biomedical engineering

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, sc...

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 too...

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 Ame...

P. Hunter Peckham is a decorated Case Western Reserve University emeritus faculty member. He’s known worldwide for his research that has restored hand and arm control in paralyzed individuals and is the recipient of some of the university’s most prestigious awards—Distinguished University Professor ...

Across the Case Western Reserve University campus, researchers drive discovery in a wide array of subjects—from engineering to medicine, nursing, social work, physics and beyond. Their work often takes place in laboratories, surrounded by high-tech computers or research equipment such as beakers, pe...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a team of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University a four-year, $2.75 million grant to explore new technology to generate and stabilize a protein called fibrin that is essential to maintain protective blood clots in an injured body. “The te...

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the medical community’s use of remote healthcare as an alternative to conventional medicine—and wireless biomedical devices are a huge part of that shift. But with patients living longer, the concern turns to the long-term reliability of these devices and data ...

A recent Bruker BioSpin “customer insight” article highlighted how Chris Flask, professor of radiology, biomedical engineering and pediatrics, and his team are uniting preclinical and clinical research at the Case Center for Imaging Research (CCIR). Bruker BioSpin is a newsletter covering magnetic r...

Asclepii Inc., a company founded by Case Western Reserve University biomedical engineering student Franco Kraiselburd, was recently awarded a $450,000 non-dilutive translational research grant. The grant funding is to push Asclepii Inc.’s product Artemis, a platform designed to foster the next gene...

When Brandon Prestwood took walks with his wife after losing part of his arm in an industrial accident in 2012, she favored holding his prosthetic hand—even though he couldn’t feel her touch. But the North Carolina man’s desire to restore the physical sensation of holding her hand was why he volunte...