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Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals (EP) this month launched an exciting new initiative: an online Student Community offered through the digital platform Microsoft Teams.

When Dawn Verlander was working as an electrical system designer for Chinook helicopters, she often heard the aircrafts' maintainers say that when something went wrong, they would just replace parts until it starts working again.

As a resident of Colombia's capital city of more than 7 million residents, Sergio Sicard has access to high-quality doctors, specialists, and modern health care facilities. But he's also aware that at least 4 million of his country's fellow citizens—especially those living in the countryside—don't have the same amenities.

Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals (EP) part-time and online programs are internationally recognized for providing professional engineers the opportunity to pursue master's degrees and certificates while they continue to work.

Recent mechanical engineering graduate Jonathan Chu takes us through his journey to becoming a software engineer.

Engineering for Professionals welcomes a new chair to the Engineering Management and Technical Management Programs.

A skier and sports enthusiast, Doug Smith has enjoyed winter activities in Alaska, Colorado, Montana, and Utah, where he lives. Though he has never personally experienced an avalanche, Smith is aware that nearly 500 people have perished in the United States because of such natural disasters over the last two decades.

The statistics are sobering: Each year, about 85 American workers die in forklift-related accidents, and more than 96,000 are injured—at least 35,000 of them seriously. Many of these injuries result from pedestrians struck by forklift trucks operating in manufacturing facilities, where they often share the same space on the factory floor.

Like most Americans, Peter Richards is fascinated by autonomous vehicles. He views the advent of these driverless cars, trucks, and buses as a paradigm shift that promises to bring enormous benefits to individuals and to society.

A year ago, the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering welcomed its first cohort of students accepted to an innovative new Doctor of Engineering (DEng) designed to meet the needs of midcareer engineering professionals.

Engineering for Professionals is offering faculty members access to a new program aimed at enhancing instructors' impact in the classroom—whether face-to-face, online, or blended.

As a Coast Guard aviator, Howard Baker has experienced firsthand the complexity of reporting his in-air position to command centers on the ground, especially during crises or natural disasters involving multiple aircraft carrying out multiple operations.