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HEMI researchers bridge disciplines to identify, understand, and solve the problems that occur when materials are pushed to their limits.

The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute advances the fundamental science associated with materials and structures under extreme conditions. The extreme conditions of interest include extreme rates, extreme pressures, extreme temperatures and generalized loadings that subject materials and structures to conditions that substantially exceed or modify characteristic or intrinsic scales (e.g. stresses greater than their moduli). As an Institute, we do not merely solve relevant problems, we provide the world with new ways to think about problems of interest.

10/21/2026

Todd Hufnagel, director of the Artificial Intelligence for Materials Design Laboratory (AIMD-L), spoke this week at the National Science Data Fabric Summit in Chicago. The NSDF Summit on Federated Autonomous Science convened leaders from academia, industry, national laboratories, and cyberinfrastructure organizations to examine how federated data architectures and autonomous AI can support collaborative science while respecting security, data sovereignty, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

To learn more about AIMD-L and some of HEMI's efforts in autonomous research, visit aimd.jhu.edu.

10/20/2026

Have you registered for this week's Open Scientific Intelligence Hackathon? This 48-hour hybrid international hackathon brings together innovators to explore what’s possible with Large Language Models in science. Register below to participate at the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus!

Registration is in two parts:
1) RSVP for the Johns Hopkins Hub: bit.ly/jhu_osi_2026
2) Register on the global portal: luma.com/ku88xh92

10/19/2026

Have you heard? Abstract submissions are now open for HEMI Day 2027!

Join us in celebrating the research achievements and community of HEMI graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. This annual event includes poster and podium presentations, an invited keynote address, and poster and art competitions.

HEMI collaborators and the JHU community at large are welcome to attend.

Visit hemi.jhu.edu/hemi-day for more details.

10/14/2026

Interested in the changing role of AI in energy systems?
Join researchers from academia, industry, and government at the AI-Enabled Energy Systems Conference on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
Learn more and register today at ai.jhu.edu/aienergy2026.

10/13/2026

Join us Oct. 21–22 for the Open Scientific Intelligence Hackathon at the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus! This 48-hour hybrid international hackathon brings together innovators to explore what’s possible with Large Language Models in science.

Registration is in two parts:
1) RSVP for the Johns Hopkins Hub: bit.ly/jhu_osi_2026
2) Register on the global portal: luma.com/ku88xh92

10/12/2026

The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute is seeking a Program Coordinator to provide high-level administrative project support and direct administrative support to HEMI faculty. To view and apply for this opening, visit hiring.jhu.edu/careers/job/1133915981212?domain=jhu.edu&hl=en.

For information on all current opportunities at HEMI, visit hemi.jhu.edu/opportunities.

10/09/2026

Join researchers from academia, industry, and government in examining the role of AI in the energy ecosystem.

AI is poised to transform the energy ecosystem, from technological discovery and design to intelligence and security. The Johns Hopkins Data Science and AI Institute, Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute, and Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute invite you to join the discussion at the AI-Enabled Energy Systems Conference on Wednesday, October 28.

Learn more and register today at ai.jhu.edu/aienergy2026.

09/28/2026

NOW HIRING: The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute is seeking a Program Coordinator to provide high-level administrative project support and direct administrative support to HEMI faculty. To view and apply for this opening, visit hiring.jhu.edu/careers/job/1133915981212?domain=jhu.edu&hl=en.

For information on all current opportunities at HEMI, visit hemi.jhu.edu/opportunities.

02/26/2026

Every year, a small group of students from the Maryland Institute College of Art spend the summer combining HEMI's research with their artistic practice.

Mantis Harper-Blanco, a sculpture artist in the 2023 Extreme Arts cohort, carefully cultivated oyster and reishi mushrooms to create mycelium-based material for artistic and practical applications. With help from HEMI Fellow Kenneth JT Livi, Harper-Blanco was able to take a more analytical approach to mycelium, quantifying the structural limits of mycelium as a material.

Proposals for this year's HEMI/MICA Extreme Arts program are due on March 15.
https://hemi.jhu.edu/opportunities/hemi-mica-extreme-arts-summer-project-internship/

02/24/2026

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using a cutting-edge liquid metal extrusion system—the ValCUN Minerva—to print and study highly complex metal structures. By selecting specific architectures that are designed to induce stress concentrations, researchers can predict how these materials will break apart.

This project, enabled by congressional funding, is part of the Materials Science in Extreme Environments University Research Alliance (MSEE URA), a research consortium led by Johns Hopkins. MSEE seeks to understand, predict, and control the behavior of materials in extreme conditions caused by weapons of mass destruction.

Read more about MSEE's research projects, notable achievements, events, and personnel in this year's annual newsletter.

https://hemi.jhu.edu/mseeura/facilities-spotlight-deployable-liquid-metal-extrusion-system-for-reactive-alloys-at-johns-hopkins-university/

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