John Witherspoon Gilpin donates $1 million to Clemson University’s Department of Bioengineering
The
Clemson University alumnus who is donating $1 million to establish a
distinguished professorship in bioengineering is a talented radiologist,
medical school faculty member and avid marathon runner.
John
Witherspoon Gilpin said he made the donation because he wanted to
support research programs and other work in Clemson’s Department of
Bioengineering and to encourage its relationship with Prisma Health in
particular and medicine in general. .
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Faculty members honored for excellence in teaching, research and enhancing the Clemson Experience
Eleven
faculty members received awards from the College of Engineering,
Computing and Applied Sciences in an Oct. 26 celebration at the Owen
Pavilion on the shores of Lake Hartwell. .
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Clemson University bioengineers win two national titles at the Collegiate Inventors Competition
A
team of Clemson University bioengineering students that has been
winning accolades for its novel medical device triumphed in its biggest
national test so far, taking first place in the undergraduate category
and receiving the Arrow Electronics People’s Choice Award at the
Collegiate Inventors Competition.
The all-woman team is composed of
Jordan Suzanna Cole, Kathleen Fallon, Karly Faith Ripple and Allison
Reichart. They created the CatheSure, a device designed to prevent
unnecessary surgery in hydrocephalus patients.
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GEM Fellow Simeon McKelvey had his pick of graduate schools. He chose Clemson University
One
of the country’s newest GEM Fellows is a bioengineering Ph.D. student
who said he was accepted to seven schools and chose Clemson University
because the associate professor who became his advisor made an effort to
get to know him.
Simeon McKelvey is one of six new GEM Fellows at
Clemson. The National GEM Consortium provides fellowships to master’s
and Ph.D. students to help pay for their education and to provide access
to some of the nation’s top engineering and science firms.
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Innovation Maturation Fund provides grants for healthcare innovations for pain and diabetes management
Researchers
at Clemson University and Prisma Health have received grants that will
help them find new ways to treat cancer and manage chronic pain and
diabetes.
Brian Booth, assistant professor in the department of
bioengineering, and Prisma Health physician John O’Connell plan to test a
new method of cancer treatment called oscillating electric fields. This
new method is a Food and Drug Administration-approved cancer treatment
still in its infancy and is being used with other therapies such as
chemotherapy to improve survival rates of patients with advanced
cancers. This treatment emits a low-intensity oscillating electric field
that works to prevent cancer cells from multiplying. To generate and
monitor these specifically-tuned electric fields, the team has designed,
built and tested a device capable of delivering treatment over a broad
range of electric field intensities.
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STEM ALL-IN helped Sevrina Tekle choose Clemson University for her Ph.D. program
Sevrina
Tekle knew she wanted to attend graduate school but wasn’t sure where
until she received an invitation to visit Clemson University as part of
STEM ALL-IN, a program that allowed her to take a weekend to visit
campus, all expenses paid.
“Once I visited, that solidified that I
wanted to come to Clemson,” she said. “Quite literally, right as the
weekend ended, I submitted my application.”
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New research underscores South Carolina’s growing strength as a biomedical research hub
South
Carolina is strengthening its position as a hub for high-impact
biomedical research with a new multi-million-dollar project that
undergirds the long-standing partnership between Clemson University and
the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and loops in crucial
support from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
(NIDCR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Martine LaBerge receives South Carolina Life Sciences Hall of Fame Award
Martine
LaBerge of Clemson University is the newest recipient of the South
Carolina Life Sciences Hall of Fame Award, the latest in a string of
high honors recognizing her contributions to the bioengineering
community in the state and beyond.
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New simulators could help medical professionals prepare for the day it really counts
Singapogu,
an assistant professor of bioengineering, works with a team of graduate
students and collaborators from around the country to develop new
simulators aimed at taking medical education to the next level.
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