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MEM student Henry Pérez De Jesus receives Richards Fellowship
Henry Pérez De Jesus, a student in the Master of Engineering and Management program, was recently named the winner of this year’s Richards Fellowship. Donald J. Richards (CIT ‘79, MGT ’81), a retired managing director at Accenture and member of the university’s Board of Trustees, endowed the…
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Engineering student organizes program to bring local elementary school students their own books
Sometimes all it takes to fall in love with reading is the right book. That’s why fourth-year electrical engineering student Albert Wilhelmy launched Book I Own (BIO), an outreach program that gives books to local third and fourth graders that match their interests.  “A lot of kids grow up not…
Meet the 2023 Veale Faculty Fellows in the Case School of Engineering
Designed specifically for faculty interested in exploring entrepreneurship as a path to market for their research, the Veale Faculty Fellowship program welcomes eight fellows this year, four from the Case School of Engineering:  Changyong "Chase" Cao, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace…
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Engineering students provide power for people of Malawi
A group of Case School of Engineering students are bringing power to isolated parts of Malawi in Africa. In Kasakula, a village just outside of the Kasungu National Park where APP students brought power to park ranger living quarters in 2021, a Humanitarian Design Corps…
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A career rooted in interdisciplinary education inspires $1 million commitment to science and engineering building
Growing up in Akron in the 1940s and ’50s, Frank Linsalata and his older brother, Ralph, likely didn’t give much thought to words like “interdisciplinary.” But at the school that would later become APP, the two still developed the diverse skill sets that define the…
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CWRU community remembers staff member Bill Marx
Whether strategizing how to tackle building renovations, helping facilitate biomedical research or performing music at venues across Cleveland, William “Bill” Marx was often known as a jack of all trades. Now, members of the APP are remembering this multifaceted staff…
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CWRU community remembers staff member Bill Marx
Whether strategizing how to tackle building renovations, helping facilitate biomedical research or performing music at venues across Cleveland, William “Bill” Marx was often known as a jack of all trades. Now, members of the APP are remembering this multifaceted staff…
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Peer Mentor Bingo
Undergraduate students are invited to join the Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) for Peer Mentor Bingo today (Sept. 21) from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women (Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 248). During this event, mentees and mentors can get to know…
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CWRU to honor four Faculty Distinguished Research Award winners during Innovation Week
Of the many traits that unite members of the APP community, one is perhaps the most inspiring: an innovative spirit. During Innovation Week, taking place Sept. 26–29 this year, that spirit will be celebrated with a full slate of events. Among the festivities will be the…
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PhD student awarded prestigious fellowship
“I have to tell my mom,” were the first thoughts that ran through Hector Gomez Jimenez’s head when he found out he was the recipient of the 2023 Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering (GEM) PhD Fellowship from the National GEM Consortium.  The third-year macromolecular engineering PhD…