Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Engineers Without Borders wins CU Organization of the Year

CU’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders wins CU Organization of the Year The Clemson University chapter of Engineers Without Borders (CU-EWB), advised by Dr. Mark Schlautman, was awarded Clemson University Organization of the Year by ODK. ODK is a national honors society that places an emphasis on leadership, and the Clemson chapter each year gives […]

Castle researches wetlands to clean Canadian mining water

Dr. James Castle in EEES, along with his colleague Dr. John Rodgers in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, will let the politicians and interest groups fight over the efficacy of extracting oil from tar sands while they and their graduate students toil away in a basement laboratory solving a much more vexing problem: […]

Dr Terry Walker – a pioneer in sustainability

Dr. Terry Walker is a professor of Biosystems Engineering (BE) with over 20 years of experience in sustainable bioprocessing. He obtained his Ph.D. in BE in 1997 from the University of Tennessee in cooperation with the Chemical Technology Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was an assistant professor at Louisiana State University from 1997 […]

Adjunct Professor Looney Wins Prestigious Award

Savannah River National Laboratory’s Dr. Brian Looney has been named the 2014 winner of the Donald Orth Lifetime Award of Merit, the highest distinction given by SRNL to recognize the ideals of technical excellence and leadership. Looney is a Senior Advisory Engineer at SRNL and an adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering and […]

Hotzelt Wins Scholarship from the Environmental Research & Education Foundation

Nicholas Hotzelt is the winner of a 2015 scholarship awarded by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF). Scholarships are awarded by EREF to recognize excellence in Master’s, Doctoral, or post-Doctoral waste management research and education. Nick is an M.S. student working in Dr. Kevin Finneran’s lab investigating the conversion of landfill leachate to microbial […]

Lee is permanent chair of the Department of Engineering and Science Education

Dr. Cindy Lee has accepted the position of permanent chair of the Department of Engineering and Science  Education. Dr. Lee is an accomplished researcher and administrator, having served in the past as the interim associate dean for graduate studies and research for the college. Dr. Lee’s major teaching and research interests are in chemistry of […]

DuBose Receives the Samuel B. Earle Award

From 1902 to 1950, Dean Emeritus Samuel B. Earle made many contributions as a teacher and an administrator that gave rise to the prominence of the College of Engineering and Science. The Earle award is given annually to the outstanding engineering senior in the College. The 2015 winner is Barbara Tyler DuBose, who received her […]

Alex Snyder commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant

On May 7th, Alex Snyder was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the US Air Force as a developmental engineer. As of graduation, the Department had two students go into the military and eight being accepted into graduate school.  Other after-graduation experiences range from employment at Milliken to being an environmental health volunteer with the […]

Drayton to go into the Air Force Officer Training School

Nateisha Drayton, a first-generation college student, will be heading into the Air Force Officer Training School and working as an environmental engineer.  While at Clemson, she worked as a PEER mentor (Programs for Educational Enrichment and Retention) and completed three research projects. See More.

Three New Faculty Hires in the Department of Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences

The Department of Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences (EEES) at Clemson University is excited to announce three new faculty hires.  Dr. Michael Carbajales-Dale joined Clemson University as an Assistant Professor in August 2014. His research focuses on the long-term, large-scale evolution and dynamics of the energy-economy system and is especially focused on how development of […]