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Meet a PhD candidate eyeing translation for a neural implant that could stop seizures at their origin
Cedric Levi believes biomedical engineering is the key to unlocking the full potential of the brain.“It's the perfect bridge between what, how and why,” said Levi, a fifth-year doctoral candidate in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. “There is an artistry…
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Case Western Reserve University researcher will use USDA grant to build more secure AI programs to help small farmers
‘No farmer should have to choose between modernizing their farm and compromising their privacy’
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From ideas to breakthroughs: Explore the shared instruments and collaboration spaces in CWRU's new Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building
This is the final story in a nine-part series introducing the research, people and building that will define Case Western Reserve’s next chapter of discovery. Explore the full series to learn about the seven research clusters and the resources that make the work possible.Editor's note: This story…
Chirag Gupta (third from left) at his graduation from CWRU
How an alumnus turned a popcorn craving into a thriving company
Anyone who has passed through downtown Chicago knows the temptation of Garrett Popcorn: the unmistakable aroma, the lines out the door, the iconic tins carried through airports and train stations. For Chirag Gupta (GRS ’08, computing and information science), that familiar snack became something…
Illustration of an environmental-themed research lab in the Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building, with a giant magnifying glass showing a mountain lake landscape beside a circle of microorganisms, tall jars of green liquid, and researchers working at laptops in front of climate data screens.
Earth, examined: Inside the Susi Building's Climate & Ecosystem Science research cluster
A changing planet transforms the life within it. That life, in turn, transforms the planet. Case Western Reserve researchers are studying the relationships from every angle
Illustration of a neurorobotics lab in the Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building, with a large water tank, robotic arms, small flying winged robots, and researchers working at computers. A giant neuron stretches across the back wall and in the center, two raised blocks of soil show a butterfly, crab, sea slug, turtle, snail, beetle, and worm.
Nature's blueprints: Inside the Susi Building’s NeuroRobotics research cluster at Case Western Reserve
How a team of Case Western Reserve researchers is drawing on millions of years of evolution to solve urgent problems with robotics
Nathan Kundtz
A CWRU entrepreneur studied invisibility cloaks. Now he’s working to cut AI’s energy use
A conversation with entrepreneur Nathan Kundtz, PhD (CWR ’04), chief technology officer of Neurophos
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Undergraduate Lucy Ma “shoots her shot”—all the way to the moon—with two co-ops at NASA Glenn Research Center
Lucy Ma was only a child growing up in San Francisco’s Bay Area when she watched the Discovery space shuttle fly to Los Angeles. It was her first brush with outer space, and she’s been hooked ever since. It’s what launched her academic career in engineering and robotics—and a lifelong fascination…
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Newly discovered hair cells on squid may offer clues to understand hearing loss in humans
Case Western Reserve University researchers discover previously unknown hair cells that resemble those found inside the human ear
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Where problems are solved: Get to know the new Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building at Case Western Reserve University
This story is the first in a series introducing the research, people and building that will define Case Western Reserve’s next chapter of discovery. Over the coming weeks, we’ll go inside each of the seven research clusters and the resources that make the work possible.Editor's note: This story was…