Category: Undergrad Students

The Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 department-wide student awards, recognizing exceptional achievement in academics, research, leadership, and service across all levels of study. Undergraduate Awards Rhodes Award – Outstanding Students in Computer Engineering Awarded to the most outstanding junior and senior Computer Engineering students […]

The Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University is celebrating yet another historic achievement! Clemson’s IEEE SoutheastCon Hardware Competition team secured first place among 44 university teams this past weekend in Charlotte, marking Clemson’s third win in the past five years. This year’s competition theme was “Mining Mayhem,” a futuristic scenario where […]

For the second time in three years, some of Clemson University’s top students in electrical and computer engineering are bringing home an award that recognizes a range of activities, including their efforts to connect students with industry leaders. IEEE-HKN has honored its Clemson chapter, Zeta Iota, with an Outstanding Chapter Award. Zeta Iota previously won […]

The Clemson Cybertigers are preparing to compete this November in the  Student Cluster Competition (SCC) at SC24, an event that challenges undergraduate teams to build and optimize high-performance computing (HPC) clusters. During this intense 48-hour competition, students will use a 4500W power budget to construct small clusters and tackle real-world HPC challenges. This year’s Cybertigers […]

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 […]

From ClemsonNews Four Clemson University students have received awards from the IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Initiative, including one who won the John W. Estey Outstanding Scholar Award. The Estey Award, the most prestigious of the honors, went to Michael Walters, who is on track to graduate this year. In addition to Walters, the three Clemson […]

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 […]

Computer Engineering graduate students Avinash Kethineedi and Mikaila Gossman made it to the finals of the ACM Student Research Competition during this year’s Student Cluster Competition at the annual International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC23). Mikaila, who is currently pursuing a PhD in computer engineering, won 2nd overall in the graduate student […]

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 […]