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Case Western Reserve University researchers Sanford “Sandy” Markowitz and Dustin Tyler have been elected fellows of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The honor highlights the overall career and impact individual inventors have had in their field and society.

From an early age, Bryan Schmidt was fascinated by things that went fast. Now an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering who is also an alumnus of the department, Schmidt has received two awards that will help bring those interests to life in his lab through hypersonic flight experiments.

It all started as a hobby driven by a simple fact: “94% of tap water in the United States contains microplastic fiber.” Now, alumnus Max Pennington (CWR ‘22), and fourth-year students David Dillman and Chip Miller are co-founders of a business with cutting-edge, patent-pending technology that could transform the way the world uses water.

In September, Case Western Reserve University welcomed 32 advanced degree students and early career professionals from around the world to think[box] for an immersive weekend of programming. Participants were situated into eight teams of four. The groups—made up of individuals from a variety of backgrounds, including research and development, finance, entrepreneurship and more—were tasked with identifying a problem or need in the market, inventing a solution to address the need and designing a business to support it in a healthcare marketplace. The teams have just four days to work through their ideas, develop concepts and pitch their final product or service to a panel of judges. 

National Institutes of Health funding will aid in effort to create open-source network for researchers nationwide

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $15.75 million contract to researchers led by Case Western Reserve and Duke universities to accelerate development of therapeutic devices that improve chronic medical conditions.

Case Western Reserve University to lead team including Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland State in exploring ways to use artificial intelligence to better predict pandemic risks

Case Western Reserve University has received a $14.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to launch a “Center of Excellence” focused on applying innovative approaches to enhancing manufacturing of materials with greater strength and longer lifecycles.

With a new academic year comes new program offerings at Case Western Reserve University—and in the case of the university’s engineering school, new accomplishments on a national stage. 

Case Western Reserve University bioengineer awarded $2.5 million from U.S. Army to boost nanotechnology for treating wounded soldiers and patients with bleeding defects

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, which aims to bring attention to advancing research, care practices, treatments and possible cures for people with sickle cell disease. To better understand this blood disorder, The Daily sat down with Umut Gurkan, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and member of the Cancer Prevention Control and Population Research program at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) recently awarded Venkataramanan “Ragu” Balakrishnan, the Charles H. Phipps Dean of the Case School of Engineering, and two co-authors with the 2023 High Impact Paper Award.

U.S. Department of Energy awards four-year renewal to Case Western Reserve University, partners investigating ‘breakthrough electrolytes’ for large-scale batteries

Case Western Reserve University researcher, company, collaborating to develop blood test measuring the effects, potency of new gene therapies for sickle cell disease

Jamie Booker's first day of classes looked a little different than normal this year. Instead of walking through Case Western Reserve University’s campus, the fifth-year computer science major was walking through the door of the Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, to start his software development co-op.