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.@jhumeche/@JHU_HEMI's Prof K.T. Ramesh and researcher Lily Zhao joined @voxdotcom’s Unexplainable podcast to talk about their bacteria blasting experiments on lithopanspermia—the possibility that life on Earth may have come from...elsewhere 💥🦠 podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/unexplain…

Do you like fairy tales? Do you like playing games? Do you like engineering? Well you're in luck, because all three are combined at our annual MechE arcade event this Thursday, 4/16! This event is fun, exciting, and you don't need to bring any quarters to play the games!

Chronic pancreatitis is difficult to manage because clinicians lack a reliable, non-invasive way to measure pressure inside the pancreatic duct and better identify who may benefit from intervention. Researchers addressed this gap by combining magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)-derived duct anatomy with computational fluid modeling to estimate pancreatic duct pressure and detect pancreatic ductal hypertension. They validated the approach against endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) manometry and found that simulated pressure drops aligned with invasive measurements, while also tracking with pain relief after decompression. A simplified quasi-one-dimensional model closely matched full simulations, enabling faster, scalable estimation for clinical use. Providing a non-invasive, physiology-informed way to assess ductal pressure could support more precise treatment decisions and improve outcomes for those living with chronic pancreatitis. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: link.springer.com/article/10.100… 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: Non-invasive Assessment of Pancreatic Duct Hypertension Using Computational Flow Modeling 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀: Haobo Zhao, Jung-Hee Seo, @V_Akshintala, Surya Evani, and Rajat Mittal @JohnsHopkins @HopkinsEngineer @jhumeche @HopkinsMedicine @HopkinsGIHep 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁: link.springer.com/journal/10439

Hopkins Engineer (and mission commander of Artemis II) Reid Wiseman, ’06 (MS), and his crew are on their way! Reid earned his master’s degree in systems engineering from our online Engineering for Professionals program.

Starting Thursday, hosted here at Hopkins, the @NSF Trailblazer Workshop is bringing together award recipients, trainees, industry leaders, and policymakers for the first gathering of this bold new engineering research community. engineering.jhu.edu/news/johns-hop…

Recycling plastic is easy, just drop it in the bin and it's gone forever. But not all plastic is the same - what happens when it's all mixed up together? Dr. Vicky Nguyen examines the dirty truth about cross-contamination: me.jhu.edu/news/team-exam…

They may have tiny brains, but fruit flies are navigational superstars. What can they teach AI? Dr. Noah Cowan investigates! me.jhu.edu/news/tiny-brai…

Please join us for our annual Christie Lecture next Thursday at 3 pm in Hodson 110.

Congratulations to #HopkinsEngineer Dr. Rajat Mittal, who was named a fellow of @aaas, the world’s largest general scientific society. Fellows are selected annually for their contributions to their respective fields and the body of science as a whole.

Join us for our first (hopefully annual) MechE Community Social Hour! Thursday from 3-5 pm at the gym. Hope to see you all there.

Featuring the Malone Center and @jhumeche’s Axel Kreiger, Open-H-Embodiment—a new, expansive dataset—is challenging the limitations of healthcare robotics by prioritizing physical action over mere perception:

#HopkinsEngineer Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Dr. Julie Lundquist sounds the alarm about the government dismantling NCAR, which tracks catastrophic weather conditions. Read the full story: me.jhu.edu/news/scientist…

In @nytimes: Did life originate on Earth or hitch a ride from… elsewhere? ☄️ Prof. K.T. Ramesh and team fired metal plates at microorganisms, simulating asteroid impacts that could blast rocks (and life?) from one planet to another. The 🦠 survived! nytimes.com/2026/03/03/sci…

Can alien life survive being shot across space onto another planet? Dr. K.T. Ramesh says...probably! “This is a really big deal that changes the way you think about the question of how life begins and how life began on Earth.” Full story here: me.jhu.edu/news/ramesh-st…

Thanks to @JHUNewsLetter for this excellent story about MechE's very own fencing star #HopkinsEngineer Leonid Kotov. Read the full story here: jhunewsletter.com/article/2026/0…

Dr. Julie Lundquist was recently quoted in a Baltimore Fishbowl article about a Maryland offshore wind project that is currently facing legal pushback. Read the full article here: baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/maryla…

#HopkinsEngineer Julie Lundquist, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy, recently had a thought piece published in Nature Energy! Check it out: nature.com/articles/s4156…

Hopkins MechE is the No. 2 online master's degree program in the latest U.S. News ranking, moving up from No. 3 last year! See all the Hopkins rankings here: usnews.com/education/onli…

Congratulations to Dr. Axel Krieger, who was formally installed as the Carol Croft Linde Faculty Scholar yesterday!

Fascinating new paper from @MEOW_Lab, conceptualizing small building blocks of cells, called mesoscale modules, and how groups of these cells facilitate organs to perform specific functions. Read the full story: me.jhu.edu/news/cellular-…