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Rohan Akolkar Wins International Award
Electrochemical Society to award research prize in October in Sweden for ‘enabling breakthrough advances in electrodeposition science and its industrial practice’ Case Western Reserve University electrochemical engineer Rohan Akolkar—whose pioneering research has applications in nano-material…
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Alumni couple commits $5 million to Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
As a longtime social impact and angel investor, Aarti Chandna knows well what she needs to see before committing to support a project. “The way I look at it—any successful company has to be a place where different disciplines can work together well,” said Chandna, a Case Western Reserve alumna and…
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Students create video game to teach local K-9 students math
Last year, Marcel Duvivier, Jeremiah Mubiru and Ana Perez Cespedes started developing a video game to help kindergarten through ninth grade students in the David’s Challenge program learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This past spring, they finally had the chance to see the…
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Engineering alumnus and partner commit $2.5 million to science and engineering building
Since he first stepped onto the Case Quad as an electrical engineering student in 1970, Larry Enterline (CIT ’74) has recognized the value of exploring fields beyond his specialty. Throughout a career spanning more than four decades, Enterline has had ample opportunities to apply the…
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Postdoc Spotlight of the Month: Pawan Tripathi
Originally from Sidhauli, India, Pawan Tripathi is no stranger to his academic pursuits taking him abroad. A postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Tripathi recently attended an international conference in Japan to present his…
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Working to make steel greener, cleaner
Case Western Reserve leading research to develop zero-carbon, electrochemical process to produce iron metal as part of U.S. Department of Energy effort Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer Rohan Akolkar is leading a research team working to develop a new zero-carbon, electrochemical…
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A commitment to CWRU: Deborah Hamzah shares her story after 45 years
Director of Research Administration Case School of Engineering When Deborah Hamzah first began working at Case School of Engineering in July 1978, typewriters and adding machines were among her office essentials. To communicate, her colleagues relied on phones or typed and mailed memos. Research…
Fighting sickle cell disease in America
$3 million federal grant awarded to Hemex Health to develop first point-of-care sickle cell testing device for U.S. market; technology developed by CWRU engineer A private company’s effort to bring its portable point-of-care test for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other inherited blood diseases to…
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Law's Raymond Ku shares concerns of City of Akron's offer for free surveillance cameras
Questions raised about Akron doorbell camera pilot project WEWS: Raymond Ku, the John Homer Kapp Professor of Law, noted his concerns about a proposal by the City of Akron to offer free surveillance cameras to citizens if they meet certain criteria and sign off on specific conditions.
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Medicine's Stephen Sroka shares importance of school nurses
Need for school nurses highlighted at national conference Spectrum News: Stephen Sroka, adjunct assistant professor at the School of Medicine, said school nurses play a vital role when it comes to students’ health, academic success and overall safety on campus. He added that school nurses are…