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Meet a researcher extracting the elements that could change everything
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Area of Focus: Developing advanced materials and processes to separate f-elements (lanthanides and actinides) with applications…
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September 27, 2017
Envision applications in manufacturing, medicine and space
A Case Western Reserve University researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used on an assembly line, in surgery or even outer space.
Kiju Lee, the Nord Distinguished Assis...

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September 25, 2017
Case Western Reserve University researchers target tumor protein
A new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent being tested by researchers at Case Western Reserve University not only pinpoints breast cancers at early stages but differentiates between aggressive and slow-growing types.
“Doin...

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September 21, 2017
With a new $5.5 million, five-year federal grant, a Case Western Reserve University researcher is leading an international team to develop functional materials inspired by some of the most desirable substances found in nature.
The bioinspired materials produced in the project will be tested in soft...

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September 18, 2017
Meet STEM publishers at Kelvin Smith Library’s Science & Engineering Resource Lab Thursday, Sept. 28, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Nord Hall, Room 356.
The event will be an opportunity to explore science and engineering resources available through the library, and is open to all Case Western Reserve ...

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September 14, 2017
Scenery and props quite literally set the stage for most theater performances, which, as the scenic designer for some Case Western Reserve University Players' Theatre Group (PTG) productions, senior Alice Li knows well.
The mechanical engineering major has helped transform the Eldred Black Box Thea...

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September 08, 2017
Editor’s Note: Normally, our “5 questions with…” segment features just one outstanding member of our community. But when we learned of this duo’s summer experience, we wanted to make sure the campus heard both of their perspectives.
Know someone you think should be featured in “5 questions”? Emai...

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September 08, 2017
Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason professor II of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was awarded U.S. patent 9,767,555 titled “Disease Characterization from Fused Pathology and Radiology Data.”
The described invention provides...

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September 08, 2017
Chris Yuan, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, won first place in the Reusable Abstractions of Manufacturing Processes national research competition.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Science Foundation, American Society of Testing and Materials ...

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September 01, 2017
The Case School of Engineering has named Christian Zorman as the interim associate dean of research.
A renowned expert in the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Zorman has spent his research career focused on developing novel, enabling materials and their requisite processing technique...

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August 25, 2017
Ya-Ting Liao, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, won a joint award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to conduct flame experiments on the International Space Station (ISS).
The funding is part of $900,0...