Awards

Undergraduate student Keyyshav Seth was selected for the Indian Achievers Forum’s Youngest Entrepreneur Award, which is presented to a young entrepreneur in India who has demonstrated exceptional business acumen, innovation and success in their field. The Indian Achievers Forum is a prestigious…

Xiong (Bill) Yu, the Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof Professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was named 2023 Civil Engineer of the Year by the Cleveland section of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Yu was recognized for his “significant…

Case in Point, a co-ed a cappella group at Case Western Reserve University, placed first at the Varsity Vocals International Competition of Collegiate Acapella's Midwest Quarterfinals earlier this month. The team also took home additional awards. Zion Thomas was given the best soloist award, Andy…

Dhamakapella, Case Western Reserve University’s premier South Asian fusion a cappella team, took home first place from its first competition of the season. At Steel City Sapna in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Feb. 5, the team received first-place honors, along with an individual award for Outstanding…

Postdoctoral scholar Nidhi Shukla and PhD student Nisha Kamath, both of Case Western Reserve University's Department of Pathology, were selected with travel awards from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Shukla and Kamath both are members of the lab of Kenneth Matreyek,…

A student estimating team from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering won first place in the 2023 Student Estimating Competition organized by the Ohio Contractors Association. The team is composed of Dan Cohen, Randy Radiarta, Hailey Degeorge, Shalev Grunschlag, Steven Leung and…

Ann Nguyen, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, received a new grant funded by the Research Centers Collaborative Network from a parent grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIH). This is a two-year grant, totaling $50,000. She is the…

The National Postdoctoral Association selected Ya-Ting T. Liao, associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, as a finalist for its Gallagher Mentor Award. This award recognizes those who: Advocate for postdoctoral scholars; Exhibit outstanding communication…

A group photo of Ian Adams, Shane Riddle, Clayton Jackson, Nathan Mengers and Austin Mills. A group of mechanical and aerospace engineering students took home first place at the 13th Annual Autonomous Snowplow Competition held Jan. 20-21, 2023, at Dunwoody College in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The…

Sociology professor Tim Black won North Central Sociological Association’s Scholarly Achievement Award, which celebrates scholarly books that demonstrate an integration of theory, research methods, quality writing and overall sociological impact. Black won the award, along with co-author Sky…