Areas of Research
Explore our research areas, current projects, and the related faculty.
Biomaterials
Developing innovative technologies to address biological challenges from wound healing and organ transplants to slowing the spread of cancer throughout the body.
Computational Materials
Exploring how materials behave and accelerating the discovery of new materials using physical modeling and machine learning.
Materials for Energy
Materials development for clean and sustainable energy technologies.
Functional Materials
Using the unique properties of materials to develop new technologies for sustainable energy, biological, and defense applications.
Optoelectronic and Magnetic Materials
Designing materials responsive to electric and magnetic fields for applications in sustainable energy, biomarker detection, space flight, and more.
Structural Materials
Creating innovative processing methods and advanced materials for real-world applications from body protection to space exploration.
Technology. Collaboration. Excellence.
Explore the equipment and facilities used by researchers and students in topics across the materials science and engineering field.
Materials Characterization Processing - Serving not only MatSci but all of JHU, the MCP provides analytical instrumentation, preparation equipment, and processing capabilities for the development and characterization of new materials, focusing on mainly inorganic characterization and processing. Learn more.
Centers and Institutes - Our faculty collaborate with peers across disciplines and JHU divisions in major research centers and institutes and across a wide range of engineering fields and disciplines. Learn more.
Research Facilities - With an emphasis on creating a collaborative environment, we provide MatSci researchers access to facilities designed to encourage multidisciplinary research that addresses complex issues and solving global challenges. Learn More.
Meet the MatSci Faculty
Leaders in their fields and in our classrooms. Learn about our faculty and their areas of interest.
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Hard-Core Batteries
CategoriesTo make solid-state batteries tougher, a materials science and engineering student is rethinking what goes into the cathode—and how it holds up under pressure
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Hai-Quan Mao and his collaborators at Johns Hopkins conduct NIH-funded materials science research using mRNA and other advances to address urgent medical challenges like cancer, malaria, and nerve and tissue damage
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Reduce, Reuse, Drywall!
CategoriesJohns Hopkins students team up with a startup to engineer drywall that’s strong, sustainable, and carbon-negative