Dennice Gayme

Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Associate Professor| Johns Hopkins University

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What I Do

I am a professor. I supervise PhD students in research and teach. I am also active in many professional organizations.
Why Engineering?

I really liked math and physics.
School Days

I have a PhD from Caltech and an MS from UC Berkeley. My undergraduate degree is in Mechanical Engineering and Society from McMaster University.
My Day At Work

No two days are the same.
Best Part

Learning about really interesting things and working with students.
Proud Moments

Winning a teaching award in 2020.
Challenges

There are many challenges both personal and professional to being a women of color in this field. Luckily I have had many advocates and mentors that have helped along the way.
My Family

I have a young daughter who I think is brilliant.
Inspiration

Mentors
Want to be an Engineer?

If you enjoy it, go for it!
Hobbies

I like reading and traveling.

I am an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and the Carol Croft Linde Faculty Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University. I earned my B. Eng. and Society from McMaster University in 1997 and an M.S. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1998, both in Mechanical Engineering. I received her Ph.D. in Control and Dynamical Systems in 2010 from the California Institute of Technology. My research interests are in modeling, analysis and control of spatially distributed and large-scale networked systems, such as, wind farms, power and transportation systems. Prior to my PhD I was a research Engineer at Honeywell Laboratories.