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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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November 07, 2017
Join the Master of Engineering and Management (MEM) office as it hosts Tetris Live, a human-sized Tetris game, Wednesday, Nov. 8, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Nord Hall, Room 305. There will be free food for all. Download the flier. Learn more about the MEM program at case.edu/mem.
November 06, 2017
CWRU researcher working with NASA, other partners to build small, battery-powered aircraft in next several years Need to catch a fast ride from Cleveland to Pittsburgh? Get ready to hail your first “air taxi”—and maybe sooner than you think. Vikas Prakash, a Case Western Reserve University…
October 30, 2017
The Master of Engineering and Management (MEM) program invites all students to a Halloween party Tuesday, Oct. 31, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Nord Hall, Room 305. The event will feature an afternoon full of games and food. Learn more about the MEM program.
October 25, 2017
Wrist-device concept monitors wearer’s cardiac health in real time They thought they had no chance. After all, most of the 150-plus competitors comprising 22 teams in last weekend’s Cleveland Medical Hackathon at the Global Center for Health Innovation downtown were health professionals with PhDs…
October 23, 2017
“Smart” technologies and connected systems—enabled by “the Internet of Things” (IoT)—are profoundly changing how people live and work. To support research that helps communities understand and adapt to that transformational change, the National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated a Smart &…
October 16, 2017
CWRU chemical engineering students conduct electrostatic experiments, experience Asian culture for summer project A trio of Case Western Reserve University students this summer began a three-year research project in a western China wind tunnel that could play a role in advancing our understanding…
October 12, 2017
Services will be held this weekend for an emeritus professor and three-time alumnus who made a major impact on Case Western Reserve University and on the field of engineering. Harry W. Mergler, a member of the university’s faculty for more than 30 years, died last month at the age of 93. As a…
October 05, 2017
Simon "Si" Ostrach, extraordinary engineering mind, avid supporter of wrestling program, passes away
Simon “Si” Ostrach, who ultimately became “a giant in the field,” had no idea what engineering was when he graduated high school. Simon "Si" Ostrach “I came from Eastern European people, and the anticipation was that you’re going to be a physician or a teacher or maybe an attorney,” he said in…
September 28, 2017
Students are invited to learn more about the short-term spring break program “Global Health Design in Uganda” at an information session Friday, Oct. 6, at 12:30 p.m. in Wickenden Building, Room 328. Andrew Rollins, professor of biomedical engineering, and Janet McGrath, professor of anthropology,…
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…