JHU/NASA telerobotics demo for Maryland Congressional Delegation

11/29/11: Prof. Louis Whitcomb, Prof. Peter Kazanzides, their collaborators, and students participated in a JHU/NASA telerobotics demo for Congresswoman Donna Edwards, Senator Barbara Mikulski and Congressman Steny Hoyer during their visit to the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland on November 29, 2011. The blue and white robot on the far left of the photo at GSFC was remotely controlled from the da Vinci master console in Hackerman Hall robotorium (see monitor image of Ph.D. student Jon Bohren in Hackerman in the center of the photo). Ph.D. student Kel Guerin is just to the right of Congressman Hoyer.

Fluid dynamics meeting hosted in Baltimore

11/22/11: The 64th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics was held at the Convention Center in Baltimore from November 20th to 22nd, 2011. The JHU fluids group lead the organization of the meeting, with Professor Andrea Prosperetti serving as organizing committee chair and graduate students and postdocs providing technical service to the many parallel sessions. This year's meeting had a record-setting number (>2,400) of participants, with up to 26 parallel sessions.   

AIAA Region I Young Professional, Student, and Education Conference 2011

11/4/11: Tiras Lin (ME '13) was the second place winner for Best Undergraduate Student Presentation for his presentation, "Understanding the Role of Moment-of-Inertia Variation in Insect Flight Maneuvers" and Sarah McElman (ME '12) received an Honorable Mention for her presentation, "Hydrogen Production from Metal-Water Reactions" at the AIAA Region I Young Professional, Student, and Education Conference 2011 held at Applied Physics Laboratory's Kossiakoff Center.

ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition

11/11: Congratulations to Baptiste Coudriller who won First Place in the 2011 ASME AMD Student Paper Competition. He presented his paper, "Effect of the Scleral Collagen Structure on the Mechanical Response of the Optic Nerve Head" at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Denver on November 14, 2011.

Science Roundtable discussion hosted by The Science Coalition

10/13/11: Professor Noah J. Cowan participated in a Science Roundtable discussion on October 13, 2011, hosted by The Science Coalition http://www.sciencecoalition.org/], featuring winners of the prestigious Presidential Early-Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from universities around the country. The on-the-record event was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Learn more and listen here.

Full-time Tenure-track Faculty Positions

The Department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking qualified applicants in Biomechanics and Robotics. Visit here for position and application info.

Professor Rajat Mittal elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society

9/28/11: The Council of the American Physical Society has named Rajat Mittal a Fellow of the American Physical Society upon the recommendation of the Division of Fluid Dynamics. Professor Mittal's election of the APS Fellowship is recognition "for fundamental contributions to the development of immersed boundary methods in computational fluid dynamics and for the understanding of the structure of bluff body wakes, fluid dynamics of locomotion, active flow control, and biomimetics & bioinspired engineering."

Professor Charles Meneveau is the first recipient of the Stanley Corrsin Award

9/28/11: Charles Meneveau is the first recipient of the Stanley Corrsin Award newly established by the Fluid Dynamics Division of the American Physical Society "for his innovative use of experimental data and turbulence theory in the development of advanced models for large-eddy simulations, and for the application of these models to environmental, geophysical and engineering applications." The Prize consists of $5,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting at which the Prize is awarded, and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. The award will be presented annually at the Division of Fluid Dynamics annual meeting and will be accompanied by a Distinguished Lecture from the Award winner.

Professor Noah Cowan Receives PECASE

Noah Cowan is the recipient of a 2011 Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE). The award, announced by President Obama, is the U.S. government's highest honor for scientists and engineers in the early stages of their research careers. Professor Cowan is one of 94 recipients of this year’s PECASE and one of 24 awardees nominated by the National Science Foundation. He was selected for his innovative research in biologically inspired robotic systems with application to disaster recovery and space exploration and for motivating students to explore careers in science and engineering.

Prof. Whitcomb part of team that measured oil and gas flow in Deepwater Horizon Spill

Photograph of a hydrocarbon jet leaking from the Deepwater Horizon's broken riser (Photo by Rich Camilli, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

9/12/2011:  In a paper recently published in PNAS, a team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, including Professor Louis Whitcomb is reporting considerably sharpened measurements of  how much oil and gas flowed in last year's Deepwater Horizon Spill.

Professor Hemker goes to Washington

8/3/11: TMS and MRS co-hosted a Materials Information Luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on August 3, 2011. TMS P&GA Chair and ad hoc committee chair Professor Kevin Hemker served as moderator for the session, with presentations by Prof. John Allison (on left, representing TMS) and Dr. Jim Roberto (on right, representing MRS). A combined audio/slide version of the presentations was captured and is available at http://materialsinnovation.tms.org/resources.aspx.

Joe Katz and Jiarong Hong receive ASME Knapp Award

7/27/11: Professor Joe Katz and graduate student Jiarong Hong received the 2011 FED Robert T. Knapp award for their paper, "FEDSM-ICNMM2010-30829: Scale-Dependent Energy Fluxes in a Rough-wall Turbulent Channel Flow."

Professor K.T. Ramesh receives Lazan Award

7/15/11: Professor K.T. Ramesh will receive the Society of Experimental Mechanics’ 2012 B.J. Lazan Award in recognition of his technical contributions to the field of experimental mechanics. The B.J. Lazan award was established in 1967 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding original technical contributions to experimental mechanics and the award honors inventors, developers or contributors to the introduction of new devices or methods. In 1973 the award was named in honor of Dr. Benjamin J. Lazan, a pioneer in his field who achieved recognition in dynamic testing, vibration, materials damping, and fatigue.

Robotics PhD Alumnus receives best thesis award

7/8/11:  Former JHU ME PhD student Robert J. Webster, co-advised by Professors Noah Cowan and Allison Okamura, was awarded the "Dick Volz Best Robotics PhD Thesis Award" from among all of the theses completed in the United States in 2007. The award was presented at the 2011 Robotics: Science and Systems conference.

Professor Mittal named an ASME Fellow

7/8/11: Professor Rajat Mittal has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), recognizing his "outstanding engineering achievements." ASME describes the Fellow Grade as "the highest elected grade of membership within ASME, the attainment of which recognizes exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession".

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