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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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March 23, 2016
Disposal of medical waste is not the most glamorous issue in global health, yet the risk it poses to health workers, community members, and the environment is significant in resource-poor locations around the world. At rural health clinics in Uganda, for example, medical waste—from wrappers to used ...
March 11, 2016
Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was recently awarded U.S. patent: 9,262,583, titled “Image similarity-based finite element model registration.”
U.S. patent 9,262,583 relates to a method and appa...
March 08, 2016
In 2014, ӰƵ alumnus Bob Herbold helped launch the university’s data science initiative by committing $2.6 million to endow an engineering professorship in informatics and analytics.
Two years later, Microsoft’s former chief operating officer is back—this time with a $1.5 million p...
March 04, 2016
ӰƵ student Xyla Foxlin and her startup company, Parihug, are among the top 22 companies vying to be Tech.Co’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Startup of the Year.
The sophomore mechanical and aerospace engineering major has created a way to send digital hugs via high-tech ted...
February 29, 2016
Faster, cheaper test predicts who needs chemotherapy or just hormonal regimen
For women with the most common type of breast cancer, a new way to analyze magnetic resonance images (MRI) data appears to distinguish reliably between patients who would need only hormonal treatment and those who also nee...
February 24, 2016
Mechanism tied to waves associated with epilepsy
Researchers at ӰƵ may have found a new way information is communicated throughout the brain.
Their discovery could lead to identifying possible new targets to investigate brain waves associated with memory and epilepsy an...
February 19, 2016
As a sophomore, Abigail Advincula tagged along with some friends to the Engineers Week Banquet—the culminating celebration of Engineers Week, hosted by the Case Engineers Council.
After that first event, Advincula was hooked.
Now a polymer science and engineering senior, Advincula is president of ...
February 19, 2016
While Engineers Week officially began Feb. 13 with the Engineering Challenges Carnival, there are still plenty of events left through the celebration's conclusion Feb. 26.
Kelvin Smith Library Paper Airplane Contest
Monday, Feb. 22
12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Tinkham Veale University Center ballrooms B and C...
February 17, 2016
United Nations Human Rights Council safe-medicines resolution motivates Soumyajit Mandal’s research
Fake or low-quality medicines and food supplements are an ongoing global problem in underdeveloped nations, although technology-savvy places, such as the United States, are also not immune.
A researc...
February 16, 2016
Funding establishes campus-based Center of Excellence with university and corporate partners
The State of Ohio’s Federal Research Network (FRN) awarded ӰƵ $1.65 million over two years to research and develop energy storage resources for the defense and aerospace industri...