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Author Topic: Engineering at Hopkins  (Read 1705 times)

EmilyD1714

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Engineering at Hopkins
« on: December 09, 2008, 11:05 PM »
Hopkins is well-known for its excellent engineering program, and I'm especially interested in the biomedical or chemical/biomolecular engineering programs there. What aspects of Hopkins' undergraduate program make it one of the best in the country? What are its most unique elements?

JHU_Laura

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Engineering at Hopkins
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2008, 01:48 AM »
Furthermore, engineers at Hopkins are presented with a ton of great opportunities, both in and out of their classes.

For instance, BME has some really cool & specialized classes like Design Team, where students work together on a project for a semester, creating something for an outside company-if they are successful, than they often get a patent on their work!! Cool!

It is also very easy to be involved in research at Hopkins--this is great for Engineers and Non-Engineers alike!!

Admissions_Daniel

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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2008, 10:24 AM »
Quote from: EmilyD1714
Hopkins is well-known for its excellent engineering program, and I'm especially interested in the biomedical or chemical/biomolecular engineering programs there. What aspects of Hopkins' undergraduate program make it one of the best in the country? What are its most unique elements?
Whenever I speak with a prospective Engineering student here are the things I highlight about the Whiting School of Engineering:

- RESEARCH, research, research. You will have unparalleled research opportunities if you attend Hopkins, especially an Engineering program.

- SIZE: The Whiting School is 1/3 of the total undergraduate population (4500) of Hopkins. Your class sizes will be small, and you will know your faculty.

- LIBERAL ARTS TOO: Hopkins is not just an Engineering school. You will not be stuck at a school where everyone is studying similar areas. Here you will have peers pursuing Humanities, Social Science, and Natural Science programs, along with all the Engineering programs. And oh yeah, you have the opportunity to take classes and even double major in any of the Arts and Sciences areas.

- PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE: Many of the Engineering programs provide design team projects, or other opportunities for students to interact with real companies on real world issues.

Here is what the Dean of the Engineering School says:

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Taking on the tough questions, putting knowledge to work to improve people’s lives—that’s what engineering at Johns Hopkins is all about. 

Since the first engineering students enrolled at Johns Hopkins in 1912, our students, faculty, and graduates have been leaders in innovation, conducting pioneering research, and creating new technologies that address the ever-changing demands of modern society.

At the Whiting School of Engineering, students and faculty are immersed in a remarkable, collaborative environment—an environment that combines a rigorous academic program with cutting-edge research. The Whiting School both draws upon and contributes to the university’s many strengths and renown in fields ranging from medicine and public health to the physical sciences and humanities.

From groundbreaking explorations into wastewater treatment, tissue engineering, and the environmental impact of nanotechnology to the design of robots that will make the diagnosis and treatment of patients safer, easier, and more effective, engineers at the Whiting School are tackling some of the most complex and challenging problems facing society today. 

Johns Hopkins was the nation’s first research university, founded in 1876 for the purpose of “expanding knowledge and putting that knowledge to work for the good of humanity.” This principle guides the Whiting School today, perpetuating a tradition of academic excellence and preparing students for leadership in all of their endeavors."

Admissions_Mark

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Engineering at Hopkins
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2008, 11:21 AM »
I figured I would share this great video featuring Dr. Okamura and the Slalom Car Challenge.  Students had to create vehicles using power from mousetraps and rubber bands that would navigate an 11ft course that involves turning...

http://www.jhu.edu/design/oliver/1524/1524...mCarComp08.html

Mark E. Butt
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JHU_Peter

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Engineering at Hopkins
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2010, 04:23 PM »
I'm actually in the video that Mark posted! The project was a ton of fun, and a nice introduction to the design portion of engineering, and working as a team.
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JHU_Brian

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Engineering at Hopkins
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2010, 05:35 PM »
I actually just got back from a memorial service for Professor Reds Wolman, who I had last semester. He passed away a couple months ago. He was instrumental in setting up our Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering in a true interdisciplinary sense.

The president of Carnegie Mellon was a past student in our department, and spoke about how there is a lot of educational jargon and chatter about "interdisciplinary" studies but that it really was Reds, who made this happen here at Hopkins when he was department chaair. Many alums spoke about how, here in our department, we go from learning how to design water treatment plants in the morning, to talking about applying Marxian theories to environmental issues in the afternoon. One of the alums said that he felt that DoGEE was setup so that students "have their heads in the sky and their feet in the sewers."

Of course this is a funny quote, but it really points at the true interdisciplinary aspects of our program. Even though we all do a real world senior design project, we have several great historical classes in our department that really get you to "think" like a scholar.

It's a great combo that you can't get at a lot of other engineering schools.
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JHU_KateT

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Engineering at Hopkins
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2011, 06:40 PM »
As a ChemBE, I feel like what is unique about Hopkins' engineering program is its depth and its breadth. We take a lot of ChemBE classes (over 48 credits), but we also take 18 credits worth of humanities (requiring two different concentrations), an engineering communications class, and a bunch of undesignated electives. In senior year, we take 6 credits of engineering lab where we apply all the principles we already learned to problems (like we'll have in industry or in our future schooling). We then take Process Design where we learn the business of process design and look at customer need and profitability.

Of course, the fact that your teachers are at the forefront of research and might change the textbooks you read is pretty cool too :)
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JHU_Ian

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Re: Engineering at Hopkins
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2011, 09:59 PM »
I really like the small sizes of the departments. The department of Materials Science & Engineering that I am currently affiliated with is only around 15-20 students per grade. The personal attention you receive is astonishing considering Hopkins is a medium to large-sized school. The first day I decided to switch to engineering, I had already met 2 professors in my department and 3 days later I had been accepted into a materials science research lab that focused on applications to medicine.
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