Category: Research

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 […]

Paul Alongi – ClemsonNews Rajendra Singh of Clemson University is on a mission to revolutionize how electricity is generated and delivered — a transformation that he said is imperative if humanity is to wean itself off fossil fuels and stave off the worst effects of climate change. Singh, the D. Houser Banks Professor of Electrical […]

From ClemsonNews Clemson University is leading an international team that is trying an innovative tack to solve an age-old maritime challenge, and researchers said the solution involves working with nature instead of fighting it. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is providing up to $13.6 million over four years for the project. Partnering institutions […]

From ClemsonNews Cameras positioned at a bustling intersection spot a pedestrian crossing the street as a self-driving car, out of sight around a curve, approaches in her direction. To avoid a collision, data from the cameras has to be processed into actionable information that can be sent blazingly fast to the car, but how? A […]

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 […]

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, […]

Yingie Lao and Judson Ryckman are among the ten CECAS faculty members receiving some of the nation’s most prestigious awards for junior faculty members this year. Congratulations to all these outstanding faculty members! Nine have received CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation, and one has secured an Early Career Research grant from the U.S. […]

Several of the best and brightest students in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering were recognized in conjunction with the department’s fall advisory board meeting. The Rhodes Most Outstanding Student Awards are presented each year to the most outstanding sophomore and junior students in both electrical and computer engineering. The recipients are chosen […]

From Clemson Newsstand An engineer who has earned six patents in six years and a geneticist developing strategies to prevent tooth decay were named Researchers of the Year at Clemson University. Hai Xiao, the Samuel Lewis Bell distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, was named senior faculty researcher of the year, and Vincent Richards, associate professor of […]

Chris Worthy, Special to the College of Science High school physics teacher Rob Sheffield shared his collaborative experience with Clemson at a virtual workshop hosted by Harvard. Image Credit: Courtesy of Rob Sheffield CLEMSON, South Carolina – Science can be taught from a textbook, but it is lived in action. When teachers experience it firsthand, […]