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Case Western Reserve University to host HPDC 2026
Case Western Reserve University will host the 35th Association for Computing Machinery International Symposium on High-Performance, Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC 2026), July 13–16, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio.HPDC is the premier annual venue for presenting the latest research in parallel…
Aidan Selkirk poses for a photo with a copy of his artwork created with an aerosol jet printer framed on a shelf next to him
Meet an engineering student who found artistic inspiration in his research
As Aidan Selkirk readied an aerosol jet printer for its optimization process during experimentation in a Case Western Reserve University lab, he didn’t expect the routine test to turn into artwork that would earn him campus recognition.Using an iterative Bayesian approach, Selkirk, a rising…
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Meet a PhD student selected for a national Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship
Jenna Jaklich is nearly three years away from completing her PhD program in materials science and engineering at Case Western Reserve University, but she already has a post-grad job lined up. Thanks to a Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship, she will take a role…
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Meet four students who received Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards from the U.S. National Science Foundation
Four Case Western Reserve University students and five alumni are among those selected nationwide to receive Graduate Research Fellowships from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for the 2026–2027 academic year.In total, 2,500 graduate research fellows were selected from a pool of nearly…
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How Case Western Reserve University researcher Zach Patterson uses bioinspired robots to build safer, smarter machines
Zach Pattersonassistant professor of mechanical and aerospace at Case School of EngineeringArea of Focus: bioinspired robots and control algorithmsCase Western Reserve University researcher Zach Patterson constructs robots taking cues from biology—exploring how they function, move and are…
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Engineering’s Janet Gbur earns Technical Educator Award from ASM International Cleveland Chapter
Janet L. Gbur, PhD, a research assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University and a research biomedical engineer at the Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, has been awarded the…
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Engineering student Hannah Chen selected for ASM International Cleveland Chapter’s Donaldson-Kiefer Scholarship
Hannah Chen, a second-year student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, was recently awarded a Donaldson-Kiefer Scholarship from the ASM International Cleveland Chapter.Named after two notable alumni of this ASM chapter, this scholarship…
Shuo Li
Engineering’s Shuo Li selected for Crain’s Cleveland Business’ 2026 Notable Leaders in Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Shuo Li, PhD, the Leonard Case, Jr. Professorship in Engineering at the Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical Engineering, was selected for Crain’s Cleveland Business’ 2026 Notable Leaders in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. This annual recognition honors outstanding…
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Materials science and engineering student Caroline Kromalic receives Best Poster award at the MDS-Rely Spring Meeting
Caroline Kromalic, a graduate student in materials science and engineering at Case Western Reserve University, recently received the Best Poster award at the Materials Data Science (MDS)-Rely Spring Meeting in Pittsburgh. In her project, Kromalic studied the reliability of aerosol jet printed…
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Meet an engineering PhD candidate helping crack the code to why patients can experience walking impairments after strokes
Sebastián Correa grew up in Pittsburgh, far from the tropical flora and fauna of the Galápagos Islands, but his mamá’s tales of her experiences as a naturalist on the islands painted a vivid image. In high school, Correa had the chance to see it for himself when he went to visit family in Quito,…