Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson

Reception Honors First Dr. Wayne Bennett Fellow, Sara Margala

Faculty, students, and guests gathered at the Nieri Family Alumni and Visitors Center on Friday, October 31, to celebrate Ph.D. student Sara Margala as the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Wayne Bennett Endowed Fellowship in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Sara is pursuing her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering under the direction of Professor Lin Zhu. Her […]

Father and son help keep Clemson University on the cutting edge of engineering

Paul Alongi May 19, 2025 John Ballato of Clemson University is one of the globe’s most respected and influential optical-fiber researchers, but go back a little over four decades, and he was a boy crawling onto his father’s lap to watch him write equations and draw circuits in the office of their New Jersey home. What […]

Congratulations, August Graduates!

August 2024 ECE Graduates Congratulations to all of our new Electrical and Computer Engineering graduates! We wish you all the success in what comes next. Doctorate, Computer EngineeringSihan Yu Doctorate, Electrical EngineeringPrabin AdhikariJianxin GaoDulip MadurasingheAndy Wang Master of Science, Computer EngineeringAdam Pickeral Master of Science, Electrical EngineeringHarshad BalajiBushra FarhatBryce HopkinsNancy LaFlair Bachelor of Science, Computer […]

From South Carolina to South Africa, Fulbright Scholar Kumar Venayagamoorthy comes full circle

Paul Alongi – ClemsonNews  Kumar Venayagamoorthy of Clemson University will bring his career full circle this summer when his participation in the U.S. Fulbright Program takes him to South Africa, the same nation where he received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees. Venayagamoorthy will soon head to South Africa’s University of Pretoria to conduct research and teach. […]

Renowned researcher, National Academy of Engineering member Kevin Tomsovic named executive director of CURI

Kimberly Banks – ClemsonNews  Clemson University’s Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Robert H. Jones has named Kevin Tomsovic executive director of Clemson University Restoration Institute (CURI), Duke Energy Endowed Chair in Smart Grid Technology and professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The appointment was approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees on […]

Iwinosa Aideyan awarded Cadence Scholarship

Congratulations to Iwinosa Aideyan, one of 28 students nationwide awarded a Cadence 2023 Diversity in Technology Scholarship. Iwinosa is currently completing her PhD in Computer Engineering with the VIPR-GS research group.  More about the scholarship program.

New leadership roles help position Johan Enslin among nation’s top electrical engineers

From ClemsonNews Two new leadership roles for Johan Enslin are positioning him as one of the nation’s key experts in energy and power-electronics, while helping raise the profile of Clemson University’s innovation campus in the Lowcountry. Enslin, who is the Duke Energy Endowed Chair in Smart Grid Technology at Clemson, began a term in January […]

Overlap Success Story – Transforming campus connections with an innovative student-developed app

From ClemsonNews Successfully coordinating events and meetings demands a blend of patience and exceptional communication skills. Enter Overlap – a potential game-changer in the realm of organizing and communicating meeting times and events. This innovative solution is the result of the efforts led by Noah Hubbard, a senior Finance major from Clemson University’s Wilbur O. and Ann Powers […]

How ‘lifesaver’ scholarships have helped keep one student’s dreams alive

Paul Alongi – ClemsonNews If anyone knows the value of a scholarship, it’s Kossi Ekpe. For more than eight years, Ekpe has been splitting his time between going to college in pursuit of an electrical engineering degree and working at Chick-fil-A in Anderson. Not only has he been paying for his own education but also […]