Spring 2025
Impact: Faculty Innovation
Micro Marvels
Inspired by nature, David Gracias builds micromachines that fold, stick, swim, and sense—all inside the human body.
Changemakers: Enterprising Alumni
Putting Tumors on Ice
Cryotherapy brings human-quality care to humankind’s best friends.
Inquiring Minds: Student Discovery
Research Meets Reality
An industry-academia partnership with Amazon gives doctoral fellows funding to pursue big ideas in AI research.
Impact: Faculty Innovation
On Fire
By better understanding heat transfer, Thomas Gernay is making structures SAFIR.
Asked & Answered
Why Send a Ferret to a Cocktail Party?
Cocktail conversation, traumatic brain injury, and more
Changemakers: Enterprising Alumni
An Eager Disrupter
Co-founder of Nomic AI, Brandon Duderstadt, Engr ’18,’19 (MSE) has produced some of the world’s most popular AI products.
Changemakers: Enterprising Alumni
Flying High
Becky Selzer, Engr ’15 (MS) is the senior principal architect for IT at United Airlines.
Changemakers: Enterprising Alumni
Eager to Engage
Serena Savino has been appointed the Whiting School’s associate dean for development and alumni relations.
Current
U.S. Bridges at Risk of Ship Collisions
Study finds 19 U.S. bridges are at risk of catastrophic collision.
Quiz Me
Reducing Epilepsy Misdiagnosis
Why are epilepsy false positives so common—and how is new Hopkins tech helping fix that?
Impact: Faculty Innovation
Waste Not, Want Not
A method for converting organic waste into medium-chain carboxylic acids could be a game changer.
How It Works
Keeping Skin Youthful
A new hydrogel could enhance collagen production and restore skin's youthfulness.
Inquiring Minds: Student Discovery
Speeding the Fight Against Chemical Weapons
Tracking the decomposition of hazardous substances in real time
Course Audit
When the Going Gets Tough
By exploring historical catastrophes, students learn to lead.
Inquiring Minds: Student Discovery
Grinding It Out
Crushing asteroid rock into dust wasn’t the hard part. Figuring out how to do it in zero gravity was.
