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National Academy of Inventors names four CWRU researchers to 2026 class of senior members
Four Case Western Reserve University researchers have joined the ranks of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Members, a program recognizing success in producing and commercializing technologies that have brought—or aspire to bring—real impact on society. Jonathan Karn, Jacob G. Scott…
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Alum advances sustainability through battery innovation
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July 15, 2016
As a mechanical engineering major, Rachel Laveson is accustomed to solving problems on the fly. In fact, that’s what drew her to engineering in the first place. That skill has come in handy many times this summer for Laveson, who is interning in the Engineering Education Summer Outreach…
July 14, 2016
Courtesy of the Case School of Engineering Members of the Case Western Reserve University community now have a new place to take a seat and recharge—literally. Solar Powered charging table on Case Quad. This spring, a group of students built a picnic table outfitted with solar panels and a…
July 05, 2016
Turning the art of a trefoil knot into polymer science is no easy process, but researchers at Case Western Reserve University developed a technique that produces a long chain molecule with the desired pretzel-like shape. Knotted polymers, sometimes found in nature, produce different properties…
July 01, 2016
Gerald Saidel, professor of biomedical engineering, and Harihara Baskaran, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, co-authored a new textbook titled Biomedical Mass Transport and Chemical Reaction: Physicochemical Principles and Mathematical Modeling. Available now, the book teaches…
June 27, 2016
Risk score would determine who would benefit from chemoradiation alone Researchers estimate that, in the United States annually, up to 10,000 rectal cancer patients undergo unnecessary surgery, and more than 25,000 suffer from pelvic sepsis, wound infection and permanent impairments from…
June 17, 2016
Rigoberto C. Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, was an invited speaker at TECHCONNECT 2016 in Washington, D.C. The event, which was held in May, is considered the premier nanotechnology and business innovation conference. With more than 900 paper submissions, only 5…
June 14, 2016
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, NASA John H. Glenn Research Center and around the world will perform the largest fire-safety experiment ever in space when the unmanned Cygnus cargo module backs a safe distance from the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for…
May 27, 2016
Rigoberto Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, recently received a $300,0000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his work, titled "Supramolecularly Templated Living REP-ROP Polymerizations and Block Copolymers.” Celtic art, Boy Scout knots, Mobius strip…
May 24, 2016
Finding may help in understanding memory formation, treating epilepsy Researchers at Case Western Reserve University discovered a new way that brain waves spread through the hippocampus—a possible step toward understanding and treating epilepsy. The researchers discovered a traveling spike…
May 23, 2016
Five-year, $6.7 million federal grant for new Center for Multimodal Evaluation of Engineered Cartilage aims to make cartilage knee implants from patients’ cells Case Western Reserve University will open a new center designed to develop evaluation technology and set standards for testing and…