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AIChE is the world's leading organization for chemical engineering professionals.

GHDC is a multidisciplinary student team at CWRU partnering with Makerere University to design and implement unique, student-made medical devices for healthcare problems in Uganda.

Case Rocket Team is Case Western Reserve University's aerospace design team, dedicated to competing in the largest intercollegiate rocketry competition in the world and providing students with rocketry experience.

Theta Tau gathers students from all different engineering disciplines to help one another navigate their undergraduate degrees and future careers by holding chapters geared towards what people need such as career workshops or study sessions.

There was an abundance of good news from the Case School of Engineering in 2023. From national news attention on 60 Minutes and NBC’s Nightly News to the announcement of a new building project on the Case Quad, it’s been a monumental year and we’ve captured this year’s top moments through our social media pages and website. See what stories were this year’s most read:

Chirag Kharangate isn’t a stranger to improvement. In fact, with the help of the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) 2024 Young Investigator Award, he’s tackling what could be a serious improvement for naval aircraft systems—developing new ways to make them more powerful. 

Robert Savinell will join a prestigious group of researchers and innovators from Case Western Reserve University as one of the newest elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The honor highlights the overall career and impact individual inventors have had in society and their respective fields. Savinell, a Distinguished University Professor and the George S. Dively Professor of Engineering, is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of electrochemistry and a foundational leader for CWRU’s electrochemical community. His 40-year career includes groundbreaking work in energy conversion and storage.

Receiving the highest honor among the global biomaterials community, Anirban Sen Gupta is now one of less than 500 individuals to become a Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE).

Abhinendra Singh is taking his work beyond science. In four of his last published articles, Singh has stressed the importance of the art that represents his work. Now, his scientific art has seen the cover of four publications—two editions of Soft Matter, Physical Review Letters and MRS Communications. But Singh’s vision reaches beyond publications. He is hoping that his passion for art in STEM can inspire young people to join fields they might not have considered before. 

Meet Henry Lliguicota-Lema, fourth-year student majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in computer science, who found his niche at CWRU with student organizations such as the Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers (SHPE), First CWRU and La Alianza. During his time at the university, he also has been highly involved with the university’s Medical Technology Group, which aims to enhance motor independence for children with cerebral palsy using assistive technology. He serves as the organization’s vice president of design.

With a vision of “a world where people believe in their ability to innovate and tackle the most ill-structured challenges of our time,” DFA, a nationwide organization with a chapter at Case Western Reserve University, resonates with students across campus and even across Cleveland, collaborating with students from the Cleveland Institute of Art. 

Fatih Ahmet Gurbuz has a goal to optimize supply chains by utilizing technology and putting the customer experience first. “This summer I was working at Amazon,” the fourth-year computer science student said. “One of the leadership principles they insisted on was customer obsession. Customer, customer, customer. The customer was always the star, not the competitors.”

In early November, Case Western Reserve University’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, University Of Michigan, University of Kentucky, Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State University, University of Akron, Cleveland State University and The Cleveland Clinic joined the day’s activities, ranging from keynote speakers to a poster session and an industry lunch.

With a $3.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, biomedical engineers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of Chicago will begin testing an implantable device that restores the sense of touch to breast cancer patients after reconstructive surgery.