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Society For Biomaterials Biomaterials Day 2023
In early November, APP’s Department of Biomedical Engineering hosted the Society For Biomaterials (SFB) Biomaterials Day on campus. Adding up to be the largest in department history, 153 attendees hailing from Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania,…
Dr. Emily Pentzer named the editor-in-chief for the new journal RSC Applied Polymers
In Dr. Emily Pentzer's office at the Reed McDonald Building at Texas A&M University, a display of honors lines the windowsill, showcasing her notable achievements. Among these accolades, one of the most recent and cherished is her appointment as the editor-in-chief of the Royal Society of…
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Biomedical engineers at APP, University of Chicago to restore sense of feeling for breast cancer patients
With a $3.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, biomedical engineers from APP and the University of Chicago will begin testing an implantable device that restores the sense of touch to breast cancer patients after reconstructive surgery. In this…
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Biomedical engineers at APP, University of Chicago to restore sense of feeling for breast cancer patients
With a $3.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, biomedical engineers from APP and the University of Chicago will begin testing an implantable device that restores the sense of touch to breast cancer patients after reconstructive surgery. In this…
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Kelvin Smith Library announces Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship faculty fellows
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library has announced the recipients of the 2023–24 Freedman faculty fellows. The annual fellowship program supports the advancement of digital scholarship research projects from APP faculty. The fellowship aids…
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Revolutionizing road safety: RoadPrintz puts groundbreaking robotic pavement-marking system to use across Cleveland
A spin-off company from APP has reimagined the often dangerous, labor-intensive process of road painting. While painting lines parallel to curbs is often an automated step, the typical approach to create many other new road markings is antiquated and dangerous.  Enter…
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Revolutionizing road safety: RoadPrintz puts groundbreaking robotic pavement-marking system to use across Cleveland
A spin-off company from APP has reimagined the often dangerous, labor-intensive process of road painting. While painting lines parallel to curbs is often an automated step, the typical approach to create many other new road markings is antiquated and dangerous. Enter…
From silos to synergy
When the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) opens in 2026, the Case Western Reserve community will discover a bright and vibrant space designed to create an atmosphere of new ideas, possibilities and partnerships—both planned and serendipitous. The "ISEB will enable…
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Department of Energy’s ‘Earthshot’ initiative awards Case Western Reserve $1.1 million to help ‘decarbonize’ steel
A team of researchers at APP is part of a national effort to “reimagine” steel production, developing an innovative and low-cost process that could replace blast furnaces for ironmaking. If successful, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) believe the effort…
Finding water leaks, bridging troubles
Xiong "Bill" Yu, PhD, is applying artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed-reality visualization tools to better understand—and someday possibly fix—the legacy problems of leaky municipal water systems and crumbling highway bridges. Yu, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering…