Author: Amanda Harris

From ClemsonNews Imagine a world where drones are continuously monitoring forests for wildfires, distributing relief to disaster zones and covering vast amounts of territory in search-and-rescue operations. This is no flight of fancy– Fatemeh Afghah of Clemson University is playing a central role in bringing the vision closer to reality. Afghah is an associate professor of electrical […]

August 2023 ECE Graduates Congratulations to all of our new Electrical and Computer Engineering graduates! We wish you all the success in what comes next.  Doctorate, Electrical Engineering Samee AzadChirath PathiravasamManu SrivastavaSiwei Zeng Master of Science, Computer Engineering Bre CaseyTim DriscollAli Owfi Master of Science, Electrical Engineering Justin DobeyDeborah GeorgeYi LiJackson MurrinChas PorterJason SabetKyle SkeenNick […]

Seven graduating Clemson University seniors and two recent alumnae are receiving three years of financial support towards their graduate degrees through Graduate Research Fellowships provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF), with an additional student receiving an honorable mention. The national fellowship program is highly competitive, with more than 12,000 applications every year. Recipients receive an annual […]

May 2023 ECE Graduates Congratulations to all of our new Electrical and Computer Engineering graduates! We wish you all the success in what comes next. Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering Jay Adusumilli Kendric Agdaca Gregory Andrews Deeb Armaly Tre’zjon Bell Jack Bjelland Jason Brantley John Broughton Hunter Brown Jared Copperwheat Gabriel Cutter Cameron Eller Wayne […]

CLEMSON – Please join us in recognizing this year’s winners of the 2023 department-wide graduate student awards in Electrical and Computer Engineering. These awards have been presented annually for 38 years and are given to graduate students who have shown exceptional performance in laboratory teaching, research, and service in the previous year. Siwei Zeng is […]

Clemson University’s largest college inducted four alumni into the Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineers and Scientists and recognized two others as Outstanding Young Alumni during a rooftop gala on May 4 at the Watt Family Innovation Center. The College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences selected Marshall Brown, Harold Gillens, John Witherspoon Gilpin and Jeff Schmersal for membership in the […]

Several of Clemson University’s top electrical and computer engineering students are celebrating an international award after reviving an honor society chapter that began to fade during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. IEEE-HKN honored its Clemson chapter, Zeta Iota, with an Outstanding Chapter Award, marking a sensational turnaround from just a couple years earlier. […]

The news that lasers are capable of rerouting lightning and could someday be used to protect airports, launchpads and other infrastructure raised a question that has electrified some observers with curiosity: Just what else can these marvels of focused light do? We took that question to Clemson University’s John Ballato, one of the world’s leading optical scientists, […]

Over the past several weeks, communities throughout the United States have dealt with rolling blackouts associated with winter storms. Grant Wilkins, Clemson University’s first-ever Churchill scholar, is working on a solution that will keep our power on and running smoothly in any weather. Wilkins, a double major in computer engineering and mathematical sciences, is one of only […]

A Clemson University senior is headed to December 2022 graduation on a high note after winning a student research competition at a leading supercomputer conference. David Krasowska graduates this month with a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering and plans to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science and engineering under Peter Dinda at Northwestern University. Krasowska’s path through Clemson underscores how research […]