- Aug. 30, 2023
2023-2024 ThinkEnergy Fellows
ThinkEnergy is an innovative, student-centric program focused on experiential learning. The program aims to enhance energy literacy among the next generation of executives, educators, politicians, and technology experts. Through this program, students will gain the tools they need to become leaders in whatever fields they choose to pursue. Meet the new cohort of fellows.
- Aug. 25, 2023
PhD candidate Prajakta Joshi earns award from Parkinson’s Foundation
Prajakta Joshi, a doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering, received the Visiting Researcher Award from the Parkinson’s Foundation.
- Aug. 25, 2023
Smart packaging of the future?
Case Western Reserve University leads development of monitoring system to keep food shipments fresh, reduce waste and improve supply chain management
- Aug. 23, 2023
Focus on interdisciplinary research inspires $1 million commitment to science and engineering building
An early interest in engineering drew Tom Seitz (CIT ’70) to the campus of what is now Case Western Reserve University. Here, he began to learn the importance of collaboration, innovation and empowering teams to work together toward a common goal.
- Aug. 18, 2023
Engineering’s Alp Sehirlioglu hosts IEEE-International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics Conference
At the end of July, Case School of Engineering Professor Alp Sehirlioglu organized and hosted the prestigious IEEE-International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (ISAF) Conference in Cleveland. The event brought together more than 300 attendees from over 30 different countries.
- Aug. 11, 2023
Engineering PhD student Clayton Cooper receives honor at North American Manufacturing Research Conference
Clayton Cooper (CWR ’20; GRS ’20, mechanical engineering), a fourth-year mechanical engineering PhD student at Case Western Reserve University, earned special recognition during the North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC) in June.
- Aug. 8, 2023
What’s on tap? Engineering PhD student shares the key elements of brewing beer
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, Aidan Klemm and his roommate, PhD candidate William Dean, were looking for ways to fill their time. That’s when they decided to home-brew their first batch of hefeweizen, a German beer that Klemm said is “pretty standard and easy to [make].” In addition to gaining insights through his research—which is focused on carbon dioxide capture—Klemm, now a fourth-year PhD student, first learned the skills needed to brew beer through a class right here at Case Western Reserve University.
- Aug. 8, 2023
Spotlighting CWRU students’ summer experiences for National Intern Day
Jada Kleinholz was in elementary school when her interest for science and engineering piqued. Her parents, an engineer and a chemist, were eager to support her passions and sent her to STEM-related summer camps at the first opportunity. Now, the rising fourth-year chemical engineering student is spending the summer and fall semesters in the Technology Transfer Engineering Co-Op at Bristol Myers Squibb—a multinational, Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company in Massachusetts.
- Aug. 8, 2023
Accelerating AI, machine learning in research
Case Western Reserve, University of Cincinnati and Ohio Supercomputer Center partner on five-year, $5.1 million plan to bring experts to all Ohio institutions
- Jul. 21, 2023
Rohan Akolkar wins international award
Case Western Reserve University electrochemical engineer Rohan Akolkar—whose pioneering research has applications in nano-material fabrication, energy storage, electrometallurgy and sensors—has been selected as the 2023 winner of an international award from The Electrochemical Society (ECS).
- Jul. 21, 2023
Postdoc Spotlight of the Month: Pawan Tripathi
To recognize the contributions postdoctoral researchers make to Case Western Reserve University—and their respective fields—The Daily has partnered with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs on a new monthly series.
- Jul. 21, 2023
Students create video game to teach local K-9 students math
Last year, Case School of Engineering students Marcel Duvivier, Jeremiah Mubiru and Ana Perez Cespedes started developing a video game to help kindergarten through ninth grade students in the David’s Challenge program learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This past spring, they finally had the chance to see the game in action.
- Jul. 21, 2023
Alumni couple commits $5 million to Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
As a longtime social impact and angel investor, Aarti Chandna knows well what she needs to see before committing to support a project. "The way I look at it—any successful company has to be a place where different disciplines can work together well," said Chandna, a Case Western Reserve alumnus and trustee. "No single discipline can exist on its own."
- Jul. 21, 2023
Fighting sickle cell disease in America
A private company’s effort to bring its portable point-of-care test for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other inherited blood diseases to the United States is supported by technology developed at Case Western Reserve University.