Earlier this week, students in Civilization Engineered: Structures & Systems wrapped up the semester by showcasing their final projects: 24” bridge models designed to meet specifications in strength, serviceability, cost, sustainability, and aesthetics. Their designs included clever ideas, from dovetailing connections to using topology optimization for the best strength-to-material ratio, and were based on the knowledge gained during the course of the semester.
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The Johns Hopkins Department of Civil and Systems Engineering aims to build knowledge and provide tools that will enable students to move the field away from empirical ad hoc approaches into strategies based on scientifically grounded analysis. With a foundation rooted in fundamental structural engineering and mechanics, systems thinking, advanced computational methods and uncertainty quantification, our programs successfully navigate the conflicting objectives inherent in addressing grand societal challenges, such as resilient cities, human safety and security, space exploration and habitation, decision making and health, and future energy infrastructure.
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External link for Johns Hopkins Department of Civil and Systems Engineering
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Congratulations to Associate Professor Uzi (Yury) Dvorkin on being selected as a member of the Provost's inaugural cohort of Fellows for Public Engagement at Hopkins! As a fellow, Yury will support the university's goal of communicating scientific discoveries and improving public understanding of his fields of research. #civilizationengineered Read more about the fellowship and inaugural cohort: https://lnkd.in/eHnVWuW2
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Join us in congratulating Abigail Aranda-Lopez, a third year civil engineering major who was awarded WTS Baltimore's 2024 Undergraduate Scholarship! Awardees must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher and plan to pursue a career in a transportation-related field. Congrats, Abigail!
❄️ WTS Baltimore Annual Awards Lunch 2024 ❄️ ✨ Celebrating Excellence On December 4, the WTS Baltimore Chapter hosted its Annual Awards Lunch, bringing together transportation leaders to celebrate excellence and innovation in our local industry. The event recognized individuals and organizations' leadership and commitment to advancing transportation solutions and equity. We are thrilled to announce and congratulate the 2024 Award Winners: ⭐ Innovative Transportation Solutions Award: FSK Bridge Congestion Mitigation Plan ⭐ Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award: MTA Women in Transit ERG ⭐ Employer of the Year: KLT Group ⭐ Member of the Year: Christine Varney ⭐ The Honorable Ray LaHood Man of the Year: Jerome Howard ⭐ Woman of the Year: Samantha Biddle ⭐ Front Liner Recognition Awards: Keonia Brown, Suzette Barron, Tavon Richard-Laird ⭐ President's Awards: Chrissy Nizer, Carrie Casto, Monica White-Mark 🎓 2024 Undergraduate Scholarship Winner - Abigail Aranda-Lopez 👏 Congratulations to all the winners and nominees for their impressive achievements and ongoing efforts to advance the transportation industry. Finally, a sincere thank you to all our Corporate Partners and to those who donated to the WTS Foundation. We appreciate your continued support. #WTSBaltimore #Transportation #2024Awards
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Johns Hopkins Department of Civil and Systems Engineering reposted this
Johns Hopkins University hosted its 20th annual Lighting of the Quads on Friday, welcoming hundreds of students, staff, faculty, and community members to celebrate the end of the fall semester and mark the beginning of the holiday season. JHU President Ron Daniels brought his trademark joy and enthusiasm to the event, offering a new spin on the tradition of Hopkins trivia. He also used the occasion to announce that the Johns Hopkins Ice Rink will return this winter, beginning Friday, Jan. 10. The Ice Rink will have a new location for 2025, off West University Parkway in the Imagine Center parking lot. Registration for free 90-minute sessions will be available soon on the Ice Rink website. Daniels then flipped the switch, illuminating holiday lights across the Homewood campus. The evening concluded with a fireworks show over Decker Quad.
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Johns Hopkins Department of Civil and Systems Engineering reposted this
The deadline to apply to our PhD program is December 31st! Students from all technical backgrounds are welcome to apply—you don't need a degree in civil engineering. PhD students receive full tuition, a stipend, and benefits (including health insurance) throughout the program. Join JHU CaSE and help us address the Grand Challenges that face society. https://lnkd.in/e2spW8J7
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We always enjoy seeing our faculty recognized for their dedication and efforts. Join us in congratulating Associate Professor Uzi (Yury) Dvorkin on being named an outstanding editor of IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy, and Regulation! Associate Editors serve an important role in maintaining the quality and integrity of published research. They identify qualified reviewers, ensure timely review submission, and make recommendations to the Editor-in-Chief about the sustainability of each paper for publication in these transactions. Yury was recognized for supporting a large number of papers and providing thoughtful comments. Congrats, Yury! #civilizationengineered
The IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy, and Regulation would like to recognize the following individuals as Outstanding Editors: Barry Hayes - University College Cork Qin Wang - Hong Kong Polytechnic University Ye Guo - Tsinghua University Can Huang - Pacific Gas and Electric Baosen Zhang - University of Washington Yury Dvorkin - Johns Hopkins University Associate Editors are responsible for identifying qualified reviewers, for making sure that reviews are submitted promptly, and for making recommendations to the Editor-in-Chief about the suitability of each paper for publication in these transactions. Each of these editors handled a large number of papers and made thoughtful comments. If you would like to show your appreciation for the important work that they, and other editors, do for our professional community, respond positively and constructively next time you are asked to provide a review.
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Looking to learn about uncertainty quantification? An new introductory course from Associate Professor Michael Shields is now live in Coursera.
Associate Professor at The Johns Hopkins University; President and Principal Engineer at UQuant, Inc.
My new course 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑈𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 is 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 on Coursera! In this course, I cover the basics needed to get you started in UQ. The course is divided into four modules: 𝟏. 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: In this module, we lay out the basic problem formulation and describe how uncertainties arise, what types of uncertainties arise, the role they play in modeling any system, and general concepts for how uncertainties can be treated mathematically. 𝟐. 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐐: The emphasis of the course is on probabilistic methods for UQ. In this module, we review the essential concepts in probability that will allow you to conduct UQ. We build from the Axioms of Probability up to more advanced concepts of Random Process and Random Fields. 𝟑. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Uncertainty propagation is perhaps the most fundamental topic in UQ. For this reason, we dedicate an entire module to introducing the various ways that uncertainty can be propagated through a system. We start with simple systems that can we solved analytically through the Change of Variables Theorem and build to Monte Carlo methods (including simulation of random variables and variance reduction) and end with methods to construct surrogate models (specifically polynomial chaos expansions and Gaussian process regression). 𝟒. 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞: In the final module, we provide a sampling of more advanced topics. Since we cannot cover all topics of UQ in detail in an introductory course, this module offers the basics to get you started with reliability analysis, global sensitivity analysis, Bayesian inference, stochastic Galerkin methods, and more. I hope you enjoy the course! You can register for free using the link below (note that to receive a certificate requires a paid subscription, but all content is free). I also need to acknowledge Connor Krill for his contributions to the course. Although he doesn't get recognition as an instructor, he was instrumental in helping me pull together the content. Thanks, Connor! The Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins Department of Civil and Systems Engineering, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute at Johns Hopkins University #uncertainty #uncertaintyquantification #probability #reliability #globalsensitivityanalysis #stochastic #bayesian #markovchain #markovchainmontecarlo
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Congratulations to Lauren Gardner and her team at Johns Hopkins for their induction into the Workforce Innovation, Trust, and Influence (WITI) Hall of Fame! The team members, including Ensheng Dong, PhD Engr ’24, and individuals from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Center for Systems Science and Engineering, and Johns Hopkins University, were recognized for their development of the COVID-19 Dashboard, which became the world’s most trusted source for tracking the pandemic and set a new standard for data in public health. https://lnkd.in/g-a3yP24 #civilizationengineered
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Join us in congratulating Assistant Professor, Thomas Gernay, who was recently invited to serve as an Associate Editor for the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering! His outstanding contributions to the field of structural and fire engineering, along with his excellent service to these communities, earned him this role. As an Associate Editor, Thomas will help maintain the Journal of Structural Engineering’s high standards for quality and integrity in published research. #civilizationengineered
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A team of Johns Hopkins researchers have taken 3D printing’s biggest flaw and turned it into a multifunctional feature. Interfaces of a printed object—areas where voxels (or 3D pixels) meet—are notorious for causing weaknesses in prints, but engineers including Jochen Mueller and Daniel Ames have developed a new printing technique to overcome troublesome interfaces and use them to customize the behavior of 3D printed objects without additional weight, time, or cost. The team’s new method, Voxel Interface 3D Printing (VI3DP), uses multiple nozzles in a single printhead to control printed material at the voxel level, so mechanical, optical, and electrical properties can be added to interfaces during printing. VI3DP opens up a broad range of applications for soft materials, from complex 3D circuits to data-embedded objects. https://lnkd.in/ex7aAEzJ