- Jul. 21, 2023
A commitment to CWRU: Deborah Hamzah shares her story after 45 years
When Deborah Hamzah first began working at Case School of Engineering in July 1978, typewriters and adding machines were among her office essentials. To communicate, her colleagues relied on phones or typed and mailed memos. Research proposals were completed by hand and financial reports were delivered once a month.
- Jul. 21, 2023
Working to make steel greener, cleaner
Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer Rohan Akolkar is leading a research team working to develop a new zero-carbon, electrochemical process to produce iron metal from ore. If successful, the project could be a first step toward eliminating harmful greenhouse gas emissions by eventually replacing century-old, blast-furnace ironmaking with a new electrolytic-iron production process.
- Jul. 21, 2023
Engineering alumnus and partner commit $2.5 million to science and engineering building
Since he first stepped onto the Case Quad as an electrical engineering student in 1970, Larry Enterline (CIT ’74) has recognized the value of exploring fields beyond his specialty. Throughout a career spanning more than four decades, he’s held positions in engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sales—with each discipline enhancing and informing the next. Today, he is investing in the promise of such complementary work
- Jul. 21, 2023
Spartan Showcase: Rucha Batchu
How can we gain insights about places humans can’t easily reach, such as the deep sea or outer space? If you ask undergraduate student Rucha Batchu, the answer is simple: Robots.
- Jul. 14, 2023
CWRU on 60 Minutes—worth watching twice
History’s most successful broadcast newsmagazine is re-running a spring segment featuring Case Western Reserve University researchers at 7 p.m. this Sunday, July 16. The piece highlights advances by biomedical engineering professors Dustin Tyler and A. Bolu Ajiboye and their teams in restoring movement and the sense of touch for individuals who have become paralyzed or lost a limb.
- Jun. 20, 2023
Students bring hands-on experience to program at Cuyahoga Community College
Sometimes the best way to learn something new isn’t from a lecture, rather a hands on approach. Graduate student Dillon Gagnon and others in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, under the direction of Assistant Professor Svetlana Morozova, are using this approach to teach science classes to Cuyahoga Community College students preparing to take the General Educational Development (GED) test.
- Jun. 20, 2023
CWRU brings home first and third place at CASFER Symposium's Poster Competition
Earlier this month, Case School of Engineering master’s student, Olatunde Akanbi, and postdoc, Erika Barcelos, brought home first and third place, respectively, from the Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER) Symposium's Poster Competition at Texas Tech University.
- Jun. 12, 2023
Alumnus, entrepreneur commits $25 million to ISEB
Four years ago alumnus Roger E. Susi committed $2 million to ensure future engineers tackled tangible problems early in their education. Within months, faculty had launched a pilot program for first-year students. A year later, undergraduates were doing hands-on projects in a new 5,000-square-foot learning lab. And, last fall, the engineering school launched a full-year introductory course to be required for all engineering majors. When President Eric W. Kaler approached him about supporting an ambitious new research structure on campus, Susi did more than listen—he pledged $25 million to the effort. As part of the commitment, the university matched his gift, catalyzing a $50 million investment.
- Jun. 7, 2023
Study Abroad Q+A with Cecile Laundre
Cecile Laundre traveled to Cape Town, South Africa this semester to study civil engineering and environmental studies.
- Jun. 7, 2023
President Kaler shares details of historic investment in new research building
200,000 square-foot structure represents largest-ever on Case Quad—and first to offer welcoming view to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
- Jun. 7, 2023
Interdisciplinary research building prompts unprecedented support from Case Alumni Association
University’s largest-ever Case Quad project aims to advance discoveries that address major challenges for society—and individuals
- Jun. 7, 2023
APIDAA Heritage Month: Bo Zhang
Bo Zhang appreciates any opportunity to share stories from his experiences growing up in the Shanxi Province in northwest China. From the region’s centuries-old, up-and-down history, to its special ideologies and philosophies, there’s no shortage of interesting tales.
- May. 15, 2023
Engineering’s Xiong (Bill) Yu honored with 2023 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Mentoring
Xiong (Bill) Yu often draws parallels between his mentoring style and his engineering research. As the Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof Professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yu applies insights from his degrees in civil engineering, computer science and electrical engineering—areas of study that make his research highly interdisciplinary.
- May. 15, 2023
Meet biomedical engineering students who presented at SOURCE Intersections
More than 500 undergraduate students at Case Western Reserve University took to the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center to present their research and creative projects at Intersections, a poster session hosted by the Support of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors (SOURCE) office.
- May. 8, 2023
Three first-year students receive funding from Nestle Research & Development through innovation challenge
After pitching their ideas to researchers at Nestlé’s Research and Development Unit in Solon, Ohio, earlier this year, two teams were selected for the company’s innovation challenge—a three-month discovery project focused on areas like packaging science, cellular nutrition, agricultural science and more—that awarded $10,000 in funding.