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Innovation hub think[box] gets more support—and a new name
It’s not think[ box ] any more. The innovation hub that opened earlier this month already has a new name: Sears think[ box ]. Or, more formally: the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[ box ] at the Richey Mixon Building. As part of events involved in the university’s Innovation Summit,…
CWRU researcher to transform clot makers into clot busters
Sen Gupta adapting platelet technology to treat stroke and heart attack Anirban Sen Gupta A Case Western Reserve University researcher has been awarded a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to transform clot-forming synthetic platelet technology into devices…
CWRU leads solar power study inspired by field of medicine
DOE funds worldwide project to diagnose solar panel weaknesses, spur technologies to extend lifetime performance and predictability Researchers at Case Western Reserve University will do an epidemiological, disease control‐type study of more than 5 million solar panels at hundreds of power plants…
New nanomaterial maintains conductivity in three dimensions
Liming Dai led the team's research. International team seamlessly bonds CNTs and graphene An international team of scientists has developed what may be the first one-step process for making seamless carbon-based nanomaterials that possess superior thermal, electrical and mechanical properties in…
CWRU, NASA and fire departments team to protect firefighters
During the next three years, researchers at Case Western Reserve University will team with NASA Glenn Research Center and firefighters nationally, from Cleveland to Oregon, to design and test sensors aimed at protecting firefighters from respiratory damage and illnesses. The Department of Homeland…
Several of CWRU’s own selected to Crain’s Cleveland Business “Forty Under 40” class of 2015
Case Western Reserve University boasts some of the world’s brightest young minds. Their influence is not limited to the lab, office or classroom; often, it’s far-reaching—impacting the surrounding community and sometimes even society as a whole. Four such catalysts—current faculty, staff and…
5 questions with… award-winning engineering PhD student Symone Alexander
Symone Alexander more or less stumbled into her career path. It took literally getting lost in the engineering building as an undergraduate at Howard University in order for her to find her true passion. “I knew nothing about engineering until undergrad,” Alexander, who started college as a…
Celebrate appointment of Robert X. Gao to endowed professorship, department chair
The Case School of Engineering recently appointed Robert X. Gao as the Cady Staley Professor of Engineering and the chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Gao joins Case Western Reserve University from the University of Connecticut. There, he served as the Pratt and…
CWRU researchers efficiently charge a lithium-ion battery with solar cells
Coupling with perovskite solar cell holds potential for cleaner cars and more Liming Dai led the team's research. Consumers aren’t embracing electric cars and trucks, partly due to the dearth of charging stations required to keep them moving. Even the conservation-minded are hesitant to go…
Another SMART student: Junior wins scholarship to cover tuition, provide post-graduation job
When Lauren Anderson found out she won a Department of Defense Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship, she thought she was dreaming. The Case Western Reserve University junior had just woken up from a nap and checked her email when she learned she would have her…