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“Five Decades of Restoring Upper Extremity Movement with Neuroprostheses”
The FES Center will host a symposium titled “Five Decades of Restoring Upper Extremity Movement with Neuroprostheses” Friday, Jan. 10, beginning at 9 a.m. in the Maltz Performing Arts Center. This event will feature a dynamic, transdisciplinary panel of more than 20 experts, who will trace key…
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“Interfacing with the Brain: Brain Decoding and Modulation”
The Neural Prosthesis Live Seminar Series is a public educational forum featuring prominent presenters active in all areas of research. The next installment will feature Bin He, the Trustee Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, presenting “Interfacing with the Brain:…
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Two engineering students receive honor society scholarship
Since 1998, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society has granted over 4,000 scholarships to engineering students across the country. This year, two Case School of Engineering students received the honor. From a pool of over 1,300 applications, only 253 students were chosen—among them were biomedical engineering…
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Case Western Reserve, Vanderbilt universities to develop incisionless prostate surgery using MRI and robotics
Researchers awarded five-year, $3.7M grant from National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Vanderbilt University are pioneering a new approach to prostate cancer surgery by combining advanced robotics and “low-field” MRI…
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New Faculty Spotlight: Hamid Charkhkar
Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Hamid Charkhkar’s journey into engineering began with a fascination for electrical motors and circuits, leading him to pursue an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. During his studies, he was intrigued by how electrical principles could be…
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New Faculty Spotlight: Ana G. Hernandez Reynoso
Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Growing up, Ana. G. Hernandez Reynoso wanted to be a medical doctor, but after spending some time with one of her cousins, who is an engineer, she realized that it was the convergence between medicine and engineering that she really enjoyed. That…
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New Faculty Spotlight: Luke E. Osborn
Assistant Professor Biomedical Engineering Luke Osborn grew up dreaming of a career in baseball. While unsuccessful in chasing that dream at the University of Arkansas, he chose to study engineering as an undergraduate student because he liked building things and wanted to learn how they…
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Summer NeuroTech Talk
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to the Cleveland FES Center’s second Summer NeuroTech Talk Monday, Aug. 26, from 2 to 3 p.m. in Nord Hall, Room 356. The event will also be livestreamed. This hybrid presentation and community discussion series is for students,…
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Engineering student athlete wins poster competition hours before super regional victory
On Wednesday, May 22, Lexi Miskey had to use her time wisely. She had 45 minutes to get from a very important, pre-NCAA Super Regional softball practice to the Microscopy Society of Northeast Ohio (MSNO) conference to present a research poster.  “After fitting in my pre-game pitching routine, I…
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Researchers awarded $2.78M federal grant to improve rectal cancer treatment with artificial intelligence
With a new five-year, $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals (UH) will use artificial intelligence (AI) to better treat rectal cancer patients. The…