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How Case Western Reserve’s Pedram Mohseni is advancing medical solutions through engineering
Pedram MohseniGoodrich Professor for Engineering Innovation and chair of the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems EngineeringArea of Focus: leveraging technological advances in microsensors and microelectronics to develop next-generation devices to improve patients' quality of lifePedram…
Amr Salahieh
From Syria to Silicon Valley, a CWRU alum built a medical device empire
A conversation with serial entrepreneur Amr Salahieh (CSE ’89), founder and CEO of Shifamed
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First-ever freeze-dried artificial platelets are shelf-stable and portable—a major advance for field medicine
Patients in danger of bleeding out from trauma could be treated on site
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From rainout shelters to the courtroom: Inside CWRU students' and researchers' environmental work
Each year, Earth Day (April 22) highlights the importance of protecting natural resources, combating climate change and promoting sustainability—from recycling and reducing waste to supporting eco-friendly businesses. At Case Western Reserve University, that commitment extends far beyond a single…
Zoe Sekyonda
Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship announces winners of 2026 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition
Fifteen student-led teams competed for more than $45,000 in prizes across three tracks
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The body heals itself with collagen. A CWRU lab spins it into surgical thread
A conversation with Ozan Akkus, PhD, engineering professor and entrepreneur, CWRU alum, and co-founder of CollaMedix
Michael Rosenfield
The bug stops here: how a CWRU alum left Google to build an AI startup
Every time a software team releases an update, there’s a new risk of something else breaking. CWRU alum and entrepreneur Michael Rosenfield (CWR ’17), saw the problem firsthand at Google—and watched engineering teams manually check that nothing had gone wrong after every change.His San…
A scientist smiles and looks at a pink robotic arm with a sock puppet
Studying human-robot interaction, CWRU researcher explores tech-enabled mental health support
Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences.As she coped with the grief of suddenly losing her dad during her undergraduate degree, Alexis E.…
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Developing a robotic companion, CWRU graduate student aspires to support astronauts' mental health in space
Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences.Austin Wilson's childhood dream of becoming an astronaut had fallen to the wayside during his teen…
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From Cleveland to San Juan: how an alum is building Puerto Rico’s biotech future
Osvaldo A. Rodriguez Rivera (GRS ’24, regenerative medicine and entrepreneurship) entered Case Western Reserve University’s Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship (RGME) program in the School of Medicine to deepen his scientific understanding of biotechnology and regenerative medicine. With an…