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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.

The roots of Bryant Tong's final Systems Engineering program project lie on a 30-mile stretch of I-495, where the modeling and simulation analyst spent many hours each morning and evening for four years.

Johns Hopkins Engineering has launched a new online master's degree program in healthcare systems engineering aimed at preparing engineers and healthcare professionals to make healthcare more efficient, affordable and safer.

Students in Engineering for Professional's Electrical and Computer Engineering program have access to a range of state-of-the-art laboratories, all now located on Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory's campus.

As J. Felipe Ruiz watched the Parker Solar Probe launch from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in on August 12, he felt like a nervous father dropping his firstborn off at college.

A new partnership between JHU's Engineering for Professionals and a Japanese consulting firm, innovative DESIGN, is providing engineering education to Japanese car manufacturers.