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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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February 11, 2021
Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer and researcher Rohan Akolkar has been elected as a Senior Member of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Akolkar is the Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation and Ohio Eminent Scholar in Advanced Energy Research in the Case…
February 11, 2021
According to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), only about 30% of female students globally choose to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields in higher education. The reason? UNESCO suggests “long-standing…
February 01, 2021
Emeritus Professor Jack Koenig, a founding faculty member of Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering whose innovative use of modern spectroscopy revolutionized science's understanding of the characterization of polymer systems, passed away on Tuesday,…
January 29, 2021
Burcu Gurkan, the Nord Distinguished Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering, was selected as a recipient of the Scialog: Negative Emissions Science (NES) Collaborative Award in the amount of $55,000. Gurkan was named a Fellow for Scialog, a group of about 50 promising early-career scientists…
January 29, 2021
Ran An, a senior research associate in the lab of Umut Gurkan—the Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering—received a grant from the Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders (CAPCaT). The one-year…
January 29, 2021
Olabimpe A. Olayiwola, a research assistant in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received a Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Award from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in support of…
January 25, 2021
Members of the community are invited to “A Fireside Chat with Vint Cerf” Tuesday, Feb. 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. Vint Cerf, the co-designer of TCP/IP protocols and the fundamental architecture of the internet, will reflect on his career in technology, share lessons learned, and discuss the challenges…
January 20, 2021
National Science Foundation funds Case Western Reserve team working to stop data breaches, protect customer information A pair of Case Western Reserve University computer researchers want to develop a better defense against big data breaches—and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is intrigued…
January 12, 2021
Year: SeniorsMajors: Neuroscience and healthcare management (Chitturu); biomedical engineering (Schwartzman)Minors: Chemistry and economics (Chitturu); sociology (Schwartzman) As individuals in Ohio began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, two Case Western Reserve students penned an op-ed for…
January 08, 2021
Anant Madabhushi, the Donnell Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, wrote a piece published in Crain’s Cleveland Business discussing how artificial intelligence can be used to efficiently allocate health care…