CWRU Engineering

Looking for a fun, hands-on way to start the weekend, Spartans? 👀 The think[box] Derby is back today, Friday, March 20, from 3 to 7 p.m. Design and race one-of-a-kind cars and see innovation in motion at CWRU 🚙 Get the details: brnw.ch/21x0Ugh

CWRU researchers are advancing safer battery technology for solar farms, power grids, and data centers. Get the details: brnw.ch/21x0CJC

Calling all CWRU coders 🚨💻 Undergraduate students are invited to participate in the second annual RFB Programming Competition—with a chance to win up to $50,000! Register by Friday, March 20, to receive instructions for the qualifying round: brnw.ch/21x0wfi

@CaseEngineer's M. Hassan Najafi has been named a 2026 Senior Member of the @AcadofInventors. By advancing energy-efficient AI hardware, he is enabling more powerful, compact technologies that extend battery life and elevate edge computing. Check it out: brnw.ch/21x0uOg

Steve Majerus has been named a 2026 Senior Member of the @AcadofInventors. His innovations in implantable sensors and adaptive medical devices are redefining care for patients with spinal cord injuries and other neurological conditions. Read more: brnw.ch/21x0uIF

Emily Dickens has built her career around a central question: how can engineering innovation accelerate the transition to a more sustainable energy system—and reach the market at scale? Discover how her time at CWRU helped shape her path: brnw.ch/21x0sAN

CWRU E-Week 2026: ✅ From building challenges to a scavenger hunt, trivia and a lightbulb drop, @CaseEngineer's annual event was a celebration of innovation and connection on campus. Thanks to all who made it a success ⚙️🚙🧱💡

CWRU researchers are reimagining large-scale battery storage with a safer, non-volatile electrolytes designed for solar farms, power grids and data centers. Check it out: brnw.ch/21x0myn

Before the startup Genetesis was translating cardiac signals into clinical health insights, Vineet Erasala was learning how to build at CWRU. Learn more: brnw.ch/21x0e4j

As Case Engineers Council president, Preyan Mehta, a third-year mechanical engineering and pre-med student helps unite hundreds of engineering students through programs and events designed to spark connection and community. Learn more: brnw.ch/21x06bl

With @NASA, Hatsuo Ishida, the Peter A. Asseff PhD Professor in the Dept. of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at @cwru, shared research findings related to developing materials to protect astronauts from ultra-high energy galactic cosmic rays.brnw.ch/21wZVNh

Pedram Mohseni, chair of the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering at CWRU, was recently named a 2026 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers fellow. Learn more: brnw.ch/21wZUak

For International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Feb. 11), CWRU Newsroom sat down with Alexis E. Block, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering and director of the SaPHaRI Lab. Learn more: brnw.ch/21wZRMa

E-Week throwback 🚀 Only two weeks to go until we’re back at it with this year's festivities 👀 Register today: brnw.ch/21wZMPa

Fueling the future of deep space travel 🚀 A CWRU researcher is leading a NASA experiment aboard the International Space Station to solve one of spaceflight’s biggest challenges—keeping cryogenic fuel stable in space. Check it out: brnw.ch/21wZMJE

For National Girls & Women in Sports Day, we're putting a spotlight on Andrea Silva, a mechanical and aerospace engineering major and a leader on CWRU’s women’s soccer team ⚽️

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Earlier this month, second-year students Evan Un, Ezra Rickert, and Varun Iyer participated in Phi Kappa Psi’s Explore NYC: Construction + Design 2026. Learn more about their experience in the Big Apple 🍎: brnw.ch/21wZsUE

Dev Gupta, who’s studying quantitative economics and healthcare management, and computer science major Sunveer Chugh took their startup, InsuraBridge, to one of the world's largest technology stages this week—CES in Las Vegas. Learn more: brnw.ch/21wYZ5B