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Electrochemical Materials Fabrication Lab "Steels" the Spotlight
Steel is one of the world's most important and influential materials and our research group is aiming to decarbonize its production as much as possible! The U.S. Department of Energy has announced a 4-year, $19 million dollar investment into the Center for Steel Electrification by Electrosynthesis…
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Revolutionizing road safety: RoadPrintz puts groundbreaking robotic pavement-marking system to use across Cleveland
A spin-off company from Case Western Reserve University has reimagined the often dangerous, labor-intensive process of road painting. While painting lines parallel to curbs is often an automated step, the typical approach to create many other new road markings is antiquated and dangerous.  Enter…
Brent Zimmerman (MGT '08), founder of Saucy Brew Works, shares advice for Cleveland startups on crowdfunding, building relationships
When entrepreneur Brent Zimmerman (MGT '08) speaks to business students, his advice is simple: believe in yourself and in your idea, and then once you take the leap “plan to raise twice what you think you need.” As a frequent guest speaker to students at Weatherhead School of Management at Case…
From silos to synergy
When the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) opens in 2026, the Case Western Reserve community will discover a bright and vibrant space designed to create an atmosphere of new ideas, possibilities and partnerships—both planned and serendipitous. The "ISEB will enable…
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Department of Energy’s ‘Earthshot’ initiative awards Case Western Reserve $1.1 million to help ‘decarbonize’ steel
A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University is part of a national effort to “reimagine” steel production, developing an innovative and low-cost process that could replace blast furnaces for ironmaking. If successful, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) believe the effort…
Finding water leaks, bridging troubles
Xiong "Bill" Yu, PhD, is applying artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed-reality visualization tools to better understand—and someday possibly fix—the legacy problems of leaky municipal water systems and crumbling highway bridges. Yu, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering…
Fulbright Spotlight: Satish Viswanath
Each year, thousands of people participate in the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright programs, prestigious appointments through which students, scholars, educators and other professionals come together to engage in a global exchange of knowledge. A variety of Fulbright programs are offered, each…
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Department of Energy’s ‘Earthshot’ initiative awards Case Western Reserve $1.1 million to help ‘decarbonize’ steel
A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University is part of a national effort to “reimagine” steel production, developing an innovative and low-cost process that could replace blast furnaces for ironmaking. If successful, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) believe the effort…
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Entrepreneurial alumnus and family commit $1.5 million to Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
Miguel Zubizarreta (CWR ‘90) likes to be part of projects from the beginning.  In the early 1990s he collaborated with the founder of a small startup to create a new software solution that launched Hyland Software’s journey to becoming a thriving global enterprise. Now Zubizarreta and his family…
Amit Gupta selected to join Council of Early Career Investigators in Imaging
Amit Gupta, associate professor of radiology at Case Western Reserve University and division chief of cardiothoracic imaging at University Hospitals, was nominated and selected to join the Council of Early Career Investigators in Imaging (CECI²) Class of 2023 of the Academy for Radiology &…