High Altitude Attitude
ALUMNI MAKING NEWS: Reid Wiseman, MS ’06, joins NASA’s 2009 astronaut candidate class.
Research & Development
Crystal Ball: What Does the Future Hold for the Detection and Treatment of Brain Tumors?
High-tech tool would use optical fiber technology to enable a “virtual biopsy” of brain tissue.
From the Archives: A New Start for an Old School
How the Whiting School of Engineering became JHU’s first named division.
Modeling Behavior in Nanomaterials
RESEARCH: Michael Falk, associate professor of materials science and engineering, is developing new techniques to simulate changes in materials on the nanometer scale.
Hope for Neglected Populations
ALUMNI MAKING NEWS: Rebecca Freeman Grais, BA ’95, MS ’97, MS ’99, PhD ’03, tackles the unexamined questions.
New Faculty
WSE welcomes new faculty.
Corporate Connections: Opening Doors to Tomorrow’s Innovators
Charles Goldstein ’68, PhD, is committed to providing opportunities to WSE students–and graduates.
Final Exam
Students learn to “think big” in a course named—aptly—after Archimedes.
From Our Readers
Alumni respond to the Winter ’09 issue of Johns Hopkins Engineering magazine.