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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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January 07, 2016
Two named for excellence in science, energy work
In its annual list of the brightest young minds in the country, Forbes selected two members of the ӰƵ community. Robert J. Gilliard Jr., a postdoctoral scholar in chemistry, and Felipe Gomez del Campo, a senior aerospace a...
December 10, 2015
Combining nanotechnology with traditional chemotherapy drug and resistance-inhibitors
A ӰƵ researcher has received a five-year, $2.82 million National Institutes of Health grant to make, in essence, stealth bombs that slip past the brain’s defenses to attack an incurable...
December 04, 2015
Reinberger Design Studio (RDS) will move to Sears think[Box] in the next few years. To alleviate the student body’s concerns, Jeffrey L. Duerk, dean of the Case School of Engineering, will attend an open forum to discuss the plans for RDS.
The forum will be held today (Dec. 4) from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m...
November 06, 2015
A ӰƵ team won first prize and $150,000 in the Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare for their project, Hemechip.
Yunus Alapan, a mechanical and aerospace engineering graduate student, led the team.
The Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare is a nati...
November 05, 2015
Ronald Hickman
A new $2.48 million federal grant will allow researchers at ӰƵ to revise and test the effectiveness of an interactive avatar-based technology that helps users make end-of-life decisions well in advance of an emergency.
Each year, millions of Americans ar...
November 03, 2015
The Sherwin-Williams Co. announced plans to commit $1 million toward materials research through the Institute for Advanced Materials (IAM) at ӰƵ.
With the commitment, the Cleveland-based producer of paints and coatings combines nearly 150 years as an international leade...
October 28, 2015
It’s not think[ box ] any more.
The innovation hub that opened earlier this month already has a new name: Sears think[ box ].
Or, more formally: the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[ box ] at the Richey Mixon Building.
As part of events involved in the university’s Innovation Summit, Pr...
October 28, 2015
Sen Gupta adapting platelet technology to treat stroke and heart attack
Anirban Sen Gupta
A ӰƵ researcher has been awarded a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to transform clot-forming synthetic platelet technology into devices ...
October 21, 2015
DOE funds worldwide project to diagnose solar panel weaknesses, spur technologies to extend lifetime performance and predictability
Researchers at ӰƵ will do an epidemiological, disease control‐type study of more than 5 million solar panels at hundreds of power plants ar...
October 07, 2015
Liming Dai led the team's research.
International team seamlessly bonds CNTs and graphene
An international team of scientists has developed what may be the first one-step process for making seamless carbon-based nanomaterials that possess superior thermal, electrical and mechanical properties in thr...