Industrial Engineering

Clemson IE Honors 2025 Inspiring Excellence Alumni Award Recipients

At the 2025 End of Year Celebration, Clemson IE recognized five outstanding alumni with its Inspiring Excellence Alumni Awards. These awards celebrate graduates who exemplify leadership in their professions, service to their communities, and a lasting commitment to the department. This year’s recipients include accomplished innovators, executives, and emerging leaders. Their careers reflect the wide-reaching […]

IE Alumna Brittany Sanders-Bell ’20, M’23 Honored with 2024 Roaring10 Award for Leadership in STEM Outreach

Brittany Sanders-Bell is no stranger to Clemson’s Industrial Engineering department. With both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in IE under her belt (earned in 2020 and 2023, respectively), she’s now pursuing her Ph.D. in engineering and science education, aiming to finish by 2027. Currently, Brittany serves as the Assistant Director of Next Engineers Greenville, a […]

Ask an Alum: Meet Christopher Greco

Name: Christopher Greco   Year Graduated: 2014   Degree from Clemson: B.S. Industrial Engineering   Chris also serves on Clemson University’s Board of Young Alumni for Industrial Engineering.   How did your experience at Clemson University help you find your first position after graduation?  Clemson provided me with both the skills and the opportunities to succeed in the […]

Two CECAS Students Win Spark Challenge and are Headed to CA

Congratulations to Dial Devaney, a recent Industrial Engineering December 2018 graduate, and Silas Adams, a senior in Computer Science on winning the Spark Challenge with their “Freedom Fence” pitch and $2500 bucks to head to CA! The Spark Challenge is Clemson’s premier pitch competition for any idea, business, product, or service. Freedom Fence is the […]

Ask an Alum: Meet AJ Hobbs

Name: AJ Hobbs   Year Graduated: 2014   Degree from Clemson: B.S. in Industrial Engineering   AJ also serves on Clemson University’s Board of Young Alumni for Industrial Engineering.   How did your experience at Clemson University help you find your first position after graduation?  After Clemson, I attend Purdue and got a M.S. in Industrial Engineering with […]

Ask An Alum: Meet Michelle Jahn Holbrook, Class of 2013

  Name: Michelle “Shelly” Jahn Holbrook   Year Graduated: 2013   Degree from Clemson: B.S. in Industrial Engineering   Shelly is also serves on Clemson University’s Board of Young Alumni for Industrial Engineering.   How did your experience at Clemson University help you find your first position after graduation?  I worked with human factors professors on various research […]

Ask an Alum: Meet Michael Cheatham, Class of 2012

Name: Michael Cheatham   Year Graduated: 2012   Degree from Clemson: B.S. in Industrial Engineering   Michael is also serves on Clemson University’s Board of Young Alumni for Industrial Engineering.   How did your experience at Clemson University help you find your first position after graduation?  While my Clemson education fully prepared me to work in the manufacturing and […]