Stopping Sepsis in Its Tracks
The threat of developing a fatal infection from a simple cut or minor wound is as antique as the Civil…
Big Ideas
Engineering a Smarter ICU
America’s intensive care units (ICUs) are supposed to showcase the lifesaving potential of modern medicine. They are equipped with the latest technology,staffed with the…
FastForward This!
A new Johns Hopkins technology accelerator gives startups a boost.
Getting a Grip on Better Biopsies
By using swarms of untethered grippers, each as small as a speck of dust, Johns Hopkins engineers have devised a new, more effective way to perform biopsies.
Healing Wonders of Hydrogel
A simple substance comprised of a water-based, three-dimensional network of polymers shows amazing promise for treatment of third-degree burns.
Who’s on First?
The challenge of scheduling each year’s thousands of professional ballgames is a complex business that one Whiting School researcher is now taking on with the help of students.
Upstarts
Disruptive ideas, findings, and products created by WSE faculty, students, and alumni.
Crystal Ball
How can we better engineer hospital ICUs to improve safety for patients?
Ferreting Out Illicit Drug Data
Hopkins engineers have developed a computer algorithm to provide doctors, policymakers, and law enforcement, real-time information about the dangers of new chemical concoctions.