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Anonymous donor commits $4.5 million to biomedical engineering research
Last spring, CBS News correspondent Scott Pelley led viewers of the popular 60 Minutes program to a place where biomedical engineering pioneers are expanding the possibilities of human movement and touch: APP. The roughly 13-minute segment featured A. Bolu Ajiboye,…
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U.S. Department of Energy awards APP researcher $2M to develop worm-like tool to install underground powerlines
A robotic conduit that pulls itself through the ground reduces excavation
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Alumni couple behind think[box] commits $1 million to Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
When Larry and Sally Sears provided the initial support to launch APP’s hands-on innovation center, they imagined a collaborative space where big ideas could become reality. Since its opening in 2012, the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box], a…
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Alumni couple behind think[box] commits $1 million to Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
When Larry and Sally Sears provided the initial support to launch APP’s hands-on innovation center, they imagined a collaborative space where big ideas could become reality. Since its opening in 2012, the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box], a…
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Company founded by Case Western Reserve student Franco Kraiselburd named a finalist in SXSW Pitch
CWRU senior to showcase Asclepii at the prestigious festival’s 15th annual pitch competition
New Faculty Spotlight: Hyeji Im
Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering While traveling to the United State as an exchange student, Hyeji Im discovered a passion that would guide her life.  “The engineering mechanisms enabling airplanes to transport hundreds of people through the sky fascinated me, sparking a…
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Student Co-Op Spotlight: Anne Straits
Year: Fourth-year Major: Biomedical Engineering Co-op: Becton Dickinson (BD) Providence, Rhode Island, from June to December What is your role? Research and Development (R&D) Engineering Co-op.  What are your day-to-day tasks? My day to day tasks include researching disease states, building…
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“You don’t have to wait”
Endowed fellowship allows young alumni to pay it forward
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Visionary Cleveland business leader and family commit $1.25 million to Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
As a APP trustee for more than two decades, including several years as the board’s chair, Charles J. “Bud” Koch held a front-row seat for some of the institution’s most transformative advances. Now, he, his wife Katie and their family have committed $1.25 million to…
Spartan Showcase: Sedona Cady
In middle school, Sedona Cady first learned about the nervous system—and she was hooked. But it wasn’t until her undergraduate studies that she revisited that interest, deciding to pursue neurosciences as her field of study. Then, determined to earn a doctorate degree, she set her sights on Case…