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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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June 25, 2026
Four Case Western Reserve University students and five alumni are among those selected nationwide to receive Graduate Research Fellowships from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for the 2026–2027 academic year.In total, 2,500 graduate research fellows were selected from a pool of nearly…
June 24, 2026
Zach Pattersonassistant professor of mechanical and aerospace at Case School of EngineeringArea of Focus: bioinspired robots and control algorithmsCase Western Reserve University researcher Zach Patterson constructs robots taking cues from biology—exploring how they function, move and are…
June 15, 2026
Janet L. Gbur, PhD, a research assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University and a research biomedical engineer at the Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, has been awarded the…
June 15, 2026
Hannah Chen, a second-year student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, was recently awarded a Donaldson-Kiefer Scholarship from the ASM International Cleveland Chapter.Named after two notable alumni of this ASM chapter, this scholarship…
June 12, 2026
Shuo Li, PhD, the Leonard Case, Jr. Professorship in Engineering at the Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical Engineering, was selected for Crain’s Cleveland Business’ 2026 Notable Leaders in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. This annual recognition honors outstanding…
June 12, 2026
Caroline Kromalic, a graduate student in materials science and engineering at Case Western Reserve University, recently received the Best Poster award at the Materials Data Science (MDS)-Rely Spring Meeting in Pittsburgh. In her project, Kromalic studied the reliability of aerosol jet printed…
June 09, 2026
Sebastián Correa grew up in Pittsburgh, far from the tropical flora and fauna of the Galápagos Islands, but his mamá’s tales of her experiences as a naturalist on the islands painted a vivid image. In high school, Correa had the chance to see it for himself when he went to visit family in Quito,…
June 05, 2026
Transformational gift will establish two professorships and a new laboratory in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
May 25, 2026
A crystal Katie Colbaugh helped grow is currently sitting on Mars. It rode there aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover, which touched down on the Red Planet in February 2021 and has been searching for signs of ancient life ever since. Colbaugh and her colleagues at Gooch & Housego—a Highland…
May 22, 2026
Earlier this month, Rishabh Kundu—a second-year PhD student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, a ThinkEnergy Fellow and a Swanger Fellow—received second prize in the Student Poster Pitch Competition at the Ceramics Expo and Thermal Management Expo North America 2026. Kundu’s…