Graduate Student Handbook and Policies
General Homewood Graduate Policies
- Homewood Graduate Student Handbook (2011 - 2012)
- Academic Misconduct Policy (Blackboard)
(Select "Academic Ethics") - Graduate Student Academic Review Policy
- Graduate Student Assistant Leave Guidelines
- Policy for Graduate Student Probation, Funding Withdrawal, and Dismissal
- Leave of Absence
- Residency and Nonresidency
- Termination/Withdrawal
- Academic Misconduct
- Jury Duty Policy
- Grievance Policy
- Grace Period Policy
- Homewood Institutional Review Board
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
- Master's Time to Degree Policy
- Appropriate Use of Computer and Network Resources
- Conflict of Commitment and Conflict of Interest
- Integrity in Research
- Animal Care and Use
- Postdoctoral Pre-Entrance Health Requirement Policy
Whiting School of Engineering
Louis Whitcomb
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Louis Whitcomb, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, along with his graduate students and collaborators at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is developing innovative navigation control software that will maneuver a deep submersible craft, the Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle (HROV).
“I build robots that allow us to work in extreme environments—to perform tasks that we humans otherwise cannot do and to go places we otherwise cannot go."
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