Up and Comer

Summer 2016

David Narrow, MSE ’13, the CEO of Sonavex, a company aimed at improving outcomes for surgical patients by providing clinicians cutting-edge visualization through imaging technology, has been named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 notable health care industry entrepreneurs.

Forbes recognized Narrow, 25, for his company’s EchoSure technology, which was developed at Johns Hopkins and earned Narrow’s team a win at the 2013 Biomedical Engineering Innovations, Design, and Entrepreneurship Awards competition.

EchoSure ultrasound implant technology helps nurses locate blood clots before they cause problems. Forbes also noted Narrow’s work with MonoMano Cycling, which makes adaptive bikes for stroke survivors and others with similar physical limitations.

Narrow is a graduate of the David E. Swirnow Master’s Program in Bioengineering Innovation and Design at Johns Hopkins’ Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, which focuses on preparing leaders in the design and development of health care solutions. Sonavex is based in northern Baltimore and is part of FastForward at Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, a business accelerator program supporting startup companies.

Punk Band with a Strong Work Ethic

When Paul Vallejo ’19, MS ’22, first talked with fellow Hopkins undergrad Ashrita Kumar about forming a band in 2018, he expected music to be a hobby between classes. Five years later, their band Pinkshift has a studio album listed in entertainment magazine Paste’s best punk albums of 2022, and they’re striking out on their second cross-country tour. A chemical and biomolecular engineering major, Vallejo met Kumar through Homewood United…

Making Earth a Better Place

Space systems expert Michaelyn Thomas MS ’21 embraces the potential of using space for good. In January 2022, she joined the U.S. Space Force—the Armed Forces’ newest branch created to organize, train, and equip space forces to protect U.S. and allied interests in space. As deputy director of the Resilient Missile Warning, Tracking, and Defense Acquisition Delta, Thomas, a civilian, oversees the technology maturation…

Taking Garbage Out of the Streets

When Mohan B. Dangi PhD ’09 began traveling to Nepal in 1998, his goal was to help develop a renewable-energy curriculum for the nation’s K-12 schools, to create an environmental engineering degree for national universities, and to assist the newly established Alternative Energy Promotion Center. Returning to his native country representing U.S. National Renewable Energy…