February 10, 2023
Three Clemson faculty members are part of a 16-university team of 31 scientists and engineers selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to develop the next generation of new technologies and insights in nuclear forensics. The Consortium for Nuclear Forensics will be led by the University of Florida, with […]
September 7, 2022
A team of researchers led by EEES Associate Professor David Ladner has been awarded a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a project entitled Climate-Resilient Sustainable Food Production: Controlled Environment Hydroponic Agriculture with Novel Wastewater Treatment & Reuse. This grant is the first ever received by Clemson faculty from NSF’s Partnerships for […]
June 15, 2022
Gavin Gleasman, a doctoral student working with Dr. Kelly Lazar, was awarded a research grant from the Southeastern section of the Geological Society of America (GSA). According to Blair R. Tormey, Secretary/ Treasurer – Southeast Section, GSA, the selection committee received “. . . numerous meritorious proposals and limited funds made for a very competitive […]
April 25, 2022
EEES Professor Ron Falta was recently awarded $2M by the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) for a research project entitled High Temperature Subsurface Borehole Thermal Energy Storage. One of the main challenges facing the transition to a low carbon economy is finding ways to economically store surplus energy so that it is available when […]
November 13, 2019
Riley Garvey, a junior in Biosystems Engineering, was awarded the 2019 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This prestigious scholarship program is designed to increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education and foster multidisciplinary training opportunities, as well as increase public understanding […]
July 24, 2019
Dr. Sudeep Popat recently received $750,000 from NASA to fund his research project focused on developing a way of making hydrogen peroxide for use on long-term space missions. Read the full newsstand article here. Dr. Popat’s research was also featured on several news stations. News clips from some of the stations can be found below: […]
May 22, 2019
You cannot taste or smell them in your tap water, but most municipalities in the United States now have drinking water supplies that are contaminated with trace levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These chemicals were widely used in the production of products such as Teflon because of their remarkable properties. Disposal of these […]
November 7, 2018
Dr. Ron Falta was recently awarded a $857,213 grant from the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) to continue his research on the fate and remediation of hazardous chemicals in the subsurface. The project is entitled Incorporating Matrix Diffusion in the New MODFLOW Flow and Transport Model for Unstructured Grids. Falta is an international expert […]
September 25, 2018
A team that has included more than 85 researchers from three South Carolina universities is receiving $2 million to continue investigating how buried nuclear waste would react with soil and groundwater if it were to leak into the environment. It’s a project that researchers said could help ensure safe disposal of nuclear waste, ideally for […]
April 5, 2017
Congratulations to Sarah Donaher, Shyla Kupis, and John Sherwood who will be receiving graduate fellowships through the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The GRFP is a national competition that provides financial support to graduate students in science and engineering disciplines. For the 2017 competition, the GRFP made 2,000 awards […]
