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 Professor Horst von Recum, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, and research mentor for Kaoru Miyazaki, BME graduate.
Kaoru has been a great asset to the lab. I just started as a new faculty member in January [2005], and had not had much experience directing multiple research projects. Kaoru was one of my first students and made the job so easy for me. Kaoru spent a large amount of time helping me set up my lab, organizing chemicals, and moving our equipment from lab to lab (as we got shuffled around). Yet at the same time, he was able to make great progress in his research. I was very impressed with his depth of interest in the project and his level of motivation to do the work. I would often come back to the lab on weekends and late nights and discover him at the bench still working away. When we ran into a snag in the project, he hit the literature and helped figure out a solution (including writing to professors in Japan for information/advice). ….I think we all can expect great things from him in the future.
 Dr. David Schwam, Director of the Case Metal Processing Laboratory and Project Mentor for Aaron Johnston-Peck, Materials Science Engineering Major, expected graduation: 2007
Aaron has been working on the “Evaluation of Dimensional Accuracy, Repeatability, and Surface Finish of Aluminum Castings Produced by Rapid Prototyping with 3-D Printed Molds.” Aaron has done superb work in learning to operate the new equipment [3-D Rapid Prototyping machine] independently. He quickly moved on to conduct his summer research project with this and other equipment in the department. While still an undergraduate, Aaron’s research work is at the cutting edge of rapid prototyping and of publication quality. Aaron, who is also an avid cross-country runner has a busy schedule during the fall semester, but plans on staying involved in the emerging Rapid Prototyping area.
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