Big Ideas

Summer 2012

Computational Mechanics Takes Flight

Somnath Ghosh of the Computational Mechanics Research Laboratory studies cracks in planes to guide the structural design of future aircraft.

Summer 2012

Health Care Records for the Homeless

A pilot project by Avi Rubin and Johns Hopkins Medical students pioneers electronic medical records for Baltimore’s homeless population.

Summer 2012

Dropping the F-Bomb

Security researcher Brendan O’Connor MS ’08 has dropped a big one with his latest invention: a little spy computer that he has dubbed the F-BOMB.

Summer 2012

Not-So-Unlikely Bedfellows

Edward D. Miller—the Frances Watt Baker, MD, and Lenox D. Baker Jr., MD, Dean of the Medical Faculty and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine—who retired June 30, offers parting words.

Summer 2012

Dolphin Diet

Whiting School professors team up with the National Aquarium to study the health implications of dolphins’ diets.

Summer 2012

The Buzz

Trending engineering terms.

Summer 2012

Lab Notes

Satellite Surgery: How can NASA fix valuable satellites that are breaking down or running out of fuel? Robots to the…

Summer 2012

On Opportunity and Legacy

Three endowed professors share thoughts on Hopkins Engineering and their fields of expertise.

Fall 2011

Storm Chasers

JHU researchers predict which areas will be without electricity during a storm.