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Researchers awarded $1 million to develop better, cheaper green-energy magnet
Second federal grant supports effort to increase efficiency and secure supply for turbines and motors Researchers at Case Western Reserve University were awarded a second $1 million federal grant to create an eco-friendly material for better power-converting magnets in wind turbines and electric…
Faculty Senate chair, longtime engineering faculty member Steven Garverick passes away
Faculty Senate Chair and award-winning engineering faculty member Steven L. Garverick died suddenly Friday, Sept. 27. He was 56. Garverick, a member of the electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) faculty for more than two decades, distinguished himself strongly in teaching, research and…
Biomedical engineering researcher wins young investigator award
Minh Khanh Nguyen, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, received the 2013 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Young Investigator Award. This award is one of the highest honors a…
Leading scientists on functional ceramics, energy production to present at symposium
Functional ceramics—inorganic nonmetallic materials prized for their valuable electrical, magnetic or optical properties—play an important role in many advanced applications, including current and future energy production and energy storage technologies. The Department of Materials Science and…
Learn more about master of engineering and management program at open houses
All students are invited to explore ways to enhance their career paths and broaden their career options through the master of engineering and management program at the following open houses: Sept. 12, 6-7 p.m.: Learn about MEM curriculum Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center…
Save the date for the fall 2013 Ford Distinguished Lecture Series, Oct. 17
The Case Western Reserve University community is invited to attend the fall 2013 Ford Distinguished Lecture featuring Karl Deisseroth, the D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and Psychiatry at Stanford University. He will present his lecture, “Optical Deconstruction of Fully Assembled Biological…
Engineering’s Rigoberto Advincula honored by American Chemical Society
Rigoberto C. Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, received the Herman Mark Scholars Award from the American Chemical Society’s Polymer Chemistry Division for his accomplishments in the field of polymer science. The namesake of the award is considered the father of…
Engineering’s David Schiraldi named American Chemical Society Fellow
David Schiraldi, professor and chair of the Department of Macromolecular Science & Engineering, has been selected as a member of the 2013 class of American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows. Schiraldi is recognized for two decades of industrial polymer work contributing to the development and…
Professor helps bring Myanmar’s engineering education into 21st century
Last year, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar held free, peaceful elections—the first since its military government took hold in 1962. Now, as leaders rebuild and restructure the country and its education system, Daniel Lacks, the C. Benson Branch Professor of Chemical Engineering, is there to…
Brain implant aims to stifle drug highs
What happens if addicts get no high from the drugs they take? Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Illinois State University received a grant for $390,000 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to help answer the question. Addiction experts believe a mechanism that robs drugs of…