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Engineering’s Gary Wnek’s curiosity sends him in wide-ranging directions
Gary Wnek is always thinking about developing materials to address problems—from enhancing fire-retardant coatings to protecting older people from the devastating consequences of falls. His broad interests stem from a desire to tackle research areas early. “I’m not a bandwagon person,” said…
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July 23, 2025
Major: Chemical Engineering PhD student
Internship host organization:
Johnson & Johnson
Explain the details of your internship:
I’m working as a researcher on developing new drugs where I’m responsible for process optimization for production of drugs.
What has your experience been like so far?...

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July 22, 2025
Gary Wnek is always thinking about developing materials to address problems—from enhancing fire-retardant coatings to protecting older people from the devastating consequences of falls.
His broad interests stem from a desire to tackle research areas early.
“I’m not a bandwagon person,” said Wnek, ...

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July 22, 2025
As a high school student, Ray Ikome viewed coding as nothing more than a hobby. Though he took every course he could on the subject, he was determined to go to college for either biochemistry or neuroscience and go on to medical school.
Just a few years later, he’s already held internships with bot...

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July 07, 2025
ӰƵ researchers unveil new electronic polymer created without harmful ‘forever’ chemicals

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July 03, 2025
CWRUbotix, ӰƵ’s robotics team, won first place in the 2025 MATE ROV World Championship last month, beating 26 university teams from around the world that qualified in the Explorer class. Hosted in Alpena, Michigan, this competition challenged teams to deploy remotely ope...

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July 02, 2025
A few years ago, a printed picture of a heart-shaped locket quietly appeared on a student-run bulletin board. Pictured inside the locket: a headshot of longtime Case School of Engineering faculty member Jim McGuffin-Cawley (GRS ’84, metallurgy and materials science).
Students’ and colleagues’ appre...

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July 01, 2025
ӰƵ President Eric W. Kaler and Provost Joy K. Ward announced that Christian A. Zorman, senior associate dean and the F. Alex Nason Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, will serve as interim dean of ӰƵ’...

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June 24, 2025
Air Force Research Laboratory grant funds nanomedicine research
Anirban Sen Gupta
ӰƵ and University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have received an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) grant to test platelet-inspired nanotherapeutics to treat traumatic brain injurie...

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June 17, 2025
Through her work as a PhD student in biomedical engineering at ӰƵ, Madison Albert is focused on enhancing MRIs. A former Barry Goldwater Scholarship recipient, Albert recently got another vote of confidence when she was selected for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF...

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June 13, 2025
Abhinendra Singh, assistant professor in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case School of Engineering, was recently awarded a Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grant by the American Chemical Society.
The goals of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Rese...