Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Scribner Accompanies Football Team to Boston College

EEES Lecturer Dr. Emily Scribner was in Boston on October 8 to cheer on the Clemson Tigers football team.  Scribner was selected to participate in the Guest Professor Program.  According to Kathryn Koning, Director of Football Academic Services, “The Guest Professor Program has been around for about a decade here at Clemson. It is a […]

Murdoch Leading New Project to Improve Enhanced Geothermal Energy

A team of researchers led by EEES Professor Larry Murdoch was recently awarded $4M by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for a project entitled A Strain Sensing Array to Characterize Deformation at the FORGE Site.  The goal of the project is to evaluate the use of strain data […]

EEES Faculty Earn Promotions

At the end of the Spring 2022 semester, several EEES received some great news:  Dr. Sudeep Popat was promoted from Assistant to Associate Professor with tenure, Drs. Alan Coulson and Minory Nammouz were promoted from Senior to Principal Lecturer, and Dr. Mary Kate Fidler was promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer.  The title of Principal […]

Clemson Team Awarded PIRE Grant from the National Science Foundation

A team of researchers led by EEES Associate Professor David Ladner has been awarded a $1.5M grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a project entitled Climate-Resilient Sustainable Food Production: Controlled Environment Hydroponic Agriculture with Novel Wastewater Treatment & Reuse.  This grant is the first ever received by Clemson faculty from NSF’s Partnerships for […]

Powell Selected as 2022 Senior Researcher of the Year

EEES Professor Brian Powell was awarded one of Clemson University’s highest honors.  For 2022, he was selected as Senior Researcher of the Year.  The award was presented to Dr. Powell by Clemson University President Jim Clements at the university’s annual research symposium. Dr. Powell holds the Fjeld Professorship in Nuclear Environmental Engineering and Science in […]

Learning from Dust

Dr. Alex Pullen, Assistant Professor in EEES, has been hard at work studying dust.  But not just any dust.  Pullen studies the dust that was deposited at the foot of the Andes Mountains in Argentina over the last 1.15 million years.  What he and colleagues from the University of South Carolina have learned revealed some […]

Fjeld Inducted into the Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineers and Scientists

Professor Emeritus Robert Fjeld was inducted into the Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineers and Scientists at a ceremony sponsored by the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences (CECAS) on May 6, 2022.  Induction to the academy is the highest honor bestowed by CECAS. The honor recognizes alumni and special friends who have made […]

Ladner Joins Executive Committee for SC American Water Works Association

Dr. David Ladner, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, was appointed to serve on the Executive Committee for the South Carolina Chapter of the American Water Works Association (SCAWWA).  SCAWWA represents more than 800 water professionals throughout the state. The parent organization, the American Water Works Association (AWWA), is a nonprofit scientific and […]

Falta Receives Major Research Projects from ESTCP and SERDP

EEES Professor Ron Falta was recently awarded $2M by the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) for a research project entitled High Temperature Subsurface Borehole Thermal Energy Storage.  One of the main challenges facing the transition to a low carbon economy is finding ways to economically store surplus energy so that it is available when […]