Plan Competition Moves Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2020\/06\/home-is-where-the-design-is\/\">Home is Where the Design Is<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">WSE alumni, <\/span>are you working in COVID-19 response? Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WSEAlumni-COVID19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bit.ly\/WSEAlumni-COVID19<\/a> and tell us about what you\u2019re doing!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Additionally, our researchers, medical teams, staff, and students are working tirelessly to help with testing, patient care, and preventive care\u2014with your support we can do more! Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.jhu.edu\/form\/eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">engineering.jhu.edu\/giving<\/a>\u00a0to make a gift in support of our efforts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WSE faculty and students launched new research initiatives to meet challenges posed by the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4941],"tags":[4949],"class_list":["post-13626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-responding-to-covid-19","tag-covid-19","issue-summer-2020"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Johns Hopkins Engineering Responds to COVID-19 - JHU Engineering Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2020\/06\/hopkins-engineering-responds-to-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Johns Hopkins Engineering Responds to COVID-19 - 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