Engineering and Science Education

ESED PhD Candidate Staci Johnson to Present a Seminar at Purdue

As part of the Seminar Exchange Program between the Engineering Education Departments of Virginia Tech and Purdue and the Engineering and Science Department of Clemson, ESED PhD Candidate Staci Johnson traveled to West Lafayette, IN.  Staci presented a seminar entitled Undergraduate Student Definitions of Learning, Memorizing, Studying and Understanding on Thursday, November 14. You can […]

Welcome Back

On Friday, August 16, ESED celebrated the new academic year with an ice cream social.  It also served as a “Welcome to ESED Party” for our seven new students.   Everyone enjoyed the chance to spend time together and enjoy some delicious ice cream from the 55 Exchange.  

ESED Honors and Awards Ceremony

On May 3, the Engineering and Science Education Department celebrated our 2019 certificate awardees as well as our departmental award winners with a reception at the David Peebles Room at the Hendrix Student Center.  ESED Certificates are awarded to STEM PhD students who complete a significant amount of work which is over and above their […]

Staci Johnson Receives Grant

Staci Johnson, PhD Candidate in Engineering and Science Education, was awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant from the Graduate School and the Office of the Vice President for Research.  Staci, an Associate Professor of Biology at Southern Wesleyan University, received an M.S. in Animal Physiology from Clemson University in 1999 and a B.S. in Animal […]

Sellers Receives Prestigious Award from Graduate School

Congratulations to Victoria Sellers on being awarded the Frankie O. Felder Graduate Student Award of Excellence from the Clemson University Graduate School on May 7.  Victoria is a PhD candidate in the Department of Engineering and Science Education and received this award for her determination, resilience, and inspiration to her classmates and professors. She continued […]

Benson and Martin Named Fellows of ASEE for 2019

Lisa Benson and Julie Martin became Fellows of the American Society of Engineering Education at a special ceremony at the 126th Annual Meeting for ASEE in Tampa, FL, in June 2019.  According to the ASEE website, “the Grade of Fellow is one of unusual professional distinction and conferred by the Board of Directors upon an […]

Staci Johnson and Dennis Lee Attend SABER Conference

Staci Johnson and Dennis Lee, ESED PhD candidates, attended the 2019 Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) in Minneapolis, MN, in July 2019.  Staci received a DBER-Scholars in Training Travel Grant, one of only ten awarded. She was congratulated by Mary Pat Wenderoth, President of SABER and one of the founders of […]

ESED Alumnus, Dr. Denise Simmons, Receives Distinguished Alumni Award from Civil Engineering

Congratulations to Denise R. Simmons on being awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Civil Engineering. Denise earned a PhD in Civil Engineering and in Engineering and Science Education. She has received numerous awards and grants to encourage her leadership and research in aspects of the U.S. construction workforce. Denise continues to share […]