Full-time Tenure-track Faculty Positions

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

Johns Hopkins launches Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute

4/25/12: Johns Hopkins University has launched the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute after receiving a $90 million grant from the U.S. Army. that enables researchers to better understand impacts on materials in extreme environments. Mechanical Engineering's own Professor K. T. Ramesh will head the institute.

BajaSAE Team finishes 9th of 100 teams at Eastern Competition

4/25/12: The Johns Hopkins University Baja SAE team achieved their highest placement ever in a BajaSAE contest with a 9th place finish at the Eastern Competition in Auburn, Alabama. The team also earned 3rd place in both the Design Report and Maneuverability sections of the contest. They move on to the summer competition in Madison, Wisconsin.

Department of Mechanical Engineering's 29th Annual Alexander Graham Christie Lecture

4/23/12: We are pleased to announce the 29th Annual Alexander Graham Christie Lecture which will be held this Friday, April 27, 2012 at 4:00pm in 50 Gilman Hall; a reception will be held immediately afterwards in the Atrium area of Gilman Hall. Professor Parviz Moin from the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University will be our distinguished speaker.

Marty Devaney honored for outstanding service

4/10/12: For his outstanding and  excellence in leading the departmental administrative activities, Senior Administrative Manager Marty Devaney is one of the nominees for the Whiting School Staff Service Award 2012. This nomination is a testament to the esteem he is held by everybody in the department, from the faculty, students, other ME staff members and the WSE administration. Congratulations!

This week's Science Nation episode features ME's Noah Cowan

4/10/12: The prominent National Science Foundation video series is featuring Professor Noah Cowan's collaborative research with neuroethologist Eric Fortune in a piece titled "Electric Fish Charges Up Research on Animal Behavior". They describe research on how and why weakly electric knifefish uses electric field to communicate, navigate and hunt.

JHU Mechanical Engineering's rank rises in US News & World Report

4/3/12: JHU Mechanical Engineering rises several points in the latest US News & World Report ranking of graduate programs in mechanical engineering, from #16 last year to #13 in 2012.

J-P Cardenas nominated as candidate for Student Employee of the Year

4/3/12 J-P Cardenas, Mechanical Engineering's front office student worker of two years was nominated as a candidate for “2012 Student Employee of the Year.” Less than one percent of the University’s student workers are nominated for this honor each year.

Prof. Andrea Prosperetti elected to National Academy of Engineering

2/9/12 Professor Andrea Prosperetti has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering - one of engineering's highest distinctions - for his contributions to the fundamentals and applications of multiphase flows.

Mechanics of butterflies in flight

2/6/12: Tiras Lin, BS '13 has been conducting research on the mechanics of butterflies in flight. Information gathered from his research may be used to construct better designs for micro aerial vehicles that could be used by the United States military. Read more here. [4/19/12 Tiras was recently named one of the Baltimore Sun's "Ten to Watch Under 30" - a tribute to ten outstanding young adults under the age of 30 in the Baltimore region.]

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