mechanical and aerospace engineering

After several years—and hundreds of hours—of work, a group of staff and students at Case Western Reserve University turned a possibility into a reality. A virtual reality. When Joe Piccolo was hired as production manager at the Maltz Performing Arts Center five years ago, his goal was to find a…

According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 100,000 Americans are affected by sickle cell disease (SCD), a group of inherited red blood cell disorders known to cause pain and other serious problems such as infection, acute chest syndrome and stroke. But what if there was a way to…

Major: Mechanical and aerospace engineeringYear: First-year Whether collaborating with friends on his Botball robotics team or reading up on the latest breakthroughs and advances in his field, Garrett Tieng has been exploring his passion for engineering—and the ways it can open doors for…

Umut Gurkan, the Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was named one of five finalists for the prestigious Curtis W. McGraw Research Award. The annual award was established in 1957 to recognize significant achievements of early career…

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…