Category: Agricultural Sciences

Armillaria root rot (ARR) is a fungal disease that damages peach tree root systems and reduces tree longevity. Planting peach trees on raised berms and excavating soil around the root collar can help manage ARR. However, berms also create challenges such as water ponding, soil erosion and chemical runoff. As part of his master’s degree […]

Lisa Umutoni, a Clemson University doctoral student from Kigali, Rwanda, recently received the prestigious American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Nye Graduate Fellowship. The Nye Graduate Fellowship, established by John C. Nye, supports outstanding minority graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in agricultural and biological engineering. This award acknowledges Umutoni’s promise in the field […]

Dawoon Jeong grew up near Seoul, South Korea. As an undergraduate, she planned to pursue a career in construction management. However, her first job as a civil engineer sparked her interest in environmental policies. Her second job deepened her passion for research, leading her to pursue higher education in the U.S. She transitioned from engineering […]

Clemson University is partnering with Hebrew University and Sapir College to help bring innovation and economic growth to Israel’s western Negev region. The partnership focuses on joint research initiatives addressing agricultural, nutritional, and environmental issues relevant to both Israel—particularly the western Negev—and South Carolina. It involves helping establish a new agro-tech program in the Sapir College Department of Advanced Technology and […]

Vidya Samadi, assistant professor and director of Clemson Hydroinformatics Research Group, has been selected as a panel fellow for the 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Game Changer Academies for Advancing Research Innovation Program. The program aims to improve group dynamics during panel discussions, increase awareness of bias and […]

Raghupathy “Karthi” Karthikeyan is an agricultural engineer from Tamil Nadu, India, who has transformed the field he was assigned in college into a career he loves. Karthikeyan is the Charles Carter Newman Endowed Chair Professor of Natural Resources Engineering in Clemson’s Agricultural Sciences Department. He began his journey in agricultural engineering after taking a college […]

Vidya Samadi, assistant professor of water resources engineering and director of the Hydrosystem and Hydroinformatics Research (HHR) Group in the Clemson University – College of Agriculture, Forestry & Life Sciences, has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Mid-Career Award for Applied Research from the Universities Council on Water Resources for her research focusing on leveraging […]