Innovation Week

The Faculty Distinguished Research Award (FDRA) honors those who uphold and build upon Case Western Reserve’s history as an innovative, research-driven institution. Created in 2013, the award recognizes those who have established national and international reputations for their research or creative projects.

Learn more about the 2024 FDRA winners in The Daily.

2024 Recipients

• Karen Beckwith - College of Arts and Sciences. Watch a video about Beckwith's work.
• Daniela Calvetti - College of Arts and Sciences. Watch a video about Calvetti's work.
• Paul Tesar - School of Medicine. Watch a video about Tesar's work.

The Innovator of the Year awards recognize honor members of the Case Western Reserve University community who have demonstrated exceptional levels of innovation each year. There were six categories awarded in 2024. Read small profiles on each 2024 Innovator of the Year in The Daily.

2024 Innovator of the Year: Alumni

• Anycia Grady (SAS ’10), CEO, C.A.B.E.L.

2024 Innovators of the Year: Early Career

• Kylie Meyer, Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

• Jessica A. Wojtalik, Assistant Professor, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

2024 Innovator of the Year: Education

• Tom Baum, Simulation Manager and Director of Flight Simulation Operations and Programming, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

2024 Innovator of the Year: Research

• Xiong (Bill) Yu, Chair, Department of Civil Engineering; Opal J. Richard A. Vanderhoof Professorship; Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Case School of Engineering

2024 Innovator of the Year: Research Staff

• Lauren Biddlecombe, Assistant Dean, Strategic Initiatives, Case School of Engineering

2024 Innovator of the Year: Student

• Quiana Howard, PhD student, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Inventor Award

The Inventor Award honors any member of the CWRU community who has received at least one issued patent through the university’s Technology Transfer Office in fiscal year 2024. Honorees include:

• Drew Adams

• Ozan Akkus

• Kumar Alagramam

• Yunus Alapan

• Abdullah Amin

• Jacob Antunes

• Eric Baer

• Tanvir Baig

• James Basilion

• Narendra Bhadra

• Niloy Bhadra

• Vahab Bonab

• Rasim Boyacioglu

• Susann Brady-Kalnay

• Robert Brown

• Michael Bruckman

• Hulya Bukulmez

• Clemens Burda

• Arnold Caplan

• Amitabh Chak

• Mastooreh Chamanian

• Yijiang Chen

• Kevin Cooper

• Jared Cregg

• Anna Czapar

• Chris Dealwis

• Robert Deissler

• Dominique Durand

• Matthew Elitt

• Umit Erol

• Donald Feke

• Philip Feng

• Stephen Fink

• Yong Gao

• Yazan Gharaibeh

• Satyam Ghodasara

• Suhasini Gopal

• Miklos Gratzl

• Mark Griswold

• Vikas Gulani

• Umut Gurkan

• Zheng Han

• Mitchell Hopkins

• Yee-Hsee Hsieh

• Alex Huang

• Michael Jenkins

• Oju Jeon

• Kevin Kilgore

• Christopher King

• Bradley Lang

• Juhwan Lee

• Parker Lee

• Stephen Lewis

• Xinyao Li

• Chung-Chiun Liu

• Yehe Liu

• Joseph Lott

• Zheng-Rong Lu

• Dan Ma

• Tristan Maidment

• Debnath Maji

• Ica Manas-Zloczower

• Sanford Markowitz

• Robyn Marks

• Debra McGivney

• Nathan McMullen

• Pedram Mohseni

• Helen Moinova

• Monica Montano

• Jay Myers

• Wyatt Newman

• Andrew Olah

• Ammar Patel

• Sina Pourang

• David Prabhu

• Sanjay Rajagopalan

• Lauren Randolph

• Imran Rashid

• Stuart Rowan

• Christopher Ryan

• Abrahim Salman

• Matthew Schiefer

• James Seckler

• Jie Shan

• Laura Shaw

• Jerry Silver

• Kenneth Singer

• Jonathan Stamler

• Evi Stavrou

• Colin Stomberski

• Michael Suster

• Daniel Tan

• Rui Tang

• Xinyao Tang

• Paul Tesar

• Ronald Triolo

• Dustin Tyler

• Satish Viswanath

• Tina Vrabec

• Jesse Wainright

• Bingcheng Wang

• Xinning Wang

• Xuefei Wang

• Yanming Wang

• Ran Wei

• Zhouping Wei

• Amy Wen

• Joseph Willis

• David Wilson

• Gary Wnek

• Katherine Wright

• Chunying Wu

• Xu Yang

• Mousa Younesi

• Dian Yuan

• Yiyuan Yuan

• Liang Yue

• Yongyou Zhang

• Lei Zhu

• Hui Zhu

• Christian ZormanDavid Wilson

• Gary Wnek

• Katherine Wright

• Chunying Wu

• Xu Yang

• Mousa Younesi

• Dian Yuan

• Yiyuan Yuan

• Liang Yue

• Xiangwu (David ) Zeng

• Cong Zhang

• Yongyou Zhang

• Boran Zhao

• Hui Zhu

• Lei Zhu

• Christian Zorman

Commercialization Award

The Commercialization Award honors any CWRU community member with a technology that was newly licensed through the university’s Technology Transfer Office in fiscal year 2024. The Commercialization Award winners include:

• Richard Adams: Algorithm for Unsupervised Segmentation of Infant Brains using Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting

• Ozan Akkus: High throughput optical assay for screening hemoglobin oxygen affinity modifying drug

• Ran An: High throughput optical assay for screening hemoglobin oxygen affinity modifying drug

• Eric Baer: Random Information Encoding, Storage and Retrieval from Multilayer Polymeric 1-D Photonic Films

• Brecken Blackburn: Optical Coherence Tomography-based Diffusivity and Viscosity Measurement

• Brecken Blackburn: Phase-Decorrelation Optical Coherence Tomography for Cornea Characterization

• Susann Brady-Kalnay: Near Infrared Fluorophore Imaging Agents that bind the PTPmu biomarker

• Thomas Brantley: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Thomas Brantley: HoloNeuroAnatomy

• Andrew Buzza: Systems and Methods to Selectively Silence Small Fibers in a Surgical Setting

• Andrew Buzza: Systems and Methods to Selectively Silence Small Fibers Transcutaneously

• Murat Cavusoglu: Design and Radio Frequency tuning of the actuation coils for a robotic catheter with embedded micro-actuation coils for magnetic actuation inside MRI scanner

• Murat Cavusoglu: Coupled magnetic actuation and insertion control for a magnetically actuated catheter

• Murat Cavusoglu: Actuation dithering for thermal management of a robotic catheter with embedded micro-actuation coils for magnetic actuation inside MRI scanner

• Murat Cavusoglu: Method for catheter localization, and shape and contact force estimation for control feedback

• Murat Cavusoglu: Hybrid magnetically actuated flexible catheter with variable length stiff segment

• Darin Croft: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Darin Croft: HoloNeuroAnatomy

• Mitchell Drumm: Human G551D CFTR Expressing Mouse on a CFTR Null (CWRU) Mouse Background

• Andrew Dupuis: Optimized MR Imaging Using Large Language Model Agents

• Henry Eastman: A Content Agnostic Framework to Create and Display Holographic Presentations in a Shared Mixed Reality Experience

• Henry Eastman: A Method for Creating a Shared Mixed Reality Experience for a Group Wearing Head Mounted Displays

• Henry Eastman: A Method for Optimizing and Displaying Digital Materials for Mixed Reality through a Head Mounted Display

• Henry Eastman: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Henry Eastman: A method for content location selection based on position and view in a mixed reality or augmented reality environment

• Henry Eastman: Method for Manipulating Mixed Reality Models

• Henry Eastman: An interface and network infrastructure for optimizing management of multiple simultaneous holographic experiences from a single control panel

• Rebecca Enterline: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Darcy Freedman: PSE READI: Policy Systems and Environmental Intervention Readiness Assessment and Decision Instrument

• Barbara Freeman: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Barbara Freeman: HoloNeuroAnatomy

• Sarah Garrow: Method for determining needle position and pose from MR imaging

• James Gasparatos: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• James Gasparatos: An interface and network infrastructure for optimizing management of multiple simultaneous holographic experiences from a single control panel

• James Gasparatos: HoloNeuroAnatomy

• Robert Gotschall: A method for content location selection based on position and view in a mixed reality or augmented reality environment

• Robert Gotschall: A Method for Creating a Shared Mixed Reality Experience for a Group Wearing Head Mounted Displays

• Robert Gotschall: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Robert Gotschall: Method for Manipulating Mixed Reality Models

• Robert Gotschall: An interface and network infrastructure for optimizing management of multiple simultaneous holographic experiences from a single control panel

• William Grissom: RF Frequency Encoded Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• William Grissom: Method for determining needle position and pose from MR imaging

• William Grissom: Optimized MR Imaging Using Large Language Model Agents

• William Grissom: Method to Design RF Pulses for Short-TR and Multi-Echo MRI Pulse Sequences

• Mark Griswold: Hololens Applications

• Mark Griswold: A Method for Creating a Shared Mixed Reality Experience for a Group Wearing Head Mounted Displays

• Mark Griswold: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Mark Griswold: Method for Manipulating Mixed Reality Models

• Mark Griswold: An interface and network infrastructure for optimizing management of multiple simultaneous holographic experiences from a single control panel

• Mark Griswold: RF Frequency Encoded Magnetic Resonance Imaging

• Mark Griswold: Optimized MR Imaging Using Large Language Model Agents

• Mark Griswold: Method to Design RF Pulses for Short-TR and Multi-Echo MRI Pulse Sequences

• Mark Griswold: Design and Radio Frequency tuning of the actuation coils for a robotic catheter with embedded micro-actuation coils for magnetic actuation inside MRI scanner

• Mark Griswold: Coupled magnetic actuation and insertion control for a magnetically actuated catheter

• Mark Griswold: Actuation dithering for thermal management of a robotic catheter with embedded micro-actuation coils for magnetic actuation inside MRI scanner

• Mark Griswold: Method for catheter localization, and shape and contact force estimation for control feedback

• Mark Griswold: Hybrid magnetically actuated flexible catheter with variable length stiff segment

• Shi Gu: Optical Coherence Tomography-based Diffusivity and Viscosity Measurement

• Shi Gu: Phase-Decorrelation Optical Coherence Tomography for Cornea Characterization

• Ariel Gubatina: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Umut Gurkan: High throughput optical assay for screening hemoglobin oxygen affinity modifying drug

• Erin Henninger: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Erin Henninger: An interface and network infrastructure for optimizing management of multiple simultaneous holographic experiences from a single control panel

• Craig Hodges: Human G551D CFTR Expressing Mouse on a CFTR Null (CWRU) Mouse Background

• Michael Hore: Random Information Encoding, Storage and Retrieval from Multilayer Polymeric 1-D Photonic Films

• Siyuan Hu: Characterizing artifacts in multi-dimensional MR Fingerprinting with high efficiency for sequence optimization: systematic error index

• Michael Jenkins: Nerve cuff for light delivery to a peripheral nerve

• Michael Jenkins: Systems and Methods to Selectively Silence Small Fibers in a Surgical Setting

• Michael Jenkins: Systems and Methods to Selectively Silence Small Fibers Transcutaneously

• Michael Jenkins: Detection of Shear Wave Speed By Doppler Shifted Phase Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography

• Michael Jenkins: Optical Coherence Tomography-based Diffusivity and Viscosity Measurement

• Michael Jenkins: Phase-Decorrelation Optical Coherence Tomography for Cornea Characterization

• Mette Johansen: Near Infrared Fluorophore Imaging Agents that bind the PTPmu biomarker

• Sanjana Kamath: Design and Radio Frequency tuning of the actuation coils for a robotic catheter with embedded micro-actuation coils for magnetic actuation inside MRI scanner

• Michael Landers: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Michael Landers: HoloNeuroAnatomy

• Stephen Lewis: Systems and Methods to Selectively Silence Small Fibers in a Surgical Setting

• Stephen Lewis: Systems and Methods to Selectively Silence Small Fibers Transcutaneously

• Nate Lombard Poirot: Design and Radio Frequency tuning of the actuation coils for a robotic catheter with embedded micro-actuation coils for magnetic actuation inside MRI scanner

• Nate Lombard Poirot: Actuation dithering for thermal management of a robotic catheter with embedded micro-actuation coils for magnetic actuation inside MRI scanner

• Nate Lombard Poirot: Method for catheter localization, and shape and contact force estimation for control feedback

• Dan Ma: Characterizing artifacts in multi-dimensional MR Fingerprinting with high efficiency for sequence optimization: systematic error index

• Dan Ma: Algorithm for Unsupervised Segmentation of Infant Brains using Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting

• Dan Ma: Time-resolved image reconstruction using joint temporally local and global subspace modeling for diffusion MRI

• Dan Ma: Optimized MR Imaging Using Large Language Model Agents

• Sangeeta Mahajan: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Joao Maia: Double Hyperbolic Contraction in Extensional Mixing Elements (EMEs)

• Sanford Markowitz: VACO-6 cell line

• Isabel McGaugh: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Jeffery Mlakar: A Content Agnostic Framework to Create and Display Holographic Presentations in a Shared Mixed Reality Experience

• Jeffery Mlakar: A Method for Creating a Shared Mixed Reality Experience for a Group Wearing Head Mounted Displays

• Jeffery Mlakar: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Jeffery Mlakar: An interface and network infrastructure for optimizing management of multiple simultaneous holographic experiences from a single control panel

• Michael Moffitt: Nerve cuff for light delivery to a peripheral nerve

• Michael Moffitt: Systems and Methods to Selectively Silence Small Fibers in a Surgical Setting

• Michael Moffitt: Systems and Methods to Selectively Silence Small Fibers Transcutaneously

• Michael Moffitt: Percutaneous port-based photobiomonulation

• Michael Moffitt: Selective Multiple frequency stimulation

• Michael Moffitt: System and methods to silence small fibers transcutaneoursly

• Andrew Olah: Random Information Encoding, Storage and Retrieval from Multilayer Polymeric 1-D Photonic Films

• Zhilang Qiu: Time-resolved image reconstruction using joint temporally local and global subspace modeling for diffusion MRI

• Andrew Rollins: Method for measuring biomechanical properties in an eye

• Andrew Rollins: Detection of Shear Wave Speed By Doppler Shifted Phase Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography

• Andrew Rollins: Optical Coherence Tomography-based Diffusivity and Viscosity Measurement

• Andrew Rollins: Phase-Decorrelation Optical Coherence Tomography for Cornea Characterization

• Brian Rothstein: HoloNeuroAnatomy

• Jillian Schulte: PSE READI: Policy Systems and Environmental Intervention Readiness Assessment and Decision Instrument

• Zoe Sekyonda: High throughput optical assay for screening hemoglobin oxygen affinity modifying drug

• Warren Selman: HoloNeuroAnatomy

• Anuj Sharma: Optimized MR Imaging Using Large Language Model Agents

• Catherine Simonson Shick: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Catherine Simonson Shick: HoloNeuroAnatomy

• Scott Simpson: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Preethy Sridharan: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Jeffrey Sunshine: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Kerrin Sunshine: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Lisa Tan: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Galen Tingle: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Ronald Triolo: Non-Hydraulic Self-Leveling Walker

• Eser Tuna: Method for catheter localization, and shape and contact force estimation for control feedback

• Lauren Ulrey: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Sue Wish-Baratz: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education

• Sue Wish-Baratz: HoloNeuroAnatomy

Pedagogical Awards

The final Milestone Award category, the Pedagogical Awards, recognizes new educational programs that were approved by the Faculty Senate Education Committee during fiscal year 2024. The Pedagogical Award winners include

• Aerospace Physiology, Graduate Certificate & MS (School of Medicine) – Michael Decker & Lisa Damato

• Interschool Quantitative Biosciences, Graduate Certificate (School of Medicine) – Steve Eppell, Mike Hinczewski, Matthias Buck, Walter Boron, Glenn Starkmann,  Kristina Lee Semrad

• Public Health, Graduate Certificate (School of Medicine) – Daniel Tisch, Kristina Knight, Andrew Morris, and Mendel Singer

• Business Information Technology, BSM (Weatherhead) – Kalle Lyytinen, Jennifer Hawkins

• FinTech, Minor (Weatherhead) – CNV Krishnan, Greg Harmon, Lakshmi Balasubramanyan, Jay Vaidya

• Supply Chain Management, Minor (Weatherhead) – Operations Management Department

• Data Science, MS (Case School of Engineering) – Mehmet Koyuturk

The Faculty Distinguished Research Award was established in 2013 to recognize those who uphold and build upon Case Western Reserve’s history as an innovative, research-driven institution, and established national and international reputations for their research or creative projects. Learn more about the Faculty Distinguished Research Awards.

Read about the 2023 FDRA recipients in The Daily.

2023 Recipients

Umut Gurkan - Case School of Engineering

Ralph Harvey - College of Arts and Sciences

Robert Kirsch - Case School of Engineering

Xin Qi - School of Medicine

The Innovator of the Year awards are intended to honor members of the Case Western Reserve University community who have demonstrated exceptional levels of innovation in specific areas. In 2023, they were awarded in six categories. Learn more about the 2023 Innovator of the Year winners.

2023 Innovator of the Year: Alumni

• Jazmin Long (SAS ’15, MNO ’15), President and CEO, Birthing Beautiful Communities

2023 Innovator of the Year: Early Career

• Lydia Kisley, Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Physics

2023 Innovator of the Year: Education

• Lauren Calandruccio, Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences

2023 Innovators of the Year: Research

• Megan Holmes, Professor and Co-Director, Center on Trauma and Adversity and
• ClotChip team

2023 Innovator of the Year: Research Staff

• Oral Health Disparities Group, School of Dental Medicine

2023 Innovator of the Year: Student

• Pam Bolton, Second-year PhD student, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Inventor Award

The first Milestone Award category, the Inventor Award, honors any member of the CWRU community who has received at least one issued patent through the university’s Technology Transfer Office in fiscal year 2023. Honorees included:

• Ozan Akkus
• Anna Agaponova
• Tanvir Baig
• Niloy Bhadra
• Kath Bogie
• Dennis Bourbeau
• Rasim Boyacioglu
• Susann Brady-Kalnay
• Robert Brown
• Michael Bruckman
• Yijiang Chen
• Fabio Cominelli
• Robert Diessler
• Andrew Dupuis
• Dominique Durand
• Frank Ernst
• Christopher Flask
• Roger French
• Thomas Gray
• Mark Griswold
• Weihong Guo
• Umut Gurkan
• Yee-Hsee Hsieh
• Catherine Jayapandian
• Michael Jenkins
• Jonathan Karn
• Kevin Kilgore
• Jacob Levi
• Stephen Lewis
• Yehe Liu
• Zheng-Rong Lu
• Joao Maia
• Steve Majerus
• Soumyajit Mandal
• Sanford Markowitz
• Ina Martin
• Grant McCallum
• Debra McGivney
• Pedram Mohseni
• Wyatt Newman
• P. Hunter Peckham
• Sina Pourang
• Julie Renner
• Alexander Rodriguez-Palacios
• Ramanathan Sankaran
• Robert Savinell
• James Seckler
• Nicole Seiberlich
• Anirban Sen Gupta
• Menachem Shoham
• Jerry Silver
• Yingnan Song
• Jonathan Stamler
• Michael Suster
• Thomas Sweet
• Pallavi Tiwari
• Ronald Triolo
• Dustin Tyler
• Focco van den Akker
• Tina Vrabec
• Yanming Wang
• Matthew Williams
• David Wilson
• Gary Wnek
• Chunying Wu
• Hao Wu
• Xin Yu
• Xiangwu Zeng
• Christian Zorman

Commercialization Award

The second Milestone Award category, the Commercialization Award, honors any CWRU community member with a technology that was newly licensed through the university’s Technology Transfer Office in fiscal year 2023. The Commercialization Award winners included:

• Chaitra Badve: Improving Annotation Accuracy in MRI Data Using MR Fingerprinting and Deep Learning
• Filipa Blasco: A Platform for the Generation and Enhancement of Long-Lived Pluripotent CART Cells
• N. Reid Bolding: Passively shielded modular platform for parallel radiofrequency pulse transmit/receive
• Rasim Boyacioglu: Improving Annotation Accuracy in MRI Data Using MR Fingerprinting and Deep Learning
• Thomas Brantley: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education; HoloNeuroAnatomy
• Yong Chen: Improving Annotation Accuracy in MRI Data Using MR Fingerprinting and Deep Learning
• Darin Croft: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education; HoloNeuroAnatomy
• Henry Eastman: A Method for Creating a Shared Mixed Reality Experience for a Group Wearing Head Mounted Displays; Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education; Method for Manipulating Mixed Reality Models; An Interface And Network Infrastructure For Optimizing Management Of Multiple Simultaneous Holographic Experiences From A Single Control Panel
• Rebecca Enterline: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education
• Luis Flores: Skin-Surface Electrical Stimulation For Force And Tactile Haptic Feedback
• Barbara Freeman: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education; HoloNeuroAnatomy
• Michael Fu: Skin-Surface Electrical Stimulation for Force and Tactile Haptic Feedback
• Mehmet Gormez: Skin-Surface Electrical Stimulation For Force And Tactile Haptic Feedback
• Robert Gotschall: A Method for Creating a Shared Mixed Reality Experience for a Group Wearing Head Mounted Displays; Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education; Method for Manipulating Mixed Reality Models; An Interface And Network Infrastructure For Optimizing Management Of Multiple Simultaneous Holographic Experiences From A Single Control Panel
• Emily Graczyk: Skin-Surface Electrical Stimulation for Force and Tactile Haptic Feedback
• Mark Griswold: Passively Shielded Modular Platform for Parallel Radiofrequency Pulse Transmit/Receive; Improving Annotation Accuracy in MRI Data Using MR Fingerprinting and Deep Learning; HoloLens Applications; A Method for Creating a Shared Mixed Reality Experience for a Group Wearing Head Mounted Displays; Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education; Method for Manipulating Mixed Reality Models; An Interface and Network Infrastructure for Optimizing Management of Multiple Simultaneous Holographic Experiences From a Single Control Panel
• Kenneth Gustafson: Surface Electrical Stimulation for Sensory Feedback to Improve Bladder Voiding in Neurological Disorders
• Erin Henninger: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education; Method for Manipulating Mixed Reality Models; An Interface And Network Infrastructure For Optimizing Management Of Multiple Simultaneous Holographic Experiences From A Single Control Panel
• Yee-Hsee Hsieh: D-Cysteine Ethyl Ester and Other Thioesters to Combat the Opioid Crisis
• Michael Jenkins: D-Cysteine Ethyl Ester and Other Thioesters to Combat the Opioid Crisis
• Stephen Lewis: D-Cystine Dimethyl Ester as a Respiratory Stimulant; D-Cysteine Ethyl Ester and Other Thioesters to Combat the Opioid Crisis; Fentanyl Infusion L-NAC Reversal
• Sangeeta Mahajan: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education
• Nathaniel Makowski: Skin-Surface Electrical Stimulation for Force and Tactile Haptic Feedback
• Jeffrey Mlakar: A Method for Creating a Shared Mixed Reality Experience for a Group Wearing Head Mounted Displays; Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education; An Interface And Network Infrastructure For Optimizing Management Of Multiple Simultaneous Holographic Experiences From A Single Control Panel
• Michael Moffitt: Modules With Transcutaneous Applicators for Delivery of Light for Therapeutic Purposes; Stimulation Polarity Contrast Imaging; Selective Multiple Frequency Stimulation; Delivery of Therapeutic Photobiomodulation Through a Chronic or Pseudo-Chronic Port-Based System.
• Krzysztof Palczewski: Small Molecules Either Stabilize or Destabilize the P23H Opsin Mutant for Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa; Small-Molecule Compounds That Induce Misfolded Rhodopsin Degradation for Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa; Small Molecules Either Stabilize or Destabilize the P23H Opsin Mutant for Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa; Small-Molecule Compounds That Induce Misfolded Rhodopsin Degradation for Treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Reshmi Parameswaran: Targeting B Cell Activating Factor Receptor (BAFF-R) Using Ligand (BAFF) Based Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T Cells
• Brian Rothstein: HoloNeuroAnatomy
• James Seckler: D-Cysteine Ethyl Ester And Other Thioesters To Combat The Opioid Crisis
• Scott Simpson: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education
• Julian Stelzer: MyBP-C Phospho-Serine Antibodies
• Jeffrey Sunshine: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education
• Dustin Tyler: Stimulation Paradigms for Restoration of Natural Sensation and Pain Management; Sow on Human Fusions With UTL/CDL to Neural Interfaces; Skin-Surface Electrical Stimulation for Force and Tactile Haptic Feedback; Development of a New AML Cell Line and Expansion Platform for NK Cells
• Sue Wish-Baratz: Anatomical Models for Holographic Medical Education; HoloNeuroAnatomy
• Christian Zorman: Skin-Surface Electrical Stimulation for Force and Tactile Haptic Feedback

Pedagogical Innovation Award

The final Milestone Award category, the Pedagogical Innovation Award, recognizes new educational programs that were approved by the Faculty Senate Education Committee during fiscal year 2023. The winners and their programs include:

• Henry Adams: Visual Design, minor
• Hope Barkoukis: Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine, minor
• Erin Benay: Graduate Certificate in Public Humanities and Civic Engagement
• Elizabeth Bolman: Visual Design, minor
• Brian Clites: Graduate Certificate in Public Humanities and Civic Engagement
• Daniel Goldmark: Graduate Certificate in Public Humanities and Civic Engagement
• Paul Iversen: Ancient Near Eastern & Egyptian Studies, BA and minor
• Maggie Kaminski: Graduate Certificate in Public Humanities and Civic Engagement
• Tawna Mangosh: Translational Pharmaceutical Science, MS
• Rita Obeid: Early Intervention Development Specialist Graduate Certificate
• Maggie Popkin: Visual Design, minor
• Amy Przeworski: Early Intervention Development Specialist Graduate Certificate
• Maddalena Rumor: Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian Studies, BA 
• Elizabeth Short: Early Intervention Development Specialist Graduate Certificate

• Chanyong “Chase” Cao, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director, Laboratory for Soft Machines & Electronics
• Mohamed S. Draz, PhD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
• Mark Griswold, PhD, Professor, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering; Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center; Faculty Director, Interactive Commons
• Michael Moffitt, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

• Niloy Bhadra, MD, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
• Amitabh Chak, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine; Member, Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Umut Gurkan, PhD, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Member, Cancer Prevention Control & Population Research Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Kevin Kilgore, PhD, P. Hunter Peckham PhD and George J. Picha MD PhD Professor in Biomedical Engineering
• Sanford Markowitz, MD, PhD, Ingalls Professor of Cancer Genetics, Department of Medicine; Distinguished University Professor; Co-Leader, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's GI Cancer Genetics Program
• Pedram Mohseni, PhD, Goodrich Professor of Engineering Innovation and Chair, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering
• Michael Suster, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
• Joseph Willis, MD, Professor, Department of Pathology; Member, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

• Susann M. Brady-Kalnay, PhD, Professor, Departments of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Neurosciences, and Pathology; Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Yolanda Fortenberry, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
• Brian T. Grimberg, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology; Director of Cytometry and Imaging Research, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Umut Gurkan, PhD, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Member, Cancer Prevention Control & Population Research Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Lydia Kisley, PhD, Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor, Departments of Physics and Chemistry
• Shanina Knighton, PhD, RN, CIC, Adjunct Associate Professor, Nursing
• Cassi Pittman Claytor, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
• Robert Ward, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology

• Joy Bostic, PhD, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, College of Arts and Sciences; Associate Professor of Religious and Africana Studies; Director, African and African American Studies Minor; Co-PI, Humanities in Leadership Learning Series
• Darcy Freedman, PhD, MPH, Mary Ann Swetland Professor of Environmental Health Sciences; Director, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health; Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
• Stephen Haynesworth, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology; Director, Emerging Scholars Program
• Jaclene A. Zauszniewski, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, Catherine Seibyl Professor in Nursing, Research, and Caregiving

• Mark Griswold, PhD, Professor, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering; Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center; Faculty Director, Interactive Commons
• Susanne Wish-Baratz, PhD, MBA, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy

• Umut Gurkan, PhD, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Member, Cancer Prevention Control & Population Research Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

• Sonya Moore, DNP, CRNA, Program Director, Nurse Anesthesia

• Eric Baer, DEng, Distinguished University Professor; Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering; Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering; Director, National Science Foundation Center for Layered Polymeric Systems

• Mei Zhang, PhD, MBA, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

• Arnold I. Caplan, PhD, Professor, Department of Biology; Director, Skeletal Research Center

• Sanford Markowitz, MD, PhD, Distinguished University Professor; Ingalls Professor of Cancer Genetics, Department of Medicine; Co-Leader, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's GI Cancer Genetics Program

• P. Hunter Peckham, PhD, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus; Donnell Institute Professor Emeritus; Professor of Biomedical Engineering Emeritus; Co-Director, MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute