In the News
News Appearances
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May 27, 2025 Academic award winners recognized at 2025 Commencement Luncheon – Johns Hopkins University Department of Mechanical Engineering Kuhar received the Creel Family Teaching Assistant Award at the JHU Department of Mechanical Engineering commencement luncheon, recognizing outstanding performance by graduate teaching assistants.
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March 26, 2024 Gut Check: Stomach Simulator Sheds Light on Best Patients for Gastroparesis Surgery – Johns Hopkins University Engineering News Features Kuhar’s team’s research using StomachSim, a computer-aided simulation developed to help physicians predict which patients with gastroparesis will respond positively to pyloric intervention surgery.
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February 2023 PhD student invited to White House as Quad Fellow – Johns Hopkins Mechanical Engineering News Following his selection as a Quad Fellow, Kuhar was invited to the White House on January 31, 2023, to meet with senior administration officials and fellow scholars.
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January 5, 2023 Doctoral student named Quad Fellow – Johns Hopkins Mechanical Engineering News Kuhar was named to the inaugural class of 100 Quad Fellows, a prestigious fellowship sponsored by the governments of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States, recognizing his exceptional promise in STEM fields.
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August 16, 2022 The Best Way to Take Pills according to Science – Lab Manager A report on Kuhar’s study demonstrating how body posture significantly affects the rate at which pills dissolve in the stomach, using fluid dynamics modeling at JHU.
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August 15, 2022 The best way to take pills according to science – EurekAlert! (AAAS) Kuhar was a lead author on a study showing that leaning to the right accelerates pill dissolution while lying on the left side slows it down, with significant practical health implications.