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Winter 2016 News from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

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Message from the Chair

Dear ME friends, alumni, and students:

Welcome to the winter 2016 issue of Mech E Force. A lot has happened in our department since the spring, and I’m excited to share some highlights with you.

HEMI: Artistic Interpretation

KT Ramesh and HEMI showcase research in partnership with MICA.

Breathing Easier

Senior Design students develop improvements for Ebola protection suit.

Wind Power

Sung Hoon Kang and Rajat Mittal explore ways to harvest wind energy with piezoelectric flag.

Bye Bye Bluejay

Freshman Design Competition showcases the creativity of the class of 2020.

Dennice Gayme named Carol Linde Croft Faculty Scholar
Kevin Hemker, Kelvin Xie, and team publish groundbreaking research regarding breaking the icosahedra in boron carbide
Sean Sun elected as an APS Fellow
Vicky Nguyen, Kevin Hemker, Sung Hoon Kang receive $1.6M DMREF grant
Rajat Mittal receives grant to model new approaches to ventilate and reduce energy consumption in buildings
Kevin Hemker elected to Homewood Academic Council
Noah Cowan, Joseph Katz, and Rajat Mittal receive Johns Hopkins Discovery Award
Six graduate students defend dissertations

Nathan Scott honored as "champion" of Maryland manufacturing
Ishan Barman receives Maryland Outstanding Young Engineer Award
Vicky Nguyen receives Johns Hopkins catalyst award
Doctoral student Berk Gonenc among five from Johns Hopkins to be named Siebel Scholars
Postdoctoral fellow Dhruv Vig awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant from Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund

Jeremy Brown to join MechE faculty in Summer 2017
KT Ramesh represents materials research at White House event

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