As of January 1, Jeffrey L. Duerk, PhD, has taken over the reigns as Dean of the Case School of Engineering. An alumnus of the school, he has been a member of the university faculty since 1988 and has held leadership positions of increasing responsibility since 1994. Learn more.
We're pleased to announce that this year's Engineers Week Banquet Keynote Speaker will be Bob McDonald, Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of P&G. The Engineers Week Banquet will take place on Thursday, February 23 from 6-9 pm at Windows on the River. For more information regarding the event, please visit the official Engineers Week website.
Case Western Reserve University and the Department of Biomedical Engineering proudly welcome Nicholas J. Valeriani to campus as this spring's Ford Lecturer. Mr. Valeriani's discussion is titled "Be. Feel. Live.™", and will give us a new perspective on our role in human health.
Nicholas J. Valeriani, chairman for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:00 p.m.
Wolstein Research Building Auditorium, 2103 Cornell Rd.
This lecture series is generously endowed by the Allen H. Ford Distinguished Visiting Professors Program. This event is free and open to the public. Registration and tickets are not required. For more information, visit the Ford Lecture event page here.
R. Mohan Sankaran, associate professor of chemical engineering, is the recipient of the 2011 Peter Mark Memorial Award from the American Vacuum Society. The award recognizes outstanding theoretical or experimental work by a young scientist—in this case, Sankaran’s work with carbon nanotubes. For more information on the award and to see an interview with Sankaran, click here.
Joseph B. Richey II and A. Malachi Mixon III have made a $5 million gift to name a Richey-Mixon Building at the Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University. The two longtime business collaborators built the Elyria, Ohio-based Invacare Corp. into the world’s top manufacturer of home medical products.
The American Chemical Society (ACS) named Eric Baer, Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering, a member of the 2011 class of ACS Fellows. This honor is bestowed upon 213 distinguished scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS. Baer is the first Case Western Reserve faculty member to named a fellow of this prestigious organization.
A national team of experts, led by a Case Western Reserve University researcher, has received a multi-million-dollar grant to bring unrivaled qualities found in one- and two-dimensional nanomaterials into three dimensions. The scientists’ goal is to produce new materials for a host of uses, ranging from high-efficiency batteries, ultracapacitors, fuel cells and hydrogen storage devices to lightweight thermal coatings for hypersonic jets, multifunctional materials for aerospace, and more.
An artificial lung built by engineering researchers has reached efficiencies akin to the genuine organ, using air—not pure oxygen as current man-made lungs require—for the source of the essential element.
Roger Quinn, Arthur P. Armington Professor of Engineering, and Hillel Chiel, professor of biology, neurosciences and biomedical engineering, received a National Science Foundation award with an intended amount of nearly $1.1 million (more than $270,000 has been awarded to date).
