September 22, 2020
Christopher Pierce, a junior undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering, was recently awarded funding through SC INBRE along with his mentor Dr. Jessica Larsen. Through the Student-Initiated Research Program (SIRP), Christopher will receive $3,000 to pursue his project which has a basis in drug delivery, biomedicine, and neuroscience. His project, entitled “Modulation of Polymersome Shape to […]
September 22, 2020
CU-CIA Funded project “Towards the Creation of Biomimetic Complement Protein: Understanding Self-Assembly in Whole Blood” led Dr. Jessica Larsen and Honors College Undergraduate (’20) Lauren Maghak to an accidental discovery. Maghak and Larsen were working to drive self-assembly of polymers around blood borne pathogens. Their electron microscopy experiments were leading to very unexpected images. Upon […]
September 15, 2020
Written by Paul Alongi Gov. Henry McMaster is honoring a Clemson University associate professor who has won international acclaim for engineering yeast in research that could help humankind reach Mars, develop new drugs and search for nuclear weapons production. Mark Blenner, the McQueen Quattlebaum Associate Professor, has received a 2020 Young Scientist Award for Excellence […]
September 8, 2020
Our department is proud to officially welcome Dr. Suzanne Roat and Dr. Ming Yang to Clemson University. Dr. Suzanne Roat is joining our Department as a Professor of Practice. Dr. Roat enjoyed an exciting and rewarding 28-year career working in the oil and gas sector primarily for Chevron Corporation before returning to her alma mater […]
September 3, 2020
Article written by Paul Alongi. Rachel Getman became the first woman to receive tenure in Clemson University’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the same year the department celebrated a century of granting degrees. That was three years ago. Now Getman is first through the door for another honor, one that reflects her national prominence in research, […]
