August 30, 2016
Phanindra Tallapragada, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has won a grant to support the project “Mechanics of Locomotion with Nonholonomic Constraints in a Fluid”. The grant will be funded by the Dynamics, Control and Systems Diagnostics (DCSD) program, which is part of the Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) division at the NSF. Project Abstract: […]
August 26, 2016
Dr. Yiqiang Han, Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University Dr. Yiqiang Han joined the Mechanical Engineering Department as a Lecturer in 2016. Dr. Han finished his PhD program from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University in 2015. Before transitioning to Clemson University, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Vertical Lift Research Center […]
August 25, 2016
The Graduate Fellowships and Awards Committee selected Xinyu Lu, and one other student, to receive a medallion for the Spring 2016 semester. The medallions were presented during the May 5th hooding ceremony at the Brooks Center. Xinyu’s doctoral research was to develop a fundamental understanding of particle transport phenomena in non-Newtonian fluids (e.g., polymer solutions […]
August 23, 2016
Six mechanical engineering students received their Ph.D. degrees this summer: Dr. Ali Alhadidi Dissertation Title: “Trust-Based Control of (Semi)autonomous Mobile Robotic Systems” Advisor: Dr. Mohammed Daqaq Dr. Wei Li Dissertation Title: “Effects of Mean Shear and Scalar Initial Length Scale on Three-Scalar Mixing in Turbulent Coaxial Jet” Advisor: Dr. Chenning Tong Dr. Xinyu Lu Dissertation Title: “Particle […]
August 4, 2016
Freight Farms is collaborating with Dr. Joshua Summers to develop a Self-Sustaining Crop Production Unit as part of a NASA-funded study.
