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Polymer science pioneer recognized with Hovorka Prize
Hatsuo Ishida has spent nearly 50 years as a faculty member at APP. In that time, he’s built a reputation as a global leader in the field of polymer science, having pioneered two groundbreaking discoveries that made monumental impacts on the study of polymer-based…
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Symposium in honor of Professor Hatsuo (Ken) Ishida
The Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at APP will host a technical symposium to honor the remarkable scientific contributions of CWRU’s esteemed Professor Hatsuo Ishida Friday, April 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Mandel Community Studies…
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Students bring hands-on experience to program at Cuyahoga Community College
Sometimes the best way to learn something new isn’t from a lecture, but from a hands-on approach. Graduate student Dillon Gagnon and others in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, under the direction of Assistant Professor Svetlana Morozova, are using hands-on learning to…
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Three engineering classes utilize mixed reality to bring course concepts to life
It’s not everyday you walk into a classroom and see students using mixed-reality headsets to learn new concepts. Last semester, three classes in Case School of Engineering incorporated the HoloLens technology into their lesson plans, allowing students to learn in a new, highly visual and…
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Polymer gel researcher wins National Science Foundation early career development award
Svetlana Morozova, assistant professor of macromolecular science and engineering, focuses on understanding what happens when gels interact with surfaces (This is one of several stories about 2022 winners of the NSF CAREER award at APP.) APP…
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Remembering Emeritus Professor, National Academy of Engineering fellow Jack Koenig
Emeritus Professor Jack Koenig, a founding faculty member of APP’s Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering whose innovative use of modern spectroscopy revolutionized science's understanding of the characterization of polymer systems, passed away on Tuesday,…
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Engineering researchers develop framework for transparent electronic and energy systems
Macromolecular science and engineering researchers Rajib Paul, Min Wang and Ajit Roy collaborated to publish novel research on transparent electronic and energy systems. In their article, titled “Transparent Graphene/BN-Graphene Stacked Nanofilms for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution,” the…
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Researchers working to ‘upcycle’ polymers
$2.5 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to Case Western Reserve, industry partners part of $27 million effort to solve plastic recycling dilemma A team of researchers led by APP will investigate ways to improve how common plastics are recycled, an effort supported…
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U.S. Army commits up to $11 million for polymer research
Case Western Reserve and Polymer Plus partner with Army research lab to develop manufacturing approaches for cost-effective production of lightweight, high-performance polymeric materials APP researchers teamed up with the U.S. Army and a trio of industry partners to…
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Global Symposium on Janus Particles
Members of the APP community are invited to participate in the inaugural Global Symposium on Janus Particles (GSJP) Oct. 1 – 2. Janus particles, named after the Roman god, are double-faced particles with faces of different chemistry and polarity. This duality gives…