Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Karanfil Recognized for Excellence in Scientific Research

Dr. Tanju Karanfil, Vice President for Research at Clemson University and Professor in EEES, was selected to receive the 2021 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Scientific Research.  Given the breadth of scientific talent throughout the state, this is a major achievement.  It is made all the more impressive by virtue of the fact that Dr. […]

Powell to Serve on the Board of Trustees

Dr. Brian Powell, the Fjeld Professor in Nuclear Environmental Engineering and Science, was selected to serve as the representative for all Clemson faculty on the University’s Board of Trustees.  Powell’s service as the lead faculty representative from the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences on the Faculty Senate laid the foundation for this next […]

What Does the Past Tell Us About Ocean Circulation and Climate Change?

If you want to make good predictions of the future, it sometimes pays to look into the past.  In this case, the distant past.  Dr. Alex Pullen, Assistant Professor in EEES, and his colleagues recently published an article in GSA Bulletin exploring the existence a 30-million-year-old river that rivalled the size of today’s Amazon. The […]

Vanegas Awarded Major Grants to Study SARS-CoV-2 Virus

Diana Vanegas, Assistant Professor of Biosystems Engineering in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, has received an award totaling close to $900 K from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  The title of her two year project is Development of an Automated Diagnostic Platform for SARS-CoV-2 Monitoring in Vulnerable Areas.  The devastation caused […]

Karanfil Elected to Turkish Academy of Sciences

Tanju Karanfil

Dr. Tanju Karanfil was elected to the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA), a society of the top academicians of his native country Turkey.  Karanfil joins 150 scientists elected as principal members of TUBA. According to TUBA, principal membership recognizes Turkish scientists who have earned national or international awards or medals; are credited for significant discoveries, […]

Falta Wins Award from the National Ground Water Association

Dr. Ron Falta was selected by the National Ground Water Association to receive the 2020 John Hem Award.  The award is given to honor an individual’s significant, recent scientific or engineering contribution to the understanding of groundwater. 

DeVol Wins Mentoring Award

Dr. Timothy DeVol was selected as the winner of the 2020 Mentoring Award, given to a faculty member in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences who goes above and beyond in enriching the faculty and student Clemson experience. 

Martinez Wins Murray Stokely Award for Excellence in Teaching

Dr. Nicole Martinez was selected as the winner of the 2020 Murray Stokely Award for Excellence in Teaching.  The Stokley Award is given to a faculty member in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences who has demonstrated excellence in teaching engineering at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. 

Karanfil Selected as Associate Editor

Tanju Karanfil

Dr. Tanju Karanfil was selected to serve as an Associate Editor for the journal Water Research.  The invitation was extended to Karanfil by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Professor Eberhard Morgenroth.  With a current impact factor of 9.130, Water Research is widely regarded as one of the premier journals in the field of environmental engineering and science.