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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.

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.

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.

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.

Cecile Laundre traveled to Cape Town, South Africa this semester to study civil engineering and environmental studies.

200,000 square-foot structure represents largest-ever on Case Quad—and first to offer welcoming view to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

University’s largest-ever Case Quad project aims to advance discoveries that address major challenges for society—and individuals

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.

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.

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.

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.

Last month, the most recent addition to the Putnam Collection was installed in the Kent Hale Smith building. The sculpture, created by local artist Lauren Yeager, features Igloo coolers—an expression of her approach to “collecting, curating, and re-imagining commonplace objects as sculptural components.”

Cleveland Clinic, IBM unveil world’s first healthcare-focused quantum computer; Case Western Reserve, others gain computing access, contribute student pipeline

After five years of research and design, a collaboration between the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Anthropology, the Case School of Engineering and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, have developed a small, discrete, biodegradable pouch to be used for the disposal of the waste created by DMPA-SC—a self-injectable contraceptive that protects against pregnancy.

With the hope of helping expand the capability of drug delivery and medical devices, Maite Rey came to Case Western Reserve University to study biomedical engineering. Upon graduation in May, they will continue polymer research at CWRU while exploring different job paths.