Engineering Student Spotlight

Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Community Practice for Social Change (CPSC) Field Education Organization: Community Innovation Network at the Mandel School in Cleveland, Ohio Hometown: Rochester, New York Give a brief overview of your field education experience...

Daniel Clare, a third-year student majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering, has worked late into the night many times at Case Western Reserve University. But it’s not just his studies that keep him up. As the suspension and steering lead on the CWRU Motorsports Baja SAE team, Clare has of...

An urban environment was non-negotiable during John Yang’s college search. It made sense for an aspiring civil engineer. Using Google Maps, Yang virtually explored cities across the United States, with Case Western Reserve University rising to the top of his list. “As I learned more about the unive...

Mammoth Mountain in California experienced a whopping 192 inches of snowfall in March 2023. These details are very familiar to Case Western Reserve University student Carson Williams, who nervously tracked the storms hitting the area from thousands of miles away. Williams, alongside other members of...

Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Mental Health with Adults Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Summer Field Placement/Internship: Cleveland Leadership Center in Cleveland, Ohio Explain what you're doing at your field placement/internship this summer. I have been assistin...

Chemical engineering is all around us. It’s physical: we can see it, touch it and smell it. Take, for example, using car air fresheners or smelling your mother’s cooking. Air fresheners take advantage of transport principles by using the mass transfer coefficient kin the air and agitating it, ther...

Tian Xia, a PhD student in social welfare, and recent alumna Katie Russell gave a poster presentation at The Violence Prevention Research Conference. Co-sponsored by the University of New Hampshire and the University of Kentucky, the conference took place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from July 14–...

Hands-on experiences: 6 CWRU students share how they’re spending their summer From clinical rotations in emergency departments to hands-on roles in engineering and nonprofit organizations, students at Case Western Reserve University are gaining invaluable experiences through internships this summer...

Jake Grondz’s research career started with an email. In search of a lab to call home, Grondz began reaching out to principal investigators in materials research at Case Western Reserve University. That’s what introduced him to Ica Manas-Zloczower, Distinguished University Professor and the Thomas W....

Class Year: May 2026 Degree Program: MSW Weekend Concentration: Children, Youth and Families Field Education Organization: Boys Hope Girls Hope in Garfield Heights, Ohio Hometown: West Farmington, Ohio Give a brief overview of your field education experience. I am a wellness intern supporting ...