- Nov. 30, 2023
Student launches business to improve supply chain
Fatih Ahmet Gurbuz has a goal to optimize supply chains by utilizing technology and putting the customer experience first. “This summer I was working at Amazon,” the fourth-year computer science student said. “One of the leadership principles they insisted on was customer obsession. Customer, customer, customer. The customer was always the star, not the competitors.”
- Nov. 20, 2023
Society For Biomaterials Biomaterials Day 2023
In early November, Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted the Society For Biomaterials (SFB) Biomaterials Day on campus. Adding up to be the largest in department history, 153 attendees hailing from Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, University Of Michigan, University of Kentucky, Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State University, University of Akron, Cleveland State University and The Cleveland Clinic joined the day’s activities, ranging from keynote speakers to a poster session and an industry lunch.
- Nov. 20, 2023
Biomedical engineers at Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago to restore sense of feeling for breast cancer patients
With a $3.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, biomedical engineers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of Chicago will begin testing an implantable device that restores the sense of touch to breast cancer patients after reconstructive surgery.
- Nov. 15, 2023
Revolutionizing road safety: RoadPrintz puts groundbreaking robotic pavement-marking system to use across Cleveland
A spin-off company from Case Western Reserve University has reimagined the often dangerous, labor-intensive process of road painting. While painting lines parallel to curbs is often an automated step, the typical approach to create many other new road markings is antiquated and dangerous.
- Nov. 14, 2023
From silos to synergy
When the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) opens in 2026, the Case Western Reserve community will discover a bright and vibrant space designed to create an atmosphere of new ideas, possibilities and partnerships—both planned and serendipitous.
- Nov. 14, 2023
Finding water leaks, bridging troubles
Xiong "Bill" Yu, PhD, is applying artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed-reality visualization tools to better understand—and someday possibly fix—the legacy problems of leaky municipal water systems and crumbling highway bridges.
- Nov. 14, 2023
Fulbright Spotlight: Satish Viswanath
Satish Viswanath, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Case School of Engineering, traveled to Malaysia in August as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program. During his two-week placement at Multimedia University in Cyberjaya, Viswanath’s work centered on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital pathology—two topics that closely align with his work at Case Western Reserve.
- Nov. 14, 2023
Department of Energy’s ‘Earthshot’ initiative awards Case Western Reserve $1.1 million to help ‘decarbonize’ steel
A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University is part of a national effort to “reimagine” steel production, developing an innovative and low-cost process that could replace blast furnaces for ironmaking. If successful, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) believe the effort could reduce greenhouse gas emissions in steelmaking by as much 85%.
- Nov. 13, 2023
Entrepreneurial alumnus and family commit $1.5 million to Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
Miguel Zubizarreta (CWR ‘90) likes to be part of projects from the beginning. In the early 1990s he collaborated with the founder of a small startup to create a new software solution that launched Hyland Software’s journey to becoming a thriving global enterprise. Now Zubizarreta and his family are among the first to support another promising effort: Case Western Reserve University's Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building.
- Nov. 8, 2023
Case Western Reserve researcher leads project to expand, accelerate personalized medicine with $3.2M NIH grant
With a new five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a Case Western Reserve University researcher is leading a project to expand and accelerate the evolution of personalized medicine in treating diseases.
- Nov. 7, 2023
CWRU's Society of Women Engineers attend WE23
From Oct. 26 through 28, 12 members from the CWRU Society of Women Engineerings headed to Los Angeles, California for WE23—the world's largest conference for women in engineering and technology. Here's what SWE's communication director and third-year biomedical engineering student, Saloni Baral, shared about the experience.
- Nov. 7, 2023
Spartan Showcase: Kianna Sabrina Verdugo
In recognition of First-Generation College Celebration Day on Nov. 8, we spoke with Kianna Sabrina Verdugo, a first-generation student at Case Western Reserve, to learn more about their experiences.
- Nov. 6, 2023
On air: A glimpse into one student’s college radio experience
The familiar tune of The Jackson 5’s 1970 hit, “ABC,” flows through the speakers in the basement of the Mather Memorial Building. Jago Dorn, a second-year undergraduate student majoring in systems and control engineering at Case Western Reserve University, is the only one in the room to hear it. That is, except for all of WRUW 91.1 FM’s listeners—both over the airwaves and the station’s online livestream.
- Oct. 17, 2023
Student Spotlight: Aidan Klemm
Aidan Klemm is taking his research to the next level. In January, he will head to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee as a part of the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
- Oct. 6, 2023
Baja SAE team breaks university records, brings home first place
Hard work, determination, a rigorous mindset, attention to detail and group effort. Those are just a few of the qualities it took for the Case Western Reserve University Baja SAE team to bring home first place at the most recent competition—shattering university records.
