6/10/08: Peter Searson, professor of Materials Science and Engineering and the director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Nanobiotechnology, has been named the inaugural Joseph R. and Lynn C. Reynolds Professor in the Whiting School.
2/29/08: Professor Howard Katz, professor in the materials science and engineering department, has been named one of 34 inaugural Fellows of the Materials Research Society (MRS). More Information »
2/5/08: Assistant Professor Hai-Quan Mao receives NSF CAREER Award for his research in the roles of nanofiber scaffold as an artificial stem cell niche in presenting topographical and surface-tethered biochemical cues.
11/26-28/07: Graduate student, Donglei Fan, presented new research at the Materials Research Society 2007 Fall Meeting.
11/07: Professors Howard Katz and Peter Searson were named Fellows of American Physical Society Division of Materials Physics
4/1/07: Assistant Professor Michael Yu receives NSF CAREER award to fund collagen modification techniques and biomaterials laboratory resources for blind students.
Department Chair: Robert Cammarata
Number of:
Faculty: 12
Undergraduate Students: 52
Graduate Students: 44
The Whiting School’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering allows students to explore and gain an appreciation for the important roles that materials play in today’s society. Faculty in Materials Science and Engineering are internationally recognized for their research in a wide variety of areas, including materials synthesis and characterization, nanomaterials and thin films, metallic glasses, and nondestructive evaluation.
Undergraduates benefit from a low student-to-faculty ratio which allows students to work closely with faculty and their peers in both classroom and research environments. In the tradition of Johns Hopkins, all undergraduate students participate in research, often beginning in their sophomore years.
Undergraduates can elect a special concentration in biomaterials, which focuses on the science and engineering of materials in biology and medicine and the development of materials used in applications such as drug delivery and gene therapy, tissue engineering, replacement body parts, and biomedical surgical devices.
The graduate program provides students with a broad yet thorough grounding in the fundamentals of materials science and engineering and includes advanced courses that allow them to work at the forefront of knowledge in their chosen specialty.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
102 Maryland Hall
Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Tel: 410-516-8145
Fax: 410-516-5293
Email: materials@jhu.edu
Undergraduate programs in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Inc.
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Hufnagel’s research focuses on phase transformations, mechanical properties and structure-property relationships, with an emphasis on amorphous metallic alloys, or "metallic glasses."
The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-2608
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