
Johns Hopkins was the nation’s first research university, founded on the express purpose of “expanding knowledge and putting that knowledge to work for the good of humanity.” The university’s annual research budget is more than $1.4 billion, making Johns Hopkins the United States’ largest recipient of research funding.
Since 1914, engineers at Johns Hopkins have maintained an interdisciplinary research tradition, collaborating across the boundaries of departments, disciplines, and divisions.
Today the Whiting School includes more than 20 established research centers and institutes in addition to laboratories, and the school’s faculty and students work routinely with colleagues from Johns Hopkins Schools of Arts and Sciences, Medicine, and Public Health and with academic and research institutions throughout the world.
Visit the Office of Research for contact information and important information about WSE research policies and procedures, technology transfer, and corporate partnerships.
With a B.S. in computer engineering and a minor in entrepreneurship and management, alumni Matthew Daimler launched his company SeatGuru.com, a website that tracks and analyzes every aspect involved with individual comfort while traveling on an airplane. “One or two inches of legroom,” Daimler says, “really makes a lot of difference.”