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Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership awards $1.1 million in funding and support for promising biomedical engineering university technologies

Awards, People, ResearchDecember 2, 2020

The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership (CCTRP) has announced more than $1.1 million in funding and other support for six biomedical technologies. FES Investigators, Dustin Tyler, the Kent H. Smith Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Emily Graczyk, research assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and Jennifer Sweet, professor of neurological surgery were among the awards for, “Minimally Invasive…

Notable Women in STEM

Awards, Cleveland FES Center, PeopleMarch 18, 2019 Leave a comment

The exceptional women featured in these profiles bring a broad range of skills, talent and innovations to bear on the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Thanks to their leadership, mentoring and example, young women throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond can envision and secure a future for themselves in STEM.

1st Place Winner BCI Award 2018: Restoring Functional Reach-to-Grasp in a Person with Chronic Tetraplegia using Implanted FES and Intracortical BCIs

Awards, PeopleDecember 14, 2018

A. Bolu Ajiboye and Robert F. Kirsch of Case Western Reserve University, USA, in collaboration with Leigh R. Hochberg of Harvard Medical School and Brown University, USA, won 1st place at the BCI Award 2018 with their work “Restoring Functional Reach-to-Grasp in a Person with Chronic Tetraplegia using Implanted Functional Electrical Stimulation and Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces“.…

FES Investigator’s Poster Selected to Receive Travel Grant Award MDS Congress

Awards, Cleveland FES Center, People, ResearchOctober 15, 2018

The poster was selected to receive a Travel Grant Award from theSociety and chosen for a Guided Poster Tour.

The American Parkinson Disease Association Awards More Than $1.7 Million in Cutting-Edge Research Grants

Awards, Cleveland FES Center, ResearchSeptember 7, 2018

With someone diagnosed with PD every nine minutes, this research is critical as we push for better treatments and ultimately, a cure.

Cleveland Clinic Researchers Awarded $2.5M NIH Grant to Enhance DBS for Stroke Recovery

Awards, Cleveland FES Center, PeopleAugust 16, 2018

First-of-its-kind clinical trial exploring the use of DBS to restore motor function in patients who have suffered a stroke.

First Place, 2018 International Annual BCI-Research Award

Awards, Cleveland FES Center, Neural InterfaceJune 11, 2018

The Cleveland FES Center congratulates Bolu Ajiboye, PhD and Robert Kirsch, PhD on receiving first place for the 2018 International Annual Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Research Award, for their project entitled “Restoring Functional Reach-to-Grasp in a Person with Chronic Tetraplegia using Implanted Functional Electrical Stimulation and Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces.” The Brain Computer Interface Award is…

Hand-in-Glove Rehab

Awards, Prosthetics, ResearchJanuary 25, 2017

New electrical stimulation therapy may improve hand function after stroke Read full story…

P. Hunter Peckham, PhD presented Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s highest honor

Awards, People, ResearchSeptember 21, 2015

P. Hunter Peckham, PhD was presented the 2015 Case Western Reserve Medal for Health Science Innovation, the School of Medicine’s highest honor, for his efforts in advancing research, education, and care in extraordinary ways.

Best Inventions of 2014 | Bionic Sensing Hand

Awards, ProstheticsDecember 30, 2014

Amputees are glad to get a prosthetic hand that can perform regular tasks. But it’s not the same as having feeling in your hand.

State of the FES Center 2014, Robert F. Kirsch, PhD, Executive Director

Awards, Cleveland FES Center, Events, FES, Neural Interface, People, Prosthetics, ResearchOctober 29, 2014

Cleveland, OH – October 29, 2014 State of the FES Center 2014 presented by Robert F. Kirsch, PhD, Executive Director Click here to download the full presentation.

FES Center is Recognized as the Most Valuable Non-Profit in the Field of Neuromodulation Research

Awards, Cleveland FES CenterOctober 25, 2014

Cleveland, OH – October 24, 2014 The Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Center is recognized as the Most Valuable Non-Profit in the field of Neuromodulation Research. Neurotech Reports, the publisher of the Neurotech Business Report newsletter, announced the winners of the 2014 Gold Electrode Awards at the 2014 Neurotech Leaders Forum on October 20 in…

Engineering a Movement to Manage Paralysis Healthcare

Awards, People, ResearchJune 11, 2014

The intersection of engineering and medicine is a sweet spot called neuromodulation, which involves electronic implants that can restore movement and body functions. In the center of this research—and particularly in the field of functional electrical stimulation (FES)—is Hunter Peckham, Ph.D., an FES pioneer who recognized a need for engineering in medicine, and developing devices…

Jay Alberts, PhD is Recognized by Crain’s Cleveland as a Health Care Hero

Awards, PeopleJune 1, 2014

The widely reported iPad-based app that tests athletes for concussions after they take a big hit in football or other sports epitomizes Jay Alberts’ work integrating engineering principles and measurement techniques into clinical practice. Known as the Cleveland Clinic Concussion Assessment System, or C3 for short, the app allows consumer devices to be used anywhere…

Biomedical Engineering’s Dustin Tyler Receives SPiRE Grant

Awards, FES, People, ResearchFebruary 28, 2014

Dustin Tyler, associate professor of biomedical engineering, is a co-lead investigator on a team that received a $199,913 grant from the Rehabilitation Research and Development (RRD) Service Small Projects in Rehabilitation Research (SPiRE) program to develop advanced in-line connectors. In the study, “In-Line 32-Channel Connector for High-Density Implantable Medical Device,” Tyler and Douglas Shire attempt…

New Prosthetic Hand can Feel not Just Touch

Awards, FES, People, ProstheticsFebruary 18, 2014

Recent years have brought huge advances in prosthetics, but there is still much work to be done in replicating the intricacy of the human hand. Scientists have developed ways to let patients control prosthetic limbs with their existing nerves, but that communication is only one way — the prosthetic hasn’t been able to send anything back.…

This Artificial Hand Gives Wearers a Sense of Touch

Awards, FES, People, ProstheticsFebruary 6, 2014

Artificial limb technology has seemingly languished for a long time in the land of primitive pink plastic prosthetics, but a new development could change that. Researchers have produced an artificial hand that can convey real touch sensations from the fake fingers back to the nervous system of the wearer. The system, developed at Cleveland Veterans…

New Prosthetic Hand Lets the User Feel What They’ve Been Missing

Awards, FES, People, ProstheticsJanuary 23, 2014

One problem with most prosthetic hands, is that they don’t give the user any sense of touch. This makes it almost impossible to know how much force to use when trying to hold or manipulate something. Don’t squeeze hard enough and the object might fall out of your hand, but squeeze too hard and you…

Biomedical Engineering’s Musa Audu Receives Outstanding Teaching Award

Awards, Cleveland FES Center, PeopleSeptember 23, 2013

Musa Audu, research associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, received the Case Western Reserve University Biomedical Engineering Society’s Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award for 2012-2013. Audu was cited for his unique ability to motivate students, provide assistance both inside and outside of class and personally impact students’ careers. He has more than 35 years…

Two Teams Led by Case Western Reserve Awarded $6 Million in Third Frontier Money

Awards, ResearchJuly 17, 2013

The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded $6 million to two teams led by Case Western Reserve University that are developing new medical technology, as well as more than $1 million in other awards meant to support high-tech projects and internships in Northeast Ohio. The first CWRU team received $3 million, which it will use…

Biomedical Engineering Program Named One of The Top 10 in The Country

Awards, PeopleSeptember 7, 2012

Case Western Reserve University’s undergraduate biomedical engineering program jumped to eighth nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 college rankings, up from 13th last year. The rise coincides with the enrollment of the program’s largest first-year class in history—estimated to be more than double the size of recent classes. The first-year class across the university…