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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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February 10, 2016
ӰƵ will participate in a three-year collaborative research project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative to develop solar energy storage solutions and a more resilient, secure national electrical grid.
Led by the Electric Power Research Institute (E...
February 08, 2016
Tickets for the 2016 Engineers Week Banquet are available now. This year’s featured speaker will be Didier Roux, the chief technology officer at Saint-Gobain. He will present “350 Years, 350 Reasons to Believe in the Future” at the banquet Thursday, Feb. 25, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the InterContinent...
February 01, 2016
Come explore the fun of engineering through demonstrations and hands-on activities led by CWRU students at the Engineering Challenges Carnival Saturday, Feb. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Thwing Center Excelsior Ballroom.
Students in Pre-K through eighth grade and their families are welcome. Th...
January 22, 2016
Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, has been awarded U.S. patents 9,235,887 (titled “Classification of Biological Tissue by Multi-mode data registration, segmentation, and characterization”) and 9,23...
January 19, 2016
$1.4 million ARPA-E grant aims to boost energy efficiency nationally
ӰƵ researchers were awarded a $1.4 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop software to perform virtual energy audits of light commercial buildings.
In addition to audits, the computer progra...
January 15, 2016
Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering, gave a keynote lecture at a workshop in Doha, Qatar, in December.
His lecture, titled "Quantitative Data Convergence: Integration of Radiology Pathology Omics Data for Predicting Disease Aggressiveness,” was part of the "Computer Vision for Hea...
January 12, 2016
Studies using FastRam will range from tooth decay and art, to combustion and planetary science
Ozan Akkus
Before ӰƵ Professor Ozan Akkus applied for federal funding to build a souped-up version of a chemical analyzer, 11 fellow professors from various disciplines, as w...
January 08, 2016
How do you let someone know you love and miss them without words? With miles between two people, it can be difficult to convey that feeling. A hug certainly could do the trick, but that’s not exactly possible over the Internet.
For that reason, Xyla Foxlin is “hacking the hug.” She recently launche...
January 08, 2016
Anant Madabhushi, director of the Center of Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics and professor of biomedical engineering, was awarded U.S. patent 9,183,350 for his invention titled "Quantitatively characterizing disease morphology with cell orientation entropy.”
The invention relates ...
January 08, 2016
The Government of India selected Pallavi Tiwari, research assistant professor in biomedical engineering and in the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, as one of the 100 Women Achievers of India.
The award recognizes women who are making an impact in diverse fields. Tiwari...