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Meet new faculty at Case School of Engineering
The students in Case Western Reserve University’s undergraduate Class of 2029 aren’t the only new faces on campus this semester. We also welcomed new faculty members across the university, including at Case School of Engineering. Read on to get to know some of those new faculty members, who…
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Meet members of CWRU's Vertical Take-Off and Landing Team
Still in its nascent stages, VTOL CWRU—a student-led drone design team—has established itself amongst competitors across the country. In the spring, the team won first place at the 2024–2025 Design-Build-Vertical Flight Competition with a top score for fly-off performance in just its second year of…
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Shaping engineers through experience
Halfway through his first year at Case Institute of Technology, Grant Saviers (CIT ’66; GRS ’68, engineering) walked into the computing center and discovered the Burroughs 220—a room-sized machine humming with mystery. Encouraged to experiment, he discovered both an interest in computer engineering…
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Robert and Diane Gingell give $1.5 million in honor of a friendship to transform futures
When Robert Gingell (CIT ’77) first stepped onto the Case Western Reserve campus, he had little idea how profoundly the university would shape the rest of his life. Together with his wife, Diane, the Gingells have remained deeply connected to CWRU—through philanthropy, professional work and…
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Expanding support for a new generation of engineers
Three years after their first gift to support the Envoys program, a couple’s impact grows
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Alumnus cements Case Western Reserve’s commitment to interdisciplinary telecommunications research
Chance meeting led Khatibi to the United States—and down the path to helping develop the underlying technology powering today’s 5G cellular networks
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Remembering former engineering professor and department chair Adel “Tony” Saada
Case Western Reserve University is mourning the loss of Adel “Tony” Saada, PhD, professor emeritus of civil engineering, whose six decades of teaching, research, mentorship and philanthropy left an indelible mark on the Case School of Engineering. Saada passed away peacefully at home on Sunday,…
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Bringing polymer science to life: PhD student Joel K. Linebach choreographs dance inspired by his engineering research
Linebach’s “PHASIC” will premiere this weekend at Cleveland Dance Festival
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Fourth-year Ryan Eaton receives the Electronics Division of the American Ceramic Society’s 2025 Lewis C. Hoffman Scholarship award
Ryan Eaton, a fourth-year materials science and engineering student at Case Western Reserve University, was recently named the recipient of the 2025 Lewis C. Hoffman Scholarship award, which recognizes an outstanding third or fourth-year student who demonstrates excellence in academics, leadership…
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Engineering’s Rishabh Kundu presented with the American Ceramic Society’s 2025 D.T. Rankin Award
Rishabh Kundu—a ThinkEnergy and Swanger Fellow and second-year PhD student at Case School of Engineering’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering—was awarded the D.T. Rankin Award by the Energy Materials and Systems Division (EMSD) of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). This award…