mechanical and aerospace engineering

According to data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), only about 30% of female students globally choose to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields in higher education. The reason? UNESCO suggests “long-standing…

Ran An, a senior research associate in the lab of Umut Gurkan—the Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering—received a grant from the Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders (CAPCaT). The one-year…

Olabimpe A. Olayiwola, a research assistant in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received a Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Award from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in support of…

Umut Gurkan, the Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, co-wrote a paper with an international team of clinicians and researchers that was featured on the cover of The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Analyst. The paper describes HemeChip, a…

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…