Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering transforms society through innovative engineering

At Johns Hopkins Engineering, you’ll tackle real-world challenges, learn, and create in cutting-edge labs, learning spaces, and design centers, under the mentorship of renowned scholars and scientists.

06/12/2026

Johns Hopkins alum Andre Douglas selected for Artemis III mission Andre Douglas, Engr '19 (MS), is one of four astronauts who will undertake a series of challenging tests in Earth's orbit in 2027

Yuille team receives 2026 ICBS Frontiers of Science Award

06/11/2026

Congratulations, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Alan Yuille, on receiving the 2026 Frontiers of Science Award for a 2017 DeepLab paper that uses deep learning to classify every pixel in an image. His research focuses on computational models of vision, mathematical models of cognition, medical image analysis, and artificial intelligence and neural networks. Yuille says the paper, authored with colleagues UCLA and Google , was just the start of this research, and subsequent updates means that Deep Lab-related papers have been cited over 100,000 times.

Yuille team receives 2026 ICBS Frontiers of Science Award The annual award from the International Congress for Basic Science recognizes top research in mathematics, physics, and theoretical computer and information sciences.

Lab Study Reveals Patterns of Inheritance That Defy Mendel's Laws

06/09/2026

“Epigenetic” marks — chemical modifications to DNA that don’t change the DNA code itself — can be passed down from parents to offspring. A new study by scientist Andy Feinberg, of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering, shows that such epigenetic marks can be inherited in new, unexpected ways that break the century-long understanding of the rules of inheritance explored and recorded by Gregor Mendel’s work with pea plants. Non-Mendelian patterns of inheriting could be a faster way to acquire diverse or new traits than alterations in the genomic sequence itself, especially in response to environmental pressures, says Feinberg.

Lab Study Reveals Patterns of Inheritance That Defy Mendel's Laws Lab Study Reveals Patterns of Inheritance That Defy Mendel's Laws 05/20/2026 Genetic information in the DNA and modifications, such as DNA methylation, define the epigenetic landscape and phenotype and show both Mendelian and non-Mendelian heredity. Credit: Art design by Michael Koldobskiy and Andre...

Tiny geometric differences can reshape how entire tissues move, new research shows - Department of Mechanical Engineering

06/04/2026

A tiny paper cut can heal far more quickly than a scraped knee. Why? Smaller wounds usually heal better and faster than larger ones. But Hopkins engineers have found another factor in speedy healing: geometry. Wound-healing cells prefer to navigate structures in the body that curve outward rather than inward. That’s the finding from a recent study by mechanical engineers who looked at how wound-healing cells navigated jagged shapes meant to represent a wound. Read the story to learn how Hopkins engineers are working to create better biomaterials and tissue engineering techniques.

Tiny geometric differences can reshape how entire tissues move, new research shows - Department of Mechanical Engineering For most people, the dreaded papercut heals much faster than an entire scraped knee. The biology behind wound healing has mostly agreed with this observation, suggesting a wound’s size is…

New Fetal Monitoring Tool Could Reduce Unnecessary C-Sections

06/03/2026

Johns Hopkins engineers partnered with clinicians to develop a better way to monitor the safety of a fetus during labor and delivery. They created a tool that uses near-infrared light to measure oxygen levels in the fetal brain and mother’s placenta, which they say, may be more accurate than measuring fetal heart rate alone. Obstetricians currently rely on monitoring fetal heart rate to detect signs of fetal distress, but the measures are often incorrect. The research team, including engineer Emad Boctor, says the new device offers a real-time window into the baby’s brain during labor and may help obstetricians avoid unnecessary cesarean deliveries.

New Fetal Monitoring Tool Could Reduce Unnecessary C-Sections New Fetal Monitoring Tool Could Reduce Unnecessary C-Sections By Karen Nitkin on 04/15/2026 Published in Clinical Connection - Spring 2026 Johns Hopkins clinicians and engineers are developing a new tool for noninvasive intrapartum fetal brain monitoring. Key Points Electronic fetal heart rate monit...

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05/26/2026

Design Day Feature: Crab pot recovery! Design Day Feature: "Crab-Back" is a low-cost acoustic release system developed by ECE students to help Chesapeake watermen recover lost crab pots and stop “ghost fishing.” It can even release a backup buoy when the line is cut. A HopStart winner! Read more: https://engineering.jhu.edu/ece/news/crab-back-brings-lost-pots-back-home/?utm_campaign=wse_social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

05/21/2026

2026 WSE Master’s Recognition Ceremony WSE Master's Recognition CeremonyMay 18, 2026

05/20/2026

Design Day Feature: A senior design team in Environmental Engineering proposed a bio-solar roof for the Brown Advisory Building on Bond St. in Fells Point—combining a green roof with 534 solar panels to capture rainwater, reduce stormwater runoff and street-level flooding, and generate clean energy for the building. The team incorporated NOAA climate data and input from experts at BGE and Furbish in their approach.

Their design could significantly reduce impervious runoff while generating enough renewable energy to power dozens of homes and avoid hundreds of metric tons of CO₂ emissions every year.

“We found that energy usage was a concern,” said team member Maya Savory. “With increased temperatures requiring more cooling in the summer, stronger storm events to break utility lines, and current outages already occurring, we wanted our project to focus on flood prevention and energy resiliency in the neighborhood. We ultimately found that a bio-solar roof was the best for both goals.”

Team members: Maya Savory, Victoria Ines, Guilian Laudisa, Juny Lee, Gianna Murphy

05/15/2026

Streaming links and keynote speakers for Monday's master's recognition and doctoral hooding ceremonies!

Master's Recognition: Monday, May 18 - 9 a.m. on Homewood Field
Streaming Link: https://video.ibm.com/channel/6rnaS4ez9DU
Keynote: Chaomei Chen, Eng '88 (MSE)
A retired business executive and leading expert in risk management and operations, Chen held chief risk officer, chief credit officer, and executive vice president positions at LendingClub, JPMorgan Chase Card/Wamu, Wamu Card Services, Providian Financial Corporation, FleetBoston Financial Services, and PNC National Bank/Card Division. She is a member of the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees and a member of the Whiting School of Engineering’s Advisory Board.

Doctoral Hooding: Monday, May 18 - 2:30 p.m. in Shriver Hall
Streaming Link: https://video.ibm.com/channel/ErEEPMvBnUq
Keynote: Charles Goldstein, Engr ’68 (MSE)
Charles Goldstein has been acting as a strategic advisor to large and medium-sized companies seeking to expand further into or enter the health care market since retiring as a senior vice president from Becton Dickinson in January 2016. Goldstein also serves as a board member for innovative startups and is a seed-stage angel investor. Goldstein’s expertise covers all aspects of early-stage innovation, business, and go-to-market strategy with a deep knowledge of product development for medical devices, diagnostics, and life science research tools. Goldstein received an award from Johns Hopkins University for distinguished alumni service.

FDA Approves Early Warning System For Sepsis - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering

05/14/2026

Bayesian Health, founded by Assoc Prof Suchi Saria, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its sepsis-detecting Targeted Real-Time Early Warning System—one of the AI-based medical tools to do so. The federally funded work, which integrates electronic health records with advanced clinical AI, was deployed at several health systems, including Cleveland Clinic, MemorialCare in California, and the University of Rochester School of Medicine through a prior FDA Breakthrough Device Designation. Click to read more!

When clinicians act on Bayesian's alerts in time, sepsis patients are 18% less likely to die in the hospital. That finding comes from a 2022 peer-reviewed Nature Medicine study spanning 764,707 patient encounters (17,538 with sepsis) across five hospitals in both academic and community-based settings with 2,000+ providers using the software.

https://engineering.jhu.edu/news/fda-approves-early-warning-system-for-sepsis/?utm_campaign=wse_social&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

FDA Approves Early Warning System For Sepsis - Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering The AI system detects deadly infections faster than doctors, saving thousands of lives from a condition that claims more than 250,000 lives each year in the U.S.

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