October 2, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has rolled out a major new research thrust area called Energy Earthshots™. The program involves a multi-pronged approach to harness the renewable power of hydrogen, the Earth’s heat, and wind and to store that energy, making industry more efficient and eliminating net carbon emissions. To support DOE’s Energy Earthshots™, […]
September 6, 2023
Laura DiGiacomo and Claire Funk were awarded scholarships from the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) and the Environmental Engineering & Science Foundation (EESF), respectively. EREF is a national organization with the mission to develop and evaluate new approaches to managing municipal solid waste through advances in scientific research and to provide scholarships to America’s […]
August 24, 2023
As the planet continues to heat up and sea levels rise, thousands of miles of coastline are at greater and greater risk for flooding. Professor Larry Murdoch and a team from FRx Inc., are exploring a novel way to address this growing problem. Murdoch’s collaborators in EEES include Adjunct Professor Leonid N. Germanovich, Associate Professor […]
February 28, 2023
Each year, the Class of ’39 Award goes to one distinguished faculty member whose outstanding contributions over a five-year period have been judged by his or her peers to represent the highest achievement of service to the University, the student body and the larger community. This year’s winner is EEES Professor Brian Powell. Dr. Powell […]
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 […]
October 6, 2022
A team of researchers led by EEES Professor Larry Murdoch was recently awarded $4M by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for a project entitled A Strain Sensing Array to Characterize Deformation at the FORGE Site. The goal of the project is to evaluate the use of strain data […]
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 […]
June 15, 2022
Environmental contamination by pesticides is a worldwide problem. This is especially the case in developing countries where resources are often lacking for monitoring the levels of contamination using high-tech lab instrumentation. That’s where EEES Ph.D. candidate David Bahamon‑Pinzon comes in. Bahamon‑Pinzon’s research is focused on developing low cost facile electrochemical sensors for amperometric determination of […]
April 22, 2022
The December 2021 cover of the journal ACS ES&T Engineering features research being performed by Phil Arve, a doctoral student in EEES, and his adviser, Dr. Sudeep Popat. The title of the article is “Stabilization of Urea for Recovery from Source-Separated Urine Using Electrochemically Synthesized Hydrogen Peroxide” (ACS ES&T Engineering 2021, 1, 12, 1642-1648). The research focuses on stabilizing […]
