Last spring, CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley led viewers of the popular 60 Minutes program to a place where biomedical engineering pioneers are expanding the possibilities of human movement and touch: Case Western Reserve University. The roughly 13-minute segment featured A. Bolu Ajiboye, among other university researchers, who explained how his team is using neuroprosthetics to restore movement and a renewed sense of touch to people with paralysis. Of the millions of viewers who watched, one family was especially inspired—and put that inspiration to action.
When Larry and Sally Sears provided the initial support to launch Case Western Reserve University’s hands-on innovation center, they imagined a collaborative space where big ideas could become reality. Since its opening in 2012, the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box], a 50,000-square-foot makerspace, has welcomed tens of thousands of visitors from across the campus and community each year. Now, the alumni couple has committed $1 million to support another collaborative space: the 189,000-square-foot Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building.
While traveling to the United State as an exchange student, Hyeji Im discovered a passion that would guide her life. “The engineering mechanisms enabling airplanes to transport hundreds of people through the sky fascinated me, sparking a desire for deeper understanding,” Im, assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, said.
See what a research and development co-op is like at Becton Dickinson in Providence, Rhode Island, from fourth-year biomedical engineering student Anne Straits.
For the 11th-straight year, leading innovators, engineers and developers from Case Western Reserve University will demonstrate their startup companies and other creations Jan. 9-12 at CES, one of the world’s largest technology shows. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association, CES features every aspect of the tech sector, from startups to global brands. Case Western Reserve has 18 exhibitors this year, including 10 student/alumni ventures, two CWRU startup companies and five faculty innovations—the most ever from the university.
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing ways to convert waste into fuels and other products, using processes that are energy efficient and powered by renewable sources.
Diagnosing cancer today involves using chemical “contrast agents” to improve the accuracy of medical imaging processes such as X-rays as well as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. But those agents can be expensive, take more time to use and pose potential health concerns. With a new four-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers at Case Western Reserve University hope to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) alternative that generates virtual contrast-enhanced images without chemical agents.
The Case Amateur Radio Club pursues the advancement of amateur radio, transmits on the air to communicate with other amateur radio operators, makes contacts around the world, and contributes to research and the furthering of ionospheric and radio science.
MTG strives to provide hands-on experience for engineers and all majors from any point throughout one's academic career, taking on projects that will directly benefit people.
GHDC is a multidisciplinary student team at CWRU partnering with Makerere University to design and implement unique, student-made medical devices for healthcare problems in Uganda.
