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JHU experts say we have only just begun to explore AI’s power to transform and improve lives in areas including health care, transportation, public health, education, climate change, and more.

Damini Agarwal is the Director of Product Development at Infinite Biomedical Technologies LLC (IBT), a medical device company based out of Baltimore that develops electronics and control systems for upper limb myoelectric prosthesis systems.

“We are pleased to continue helping Whiting School of Engineering faculty advance their cutting-edge research,” says Neil Cohen, who is also the founder of venture capital firm Emerald Development Managers.

Yinzhi Cao, Yun Chen, and Gregory Falco receive award aimed to develop the next generation of academic scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who will focus a significant portion of their careers on national security issues.

“While FastForward U has its own pitch competitions and events, we also serve as a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship for all Johns Hopkins students."

Ikbal Choudhury ’21 and his partners are bringing science education and environmental conservation to young students and teachers with limited resources.

Natalia Trayanova has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a distinction that recognizes cardiology’s top experts and the professional achievements of scholars who have made exceptional contributions to the field. The American College of Cardiology is the largest medical society in the field, with 49,000 members.

Carsten Prasse, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, has been named a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Early CAREER Award, which recognizes early-stage scholars with high levels of promise and excellence.

Michael Schatz, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of computer science and biology, has been named to the 2022 TIME 100, TIME Magazine’s list of the world’s most influential people.

Jamie Spangler, the William R. Brody Faculty Scholar and assistant professor in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been chosen by the Maryland Academy of Sciences to receive the Maryland Outstanding Young Engineer Award.

Jennifer Elisseeff, professor of biomedical engineering, the Morton Goldberg Professor of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Translational Tissue Engineering Center, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as one of the class of 2022's 261 new members.

ReBokeh, a student startup developing an app to increase accessibility for the visually impaired, took the $20,000 top prize at FastForward U’s Fuel accelerator Demo Day on April 14.