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December 2025 ECE Graduates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to all of our new Electrical and Computer Engineering graduates! We wish you all the success in what comes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctorate, Computer Engineering
<\/strong>Ali Owfi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctorate, Electrical Engineering
<\/strong>Eyad Aldarsi
Prashanth Chivkula
Xinyu Jiao
Fatemeh Lotfi
S M Imrat Rahman
Evan Robertson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master of Science, Computer Engineering
<\/strong>Rick Ferreira
Shuai LYU
Moe Lambert
Duncan McCain
Sumit Reddy Munnuru
Coleman Nichols
Likitha Peddareddy
Hemanth Puppala
Changfeng Zou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering
<\/strong>Robert Anderson
Tomoshree Dash
Riya George
Zachary Smith
Jeffrey Sonberg
Connor Turbyfill
Christopher Webb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bachelor\u00a0of Science, Computer Engineering
<\/strong>Connor Bohannon
David Burns
David Camp
Samuel Cobb
Jake Greenlee
Stephen Martin
Joseph Page
Alex Patel
Drew Reder
Joshua Silva
Nick Thiele
Gino Vitelli<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bachelor\u00a0of Science, Electrical Engineering
<\/strong>Corey Adkins
Mia Baltrun
Jordan Brown
Dani Castro
Mac Coco
Andrew Gibbons
Christopher Gonzalez
Jake Greenlee
Natalia Jenkins
Cyrus Jones
Trevor Lynch
Steven Massey
Jalen Miller
Anderson Moffitt
Brianna Morillo
Riley Rhinehart
Ethan Schneider
Christopher Smith
Maxwell Swofford
Garrison Veith
Adam Wachter<\/p>\n\n\n\n



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December 2025 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 EngineeringAli Owfi Doctorate, Electrical EngineeringEyad AldarsiPrashanth ChivkulaXinyu JiaoFatemeh LotfiS M Imrat RahmanEvan Robertson Master of Science, Computer EngineeringRick FerreiraShuai LYUMoe LambertDuncan McCainSumit Reddy MunnuruColeman NicholsLikitha PeddareddyHemanth PuppalaChangfeng Zou […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96314],"class_list":["post-670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-department"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":664,"date":"2025-11-07T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/?p=664"},"modified":"2025-11-11T18:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:33:11","slug":"reception-honors-first-dr-wayne-bennett-fellow-sara-margala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/reception-honors-first-dr-wayne-bennett-fellow-sara-margala\/","title":{"rendered":"Reception Honors First Dr. Wayne Bennett Fellow, Sara Margala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Pictured L-R) Dr. Wayne Bennet, Dr. Hai Xiao, Chuck and Mercedes Treadway, Doug Gray, fellowship recipient Sara Margala, Dr. Lin Zhu, and Shirley Bennet celebrate the launch of the Dr. Wayne Bennett Endowed Fellowship in Electrical and Computer Engineering.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sara is pursuing her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering under the direction of Professor Lin Zhu. Her research focuses on photonics, electronics, and quantum systems. Margala holds a master\u2019s degree in Optical Science from the University of Arizona and a bachelor\u2019s degree in Physics from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 2025 by Mr. Charles \u201cChuck\u201d Treadway, CEO of CommScope, the Dr. Wayne Bennett Endowed Fellowship supports graduate students in Clemson\u2019s Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Each year, recipients will be recognized for their outstanding academic and research achievements, which will be shared with the fellowship\u2019s donors.
Mr. Treadway created the fellowship to honor Dr. Wayne Bennett for his decades of leadership and service to Clemson University. During his tenure as ECE department chair from 1981 to 1988, Dr. Bennett recruited Treadway to Clemson to pursue his master\u2019s degree and later advocated for his graduate fellowship support. That early encouragement inspired Treadway to \u201cpay it forward\u201d by establishing the endowment in Bennett\u2019s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Bennett later served as Associate Dean of Engineering, Dean of the Graduate School, and Dean of Engineering at Mississippi State University before returning to Clemson in 2004 to work with the Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[882,6820,10055,888,8693,181],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96314],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-events","category-graduate-students","category-outreach","category-people","category-students"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":660,"date":"2025-10-27T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/?p=660"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:41:47","slug":"clemson-university-and-omron-automation-cut-ribbon-on-new-automation-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/clemson-university-and-omron-automation-cut-ribbon-on-new-automation-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson University and Omron Automation cut ribbon on new automation lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

byPaul Alongi<\/a> October 27, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clemson University and Omron Automation celebrated the opening of the Automation, Robotics, and Cyber (ARC) Laboratory in Riggs Hall with a Sept. 24 ribbon cutting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located on the second floor of Riggs Hall, the lab is equipped with state-of-the-art industrial hardware and software donated by Omron Automation and Omron Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students will use the same systems driving innovation across manufacturing facilities globally. From semiconductor fabrication sites, to automotive assembly plants and pharmaceutical environments, the technology in this lab represents the cutting edge of holistic industrial control. The ARC lab gives Clemson students direct experience to apply classroom lessons in automating industrial processes and in hardware\u2013software co-design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the lab will initially support a Creative Inquiry course in the fall, it is slated for future integration into Clemson\u2019s electrical and computer engineering curriculum beginning at the sophomore level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ARC lab is located on the second floor of Riggs Hall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By embedding this lab in both teaching and research, Clemson is positioning future engineers to succeed in careers at all levels of industry. Careers that are leveraging process data in newly connected ways at an unprecedented scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lab focuses on the connection between the digital and the physical, linking the tactile nature of industrial automation with the decision augmenting capabilities of artificial intelligence. All while providing a platform for testing bold ideas that foster the growth of future problem solvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Omron Automation, the lab represents an investment in the next generation of scientists and engineers, and for Clemson, it underscores the value of industry\u2013university collaboration in preparing students for fulfilling careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis collaboration is about preparing the next generation of scientists and engineers,\u201d said Robb Black, CEO of Omron Automation Americas. \u201cOur industry depends on talented graduates who can walk into a facility on day one and understand the systems that keep production moving. By investing in Clemson, we are building that pipeline of talent. Together, we are helping ensure students graduate ready to meet the challenges of Industry 4.0.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New signs were included in the lab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hassan Raza<\/a>, principal lecturer of electrical and computer engineering, played a pivotal role as Clemson\u2019s lead in building this lab. Thomas Kuckhoff, senior product manager and Clemson alumni, played a complementary role at Omron. By working together Hassan and Thomas ensured the equipment in the lab creates a foundation for long-term student success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helping celebrate the lab\u2019s opening was Robert Jones<\/a>, who is vice president for academic affairs and provost at Clemson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis new lab is Clemson Elevate in action,\u201d he said. \u201cIt reflects our commitment to creating the nation\u2019s No. 1 student experience through experiential learning, and it shows how university\u2013industry partnerships give students the edge they need to lead in a rapidly changing world. Students will leave here with the confidence and skills that come only from working with the same tools used by professionals across the globe. We are deeply grateful to Omron for their support and proud to see this partnership come to life on our campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, to help students along their educational journey Omron Foundation established the \u201cOmron Automation Scholarship Endowment\u201d which provides annual scholarships for engineering students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also on hand for the ribbon cutting was Anand Gramopadhye<\/a>, dean of the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences<\/a> as well as JoVanna King, senior associate vice president for development and Hai Xiao<\/a>, chair of the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gramopadhye welcomed the addition of this technology into the curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis lab represents a milestone for Clemson,\u201d he said. \u201cAutomation is reshaping industries worldwide\u2013 manufacturing, chip fabrication, healthcare, energy production, and advanced materials, to name a few. Industrial robotics are key to that transformation, and the lab ensures that Clemson students will have access to the same state-of-the-art systems used in industry today.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

byPaul Alongi October 27, 2025 Clemson University and Omron Automation celebrated the opening of the Automation, Robotics, and Cyber (ARC) Laboratory in Riggs Hall with a Sept. 24 ribbon cutting. Located on the second floor of Riggs Hall, the lab is equipped with state-of-the-art industrial hardware and software donated by Omron Automation and Omron Foundation. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6820,95829,181],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96314],"class_list":["post-660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-department","category-events","category-reseach","category-students"],"fimg_url":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/files\/2025\/11\/ARC-Lab-Ribbon-Cutting_092425_AJ_313-1044x696-1-150x150.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":663,"date":"2025-10-09T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/?p=663"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:54:41","slug":"clemsons-inaugural-hpc-day-builds-community-showcases-student-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/clemsons-inaugural-hpc-day-builds-community-showcases-student-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson\u2019s inaugural HPC Day builds community, showcases student research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

byBailey Troutman<\/a>, October 7, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Speakers<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, September 26, Clemson University hosted its first High Performance Computing (HPC) Day,<\/a> drawing more than 220 participants to celebrate and strengthen Clemson\u2019s growing HPC community. The event connected undergraduate and graduate students, faculty researchers and industry partners through networking, poster sessions and collaborative discussions on the future of computing at Clemson and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day-long program, organized by Research Computing and Data (RCD) and ReDCAT<\/a>, and sponsored by VAST Data, Cambridge Computer and the Clemson Vending Machine Committee, reflected Clemson\u2019s commitment to advancing research infrastructure that accelerates discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cClemson\u2019s inaugural HPC Day showcased the strength and diversity of its high performance computing community, drawing 224 participants from across disciplines,\u201d said Jill Gemmill, associate vice president for Research Computing and Data. \u201cWith 44 student research posters, stimulating talks and vibrant discussions, the event highlighted a shared enthusiasm for collaboration and innovation. It was a powerful demonstration of how HPC is enabling research across the University.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poster session underscored the breadth of Clemson\u2019s HPC-powered research, with projects spanning engineering, data science, life sciences and the humanities. Faculty and students shared how advanced computing resources are helping tackle complex challenges from climate modeling to medical imaging, while also gaining feedback from peers and industry experts. Students engaged directly with faculty, industry and alumni who saw firsthand how Clemson\u2019s computing resources are transforming education and research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This event was invaluable, and Jon Calhoun, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, noted how impressive it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClemson\u2019s inaugural HPC Day exceeded all of my expectations. Its success is clear evidence of the importance of HPC to not just students and faculty but that of the University and its future,\u201d Calhoun said. \u201cSeeing several proud Clemson alumni come back home and give back to this community showcased the strength of our Clemson Family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industry sponsors VAST Data and Cambridge Computer joined faculty leaders in highlighting emerging trends in data storage, cloud collaboration and AI integration, illustrating how Clemson\u2019s HPC ecosystem connects directly to global innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HPC Day demonstrated how Clemson\u2019s investments in research infrastructure are not only advancing faculty discovery but also preparing students to thrive in data-driven fields and be well-positioned as job candidates after graduation. HPC Day is expected to become an annual tradition, strengthening Clemson\u2019s leadership in computational research and fostering partnerships that extend through and beyond South Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

byBailey Troutman, October 7, 2025 On Friday, September 26, Clemson University hosted its first High Performance Computing (HPC) Day, drawing more than 220 participants to celebrate and strengthen Clemson\u2019s growing HPC community. The event connected undergraduate and graduate students, faculty researchers and industry partners through networking, poster sessions and collaborative discussions on the future of computing at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6820,888,95829,181],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96314],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-department","category-events","category-outreach","category-reseach","category-students"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":662,"date":"2025-09-27T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/?p=662"},"modified":"2025-11-11T18:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:43:13","slug":"clemson-computer-engineering-phd-student-chosen-for-2025-sae-women-in-automotive-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/clemson-computer-engineering-phd-student-chosen-for-2025-sae-women-in-automotive-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Clemson computer engineering PhD student chosen for 2025 SAE Women in Automotive Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Congratulations to Iwinosa Aideyan for being chosen as a recipient of the 2025 SAE Women in Automotive Scholarship. This scholarship, given by the Society of Automotive <\/a>Engineers, supports female students pursing a software, electronics, electrical, mechatronics or other related engineering degree and to aspire them to career opportunities in the automotive industry. Iwinosa is currently pursuing her PhD in Computer Engineering at Clemson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more about this scholarship opportunity: https:\/\/www.sae.org\/scho…\/sae-women-automotive-scholarship<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to Iwinosa Aideyan for being chosen as a recipient of the 2025 SAE Women in Automotive Scholarship. This scholarship, given by the Society of Automotive Engineers, supports female students pursing a software, electronics, electrical, mechatronics or other related engineering degree and to aspire them to career opportunities in the automotive industry. Iwinosa is currently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[882,10055,181],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96314],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-graduate-students","category-students"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":653,"date":"2025-08-27T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/?p=653"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:52:37","slug":"ieee-hpec-outstanding-conferencepaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/ieee-hpec-outstanding-conferencepaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Calhoun and Emily Lattanzio win Outstanding Paper from the IEEE HPEC conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n
\"Emily<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

August 27, 2025 –<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Calhoun, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and recent CU Computer Engineering master’s graduate Emily Lattanzio have won the Outstanding Paper Award from the IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing (HPEC) conference for their paper, \u201cPerformance Analysis of Inline Compression in pySDC<\/em>,” Emily Lattanzio<\/strong> (CU), Sansriti Ranjan (Siemens EDA), Robert Underwood (Argonne National Laboratory), Thomas Baumann, Robert Speck (J\u00fclich Supercomputing Centre), Jon C. Calhoun<\/strong> (CU).<\/em> The Outstanding Paper Award is awarded to those papers among the top 5% of papers submitted to the conference, and are now candidates for the Best Paper Award. CU Computer Engineering alum Sansriti Ranjan (BS, Master’s) was also a co-author on the paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IEEE HPEC conference, organized by MIT and SIAM, is the largest computing conference in New England and is the premier conference in the world on the convergence of High Performance and Embedded Computing. The conference, held virtually September 15-19, features over 150 presentations, with 30+ talks on AI. For more information and registration for the free conference, visit https:\/\/ieee-hpec.org\/<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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August 27, 2025 – Jon Calhoun, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and recent CU Computer Engineering master’s graduate Emily Lattanzio have won the Outstanding Paper Award from the IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing (HPEC) conference for their paper, \u201cPerformance Analysis of Inline Compression in pySDC,” Emily Lattanzio (CU), Sansriti Ranjan (Siemens EDA), Robert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,882,1,445,10055,95829],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96314],"class_list":["post-653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-awards","category-department","category-faculty","category-graduate-students","category-reseach"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":647,"date":"2025-08-11T15:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/?p=647"},"modified":"2025-08-12T17:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:27:42","slug":"congratulations-august-graduates-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/congratulations-august-graduates-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations, August Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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August 2025 ECE Graduates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to all of our new Electrical and Computer Engineering graduates! We wish you all the success in what comes next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctorate, Computer Engineering
<\/strong>Saket Chaturvedi
Max Faykus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctorate, Electrical Engineering
<\/strong>Narges Ghiasi
Nithesh Kumar
Lavanya Muthusamy
Trupal Patel
Bhagyashree Umathe
Jaxon Wiley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master of Science, Computer Engineering
<\/strong>Acheme Acheme
Victoria Hemphill
Noah Tinker<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering
<\/strong>Mahshid Rezakhani
Kaailaash Vijayakumar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bachelor\u00a0of Science, Electrical Engineering
<\/strong>David Chaffin
Christopher Davis
Stephen Streit
Alvi Topuzi<\/p>\n\n\n\n



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August 2025 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 EngineeringSaket ChaturvediMax Faykus Doctorate, Electrical EngineeringNarges GhiasiNithesh KumarLavanya MuthusamyTrupal PatelBhagyashree UmatheJaxon Wiley Master of Science, Computer EngineeringAcheme AchemeVictoria HemphillNoah Tinker Master of Science, Electrical EngineeringMahshid RezakhaniKaailaash Vijayakumar Bachelor\u00a0of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1,296],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96314],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-department","category-graduation"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":649,"date":"2025-05-25T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/?p=649"},"modified":"2025-08-12T17:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T17:35:43","slug":"father-and-son-help-keep-clemson-university-on-the-cutting-edge-of-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/father-and-son-help-keep-clemson-university-on-the-cutting-edge-of-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Father and son help keep Clemson University on the cutting edge of engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paul Alongi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 19, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Ballato<\/a> of Clemson University is one of the globe\u2019s most respected and influential optical-fiber researchers, but go back a little over four decades, and he was a boy crawling onto his father\u2019s lap to watch him write equations and draw circuits in the office of their New Jersey home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What John couldn\u2019t have understood then was that his father, Art<\/a>, was doing some of the work that would help underlie modern wireless communications and electronics, including Global Positioning Systems and laptop computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John credits those early interactions with helping form the origins of his own career by instilling a fascination with how nature works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like many sons, John followed his father\u2019s path, but what is rare is that both became highly successful in complementary yet different fields of engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have been working together as peers as far back as the 1990s. In addition to the over 1,000 scientific articles they have cumulatively published separately they have co-authored several papers together, including at least 11 in the past 10 years. The Ballatos together account for more than 100 patents, including one they share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their work together shows how seeds planted early can sprout in unexpected ways and produce fruits years later that no one could have predicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the physics and mathematics, there was just a beauty in the way they were written,\u201d John recalled of those early days at his father\u2019s desk side. \u201cHe would be working, and he would try to explain it to me, and I wouldn\u2019t understand it. But nonetheless it was something that stuck.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those early experiences would eventually lead John to Clemson\u2019s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, where he is now the J.E. Sirrine Chair in Optical Fiber. He has received just about every honor someone in his field can win, reflecting a career of rare influence and impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading on ClemsonNews.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Alongi May 19, 2025 John Ballato of Clemson University is one of the globe\u2019s most respected and influential optical-fiber researchers, but go back a little over four decades, and he was a boy crawling onto his father\u2019s lap to watch him write equations and draw circuits in the office of their New Jersey home. What […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8693,95829],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96314],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-reseach"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":643,"date":"2025-05-09T19:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/?p=643"},"modified":"2025-05-09T20:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:00:52","slug":"congratulations-to-our-may-2025-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/congratulations-to-our-may-2025-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to our May 2025 Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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May 2025 ECE Graduates<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piniel Abera
Caroline Abrecht
Jai Agarwal
Preston Ashley
Zach Blackwelder
Sam Brenn
Andrew Eubanks
Blaise Fischer
Anthony Giocondi
Kristen Guernsey
Matthew Jett
Kyle Jones
Thomas Joseph
Jarrett Kaeppler
Charles Kowalski
Max Marzec
Gavyn Mathes
Caleb Mitchell
Eric Mitchell
Zach Moser
Andrew O’Rourke
Henry Powers
MJ Raymond
Zachary Santarelli
Drew Schlesener
Benjamin Schlueter
Drew Silva
John Spodnik
Ethan Sumner
Carl Tuck
Joshua Weathers
Ashlyn Wells<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arnaut Aguilar
Charles Annunziata
Jaemin H. Anthony
Juan Arriaga
Marc Barfield
Andrew Berkeland
Daniel Bristow
Nick Burns
Ennson Celestino-Hernandez
Alec Chalfant
Paul Conklin
Carson Crooke
Ryan Dehay
Kevin Dittmar
David Dominic
Kossi Ekpe
Micheal Elrod-Mocek
Will Forsyth
Todd Funk
Maya Gerding
Will Goforth
Simon Gray
Jack Hobbs
Ben Hudgins
Kayla Hughes
Matthew Hughes
Steven Johnson
Chase Kinley
Alexis Knezek
Kate Knezek
Henry Le
Evan Linke
Parker Lovett
Joshua Malota
Angelica Maslyanchuk
Diana Maslyanchuk
Gavyn Mathes
Nick Minieri
Sean Murri
Justin Nocella
Daniel Pacheco
Jody Pham
Kenny Phan
Daniel Ponseti
Gabriel Quinonez
Timothy Reid
Madison Robichaux
Jackson Robins
Cameron Rogers
Timothy Ross
Stephen Sartor
Caroline Scott
Hunter Senn
Jackson Sfreddo
Caleb Shelton
John Shuey
Amanda Swearson
Sawyer Thompson
Jonathan Tsang
Joseph Uhler
Josh Van Overeem
Griffin Walters
Dhillon Wegner
Jimmy Wilson
Connor Witt
Caleb Zuercher<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Master’s of Science, Computer Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iwinosa Aideyan
Miriyala Deepthi
Emily Lattanzio
Viran Lingala
Michael Marinaccio
Sohini Mazumder
Pooja Pokuri
Gopi Pasupuleti
Harsh Ravivarapu
Vemulapally Sharath
Rahul Vundamodugula<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master’s of Science, Electrical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Varun Rajeev Talwalkar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctorate, Electrical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buck Brown
Elutunji Buraimoh
Ali Moghassemi
Jan Westman
Zhenyu Xu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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May 2025 ECE Graduates Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering Piniel AberaCaroline AbrechtJai AgarwalPreston AshleyZach BlackwelderSam BrennAndrew EubanksBlaise FischerAnthony GiocondiKristen GuernseyMatthew JettKyle JonesThomas JosephJarrett KaepplerCharles KowalskiMax MarzecGavyn MathesCaleb MitchellEric MitchellZach MoserAndrew O’RourkeHenry PowersMJ RaymondZachary SantarelliDrew SchlesenerBenjamin SchlueterDrew SilvaJohn SpodnikEthan SumnerCarl TuckJoshua WeathersAshlyn Wells Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Arnaut AguilarCharles AnnunziataJaemin H. AnthonyJuan ArriagaMarc BarfieldAndrew BerkelandDaniel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[96314],"class_list":["post-643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-department"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":641,"date":"2025-05-02T18:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/?p=641"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:46:04","slug":"2025-student-award-winners-in-electrical-and-computer-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/electrical-and-computer-engineering\/2025-student-award-winners-in-electrical-and-computer-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Student Award Winners in Electrical and Computer Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025 ECE Student Award winners with members of the ECE Board of Advocates. Front row, L-R: Chris Webb, Owen Wall, Lorand Bukszar, Ali Moghassemi, Kristen Guernsey, Alex Chalfant, Lucas Veenstra. (Not pictured: Samuel Quan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rhodes Award \u2013 Outstanding Students in Computer Engineering<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Awarded to the most outstanding junior and senior Computer Engineering students for exceptional academic performance, leadership, and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior: Samuel Quan<\/strong>
Samuel is an Honors student engaged in Dr. Calhoun\u2019s research through the REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program. He contributes to Clemson\u2019s supercomputing team, CyberTigers, and the CATALYST Challenge. He is also a member of Eta Kappa Nu and the Quantum Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior: Kristen Guernsey<\/strong>
Kristen has devoted the past three years to high-performance computing research and serves as the student lead for Clemson\u2019s supercomputing team, CyberTigers. Her portfolio also includes work on robotics and automation with Dr. Jia at CU-ICAR. Beyond her technical achievements, Kristen is President of both the Clemson Sexuality and Gender Alliance and IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu, helping foster community and professional growth within the ECE department. She is also a member of the Society of Women Engineers.
Kristen is the recipient of both the university\u2019s 2025 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Student Award and the CECAS Phi Kappa Phi Certificate of Merit.
https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/nine-outstanding-students-to-be-honored-at-2025-university-spring-awards-program\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

W.M. Riggs Award \u2013 Outstanding Students in Electrical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This prestigious honor is awarded to the top junior and senior Electrical Engineering students who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance, leadership, and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior: Owen Wall<\/strong>
A double major in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Owen has spent the past two summers interning at the Naval Information Warfare Center in Charleston. An active member of both Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu, he is also an Honors student contributing to Dr. Afghah\u2019s O-RAN project. Owen plans to pursue a master\u2019s degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on communication systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior: Alec Chalfant<\/strong>
Alec serves as a Residential Community Mentor with Clemson Home, where he supports and guides fellow students. With multiple summer internships under his belt, Alec is also involved in Tau Beta Pi, the Nintendo Club, and the Art Club. He has also successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George G. Miler, Jr. ’62 Memorial Award \u2013 Top Sophomore Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Electrical Engineering: Lorand Bukszar<\/strong>
Lorand\u2019s goal is to invent groundbreaking technology\u2014a passion that led him to Electrical Engineering. He has collaborated with a team at MIT\u2019s Beaver Works Summer Institute and was a top performer in the SC Kangaroo Math Competition during high school. He is currently a member of the Clemson Rocket Engineering Student Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer Engineering: Lucas Veenstra<\/strong>
Driven by a passion for accessibility, Lucas plans to use his degree to design devices that serve people with disabilities. He works part-time as an undergraduate TA in General Engineering and leads outreach for Clemson LIFE through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Student Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Now in their 40th year, the Holcombe Graduate Student Awards recognize exemplary graduate students in research, teaching, and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outstanding Graduate Researcher: Ali Moghassemi<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nominated by Dr. Chris Edrington, Ali Moghassemi<\/strong> has been recognized for his prolific and impactful research. A Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering, Ali recently defended his dissertation: Real-Time Active Thermal Management and Degradation Forecasting of Power Electronics Building Blocks in All-Electric Ships<\/em>.
His work spans power electronics, renewable energy, electrified transportation, and more. Since joining Clemson in 2022, Ali has authored at least 29 publications\u201413 journal articles and 16 conference papers, many in top-tier IEEE journals. He is widely respected for his collaborative, multidisciplinary research approach and is on track to graduate this May.
Ali is also the recipient of the university’s 2025 Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award.
https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/nine-outstanding-students-to-be-honored-at-2025-university-spring-awards-program\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outstanding Graduate Laboratory Teaching Assistant: Christopher Webb<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This award is determined based on evaluations by undergraduates enrolled in ECE laboratory courses, as well as assessments by faculty supervisors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Webb<\/strong> is a master\u2019s student in Electrical Engineering, working in the Intelligent Systems and Wireless Networking (IS-WiN) Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Fatemeh Afghah. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson in 2024 and currently serves as the TA for Electronics IV Lab, where he has earned praise for his enthusiasm, preparedness, and accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Tehseen Raza, the faculty lab coordinator, commended him: “Mr. Webb was not only technically competent for the Electronics II lab but has worked hard to be well-prepared for teaching the lab effectively. Throughout the semester, Mr. Webb has been providing effective and timely feedback to the students. He has been very actively posting preparatory materials on canvas to help prepare students for the lab activities. He has been holding office hours and been constantly replying to students\u2019 questions through emails and canvas notifications. He has been performing his task enthusiastically and going above and beyond to enhance students’ learning.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please join us in congratulating all of this year\u2019s award winners! These students represent the very best of Clemson Engineering\u2014innovative, dedicated, and ready to lead in their fields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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