research

Interested in getting research published or know of someone who is? Discussions, Case Western Reserve University’s undergraduate research journal, is taking submissions until Jan. 19. Contact discussionsjournal@gmail.com with any questions. Submit research online. Download the flier (.jpg)....

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 professo...

New Brookings Institution report highlights advantages of urban universities in research-related economic activity Case Western Reserve ranked 13th in the country—ahead of Harvard, Georgia Tech, and the University of Chicago—in a new study of research universities’ effectiveness in translating resea...

Undergraduate students will have multiple chances to attend one of the Support of Undergraduate Research & Creative Endeavors (SOURCE) “All About Finding Research Opportunities” seminars. Students can select from the following 50-minute sessions, all beginning at 4 p.m.: Friday, Sept. 22, in Sea...

Fabio Cominelli has been selected for the 2017 Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Medal for Excellence in Health Science Innovation, the School of Medicine’s highest honor, for his accomplishments in advancing digestive system health. Cominelli, associate dean for program developmen...

The Social Justice Institute will hold its first monthly Research Lunch Series event of the semester Tuesday, Sept. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Crawford Hall, Room A13. Dale Dannefer, the Selah Chamberlain Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology, will present “Histo...

After sustaining three major concussions in just four years playing football and rugby, Sean Baxley was familiar with the immediate effects of the injury. But after the third, he decided it was time to look into the long-lasting impact of concussions. That’s what led him to the topic of chronic tra...

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Gulf Research Program (GRP) selected YeongAe Heo, assistant professor in civil engineering, for its Early Career Research Fellowship. Out of 10 recipients from across the country, Heo was the only recipient from structural engineer...

The Case School of Engineering has named Christian Zorman as the interim associate dean of research. A renowned expert in the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Zorman has spent his research career focused on developing novel, enabling materials and their requisite processing technique...

Suzanne Rivera, vice president for research and assistant professor of bioethics at Case Western Reserve University, co-authored a paper to be published in the Aug. 18 issue of the journal Science, highlighting new rules for federally funded research the authors expect will present the greatest chal...