Year: 2010

The Paris-based Leducq Foundation has awarded researchers at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Clemson University, and a collaboration of other institutions in the US and Europe, $6M to establish a Transatlantic Network of Excellence focused on developing improved support decisions for treating children born with only one functioning heart ventricle. These patients require […]

Assistant Professor Mohammed Daqaq received a grant to further his research in micro-power generators. The project entitled “Magnetostrictive Vibration Energy Harvester (MAVEN),” was awarded from Impact Technologies LLC through the Office of Navel Research (STTR). The object of this award is to model and design a micro-power generator to harness energy from the vibrations in […]

Congratulations to Dr. John Wagner, who was elected a Fellow of the ASME. Wagner was recognized for his exceptional engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession. The advent of digital computers and electronic sensors/actuators has created exciting opportunities for their integration into many multi-disciplinary dynamic systems. Dr. John Wagner works with undergraduate and graduate […]

Prof. De Xie (Ph.D., 2002) has been appointed as the Deputy Dean of School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China since September, 2011. Prof. Xie, a former Ph.D. student of Prof. Sherill Biggers, joined HUST as a professor in 2007 after working five years in the […]