“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. 

Sometimes the best way to learn something new isn’t from a lecture, rather 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 this approach to teach science classes to Cuyahoga Community College students preparing to take the General Educational Development (GED) test.

Case Western Reserve University scientist Svetlana Morozova, whose research explores the unique properties and possibilities of polymer gels, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) grant to further examine how they interact with the surfaces of other materials.