mechanical and aerospace engineering

Case Western Reserve and NASA Glenn scientists aim to keep effervescence from obstructing scientific equipment on spacecraft in frigid seas of Saturn’s largest moon If scientists someday send a spacecraft to the surface of Titan, the largest moon orbiting Saturn, it could very well be a small…

Ya-Ting Liao, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was selected for a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. This grant, titled “CAREER: Understanding the Role of Buoyancy Flow for Accurate and Robust Scale Modeling of Upward Flame Spread,” is supported by $500,000…

Case Western Reserve researcher on team that prints 3D model to prove importance of ‘transverse struts’ to long-term structure life New bone-structure research from scientists at Case Western Reserve, Cornell and Purdue universities could give new hope to patients suffering from osteoporosis—and…

Case Western Reserve team part of a multi-university, international study of how machines and mankind will collaborate more in ‘smart factories’ of the future Case Western Reserve University engineers are working with partners at two other universities and an Italian-owned company in Michigan to…

Case Western Reserve University innovation powers longer flight time for drone-sized electric aircraft, looks toward all-electric regional jets of future If fully electric regional passenger jets someday fly from Cleveland to Atlanta, aviation historians will likely point out that the first…

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced the winners of its 2018 Patents for Humanity program, an initiative promoting game-changing innovations to address long-standing development challenges. Umut Gurkan, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Mechanical and…

Case Western Reserve researchers show that environmental benefits of electric vehicles vary widely in first state-by-state ranking Exactly how environmentally friendly electric vehicles (EVs) are as alternative to fuel-burning vehicles may actually depend on where you live, according to a new study…

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…

Rajib Paul, senior research associate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Liming Dai, the Kent Hale Smith Professor in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, had their paper titled “Carbon-based supercapacitors for efficient energy storage” published in…

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…