think[box]

Editor's note: Due to a high interest in our CWRU Cookie Decorating contest, we are no longer accepting sign ups through Dec. 13 and have closed the form. Emails will be sent to students who signed up; students have 24 hours to confirm their interest in the cookie contest. Further details will be…

Students are invited to participate in Sears think[box]’s Human-Centered Design Challenge, a free, four-week online workshop from Jan. 4 to Jan. 29. Design thinking is a process and a mindset to understand people and their problems before developing the solutions. Human-centered design prioritizes…

Members of the university community are invited to join Sears think[box] student technicians to make a free personalized desk organizer using laser cutters and woodshop. Never been to think[box] before? Don't know where to start? This event is an opportunity to get familiar with the facilities…

James McGuffin-Cawley has built his career around creating opportunities for students. It’s the main reason he transitioned into an administrative role at the Case School of Engineering several years ago. And it’s what led him to his new position as the faculty director of the university’s…

How the university’s innovation center transformed into a pandemic problem-solver By Michelle Kolk This article first appeared in a summer publication related to the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More articles will appear in The Daily and on the university and school social…

Known as SUDS, the invention design is available by non-commercial creative commons license from Case Western Reserve University A device that aims to decontaminate N95 respirators in roughly a minute has been created by a team at the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] at Case Western…

The Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box], Case Western Reserve University’s innovation center, has re-opened on a trial basis through July 15. During this initial re-opening phase, access is by reservation only. Students, staff and faculty can request a reservation online. In order to…

Devices being developed at Case Western Reserve’s public-access innovation center in collaboration with University Hospitals protect front-line health care workers Northeast Ohio health care workers on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19 are benefitting from innovative devices being…

Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] is providing targeted prototyping, design and fabrication support for Case Western Reserve researchers and local medical professionals working on projects to address needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff from Sears think[box] set up an…

Manufacturers in Akron, Cleveland and Erie (PA) to produce 5,000 shields per day An engineering team from Case Western Reserve University, Nottingham Spirk and Penn State Behrend have partnered with manufacturers in Northeast Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania, to launch rapid production of face shields…