Clemson Bioengineering

REBECCA DELEGGE: VARIETY KEEPS THIS BOARD MEMBER INTERESTED By Rebecca DeLegge

Becky DeLegge, Founder and CEO of DeLegge Medical, is a current member and past president of the department’s External Advisory Board. She gives the impression of having a vast store of energy. How fortunate that she enjoys spending some of it on the department and its students! Editor 1. What do you enjoy most about […]

FROM HIGH SCHOOL WELDING TO TISSUE ENGINEERING: THE JOURNEY JOSH WALTERS TOOK

Josh Walters, a student of Dr. Jeremy Mercuri, has been selected for a Graduate Research Assistantship by the South Carolina Space Grant Consortium. Josh will be investigating the effects of prolonged spaceflight on intervertebral disc health using an explant culture model. My interest in STEM originated from the occupational training I received during my high […]

RYAN BOREM AND HETAL MAHARAJA ARE AWARDED SOCIETY FOR BIOMATERIALS STAR AWARDS

The primary motivation for my study in bioengineering is to improve human lives using my skills as an engineer. For research—I focus on question “why” until a scientific understanding is developed, and the rest follows. SFB is an excellent platform to demonstrate my work in the field of biomaterials, connect with leaders in field and […]

CITADEL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES ELIGIBLE FOR A MASTER OF SCIENCE OR MASTER OF ENGINEERING DEGREE FROM CLEMSON By Dr. Jordon Gilmore

Dr. Jordon Gilmore is one of BIOE’s newest tenure-track faculty. Among Key Personnel on Sarah Harcum’s National Science Foundation EPSCoR Track II Advanced Biomanufacturing grant, Jordon was PI on a 2016 Tiger Grant. Clemson-Citadel Joint Program Director, Jordon is an alumnus of both The Citadel’s Electrical Engineering program and Clemson’s Bioengineering program. His interests include orthopedic […]

ALUMNUS NICK ERDMAN: “GET THE TRAINING!”

Unable to get a recent photo of Nick, we prevailed upon Dr. Bruce Gao to provide this photo of a 2011 lab meeting. Nick is front left. Editor Describe experiences with your work and your family since graduation. After graduating, finding work in the Greenville area in the field of bioengineering was extremely challenging. While […]

ALUMNUS TIM OLSEN: “ALWAYS LEARN — IT’S ALWAYS REWARDING!” By Tim Olsen

Describe your work experiences since graduation. I graduated from Clemson University with a PhD in Bioengineering from Dr. Frank Alexis’s lab in May 2015. My first job was with a 3D Bioprinting startup company in Philadelphia, BioBots. There, I was the lead scientist aiming to develop a portfolio of bioinks that could be used to […]

ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS

The following awards are presented to outstanding students and friends of the department. Editor The following awards are presented to outstanding students and friends of the department. Editor Samuel F. Hulbert Award Dr. Kazuhiko Ishihara Samuel B. Earle Award for Outstanding Engineering Senior, College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences Natalie A. Ivey Poly-Med Outstanding […]

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The NSF awarded a GRFP, among the most coveted of fellowships, to Aniqa Chowdhury, a student of Dr. Delphine Dean. The NSF awarded Timothy Samec, a student of Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant, an Honorable Mention. Editor   I feel very honored to have been selected to receive the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to continue my graduate studies […]

NICOLE MEILINGER ENJOYS HAVING ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES

  What academic goals were you hoping to achieve through your CUBEInC Co-op? What have you actually achieved? When I first heard about CUBEInC, I was intrigued by its unique platform with Greenville Health System and its integration of the different aspects of bioengineering. As a result, I made it my main academic goal to […]