Mechanical Engineering

ME Students win award at National Conference

Clemson Graduate Students Chase Gabbard and Ned Whitesell, along with their advisor Dr. Josh Bostwick, won the Milton Van Dyke award for the Gallery of Fluid Motion https://gfm.aps.org for their poster “Coat or Collapse.”This is the second year in a row Chase has won award at this show. 

Clemson team wins best paper award.

A team led by Drs. Yunyi Jia and Ardalan Vahidi won the Best Paper Award, 2nd Place, in the IEEE International Automated Vehicle Validation Conference (IAVVC) 2023 in Austin, TX. Names of all team-members are shown below.This is truly a reflection of years of collaboration between the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering in the field […]

Grad Students participate in orientation kicking off another year in ME

Graduate Student Coordinator Irina Kharitonova hosted incoming Clemson ME Graduate Students on Friday. Director of Graduate Programs Dr. Jane Zhao also spoke with students on what to expect in their graduate careers. Afterwards everyone socialized with a lavish ice cream bar!

New Faculty Faces Fall 2023

Mechanical Engineering would like to welcome our new faculty members! Philippe Giguere Dr. Giguère is a Clemson Alumni who joined the department in January 2023.  He currently teaches courses in the thermo-fluids area.  Prior to joining Clemson, he had various leadership roles over 22+ years in wind turbine technology and design at General Electric.  While […]

Clemson Mechanical Engineering Graduates Excel at Local Manufacturing Behemoth TTI

TTi recently posted on LinkedIn congratulating the most recent group to complete their Engineering Leadership Development Program.  Among the 21, there are 6* recent ME grads.  In the photo below, circled, from left to right are Adam Zwilling (’21), Jonathan Loftis (’20), Josh Vanasse (’21), Bradley York (’21), Colin Lounsberry (’21), and Zach Jones (’20).  Several […]

Dr. Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte receives the Senior Tenured Outstanding Teaching Award

Please join ME in congratulating our own Dr. Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte on receiving the Senior Tenured Outstanding Teaching Award on recommendation from the 2023 Provost Teaching Awards selection committee. There were many, outstanding applicants this year and  Rodrigo stood out to be the best candidate for this year’s recognition. We are proud of his accomplishment. He […]

Michael Justice Retires

Congratulations to Michael Justice on his retirement! Michael has with the Mechanical Engineering Department for 29 years. He’s helped thousands of students and countless faculty complete important projects over the years.  See photos of Michael’s retirement party here.

When his former Ph.D. advisor died, Joshua Bostwick stepped up to help his academic family

Clemson University’s Joshua Bostwick might not be related by blood to Vanessa Kern and Joshua McCraney, but he considers them siblings in a special way. All three pursued doctorates under the highly respected Cornell University professor Paul Steen, and they all had a hand in researching a theory that was tested in experiments on the International Space […]

Gabbard and Bostwick win Gallery of Fluid Motion award

The Gallery of Fluid Motion is an annual showcase of the ‘aesthetic and science of contemporary fluid mechanics`. Submissions from around the world are judged according to their visual qualities and scientific interest by members of the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD). At this year’s annual DFD meeting in Indianapolis, IN, Clemson […]

Mechanical Engineering Mourns The Passing of Dr. Richard Miller

Richard joined Clemson in 1995 and has been in ME Department for over 23 years. Richard was also a recipient of NSF Career Award during his tenure as Assistant Professor in 2001. He was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2005. Richard has served department in various capacity including Graduate Program Coordinator for several […]

New Stanzione Professorships!

We are elated to share the big news about our three faculty who are the inaugural recipients of Stanzione Professorships.  Congratulations to Fadi Abdeljawad, Joshua Bostwick and Huijuan “Jane” Zhao! being the first three Clemson University mechanical engineers to receive the Stanzione Professorship. Bob and Kaye Stanzione have made a generous gift to endow multiple […]

Clemson Rocket Club Has Best Year Ever!

On June 23rd, the Clemson Rocket Engineering Team competed in the Spaceport America Cup (10k COTS Division) in New Mexico. This year was the best launch for the team ever: The team was able to launch on the first day of the competition, 6th launch of the day, in the third salvo. The team fully recovered […]

Undergraduate Design Team Generates Marketable Intellectual Property

A team of four ME 4020 students (now alums!) from Spring semester proposed a solution to their project sponsor, Ryobi Outdoor Products, that led to Ryobi seeking to acquire the intellectual property (IP) rights.  Caleb Cassidy, Adam D’Angelo, Drew Girshovich, and Nick Park developed a design to address a challenge from Ryobi concerning their pole […]

May 2022 Grad Reception

Congratulations to all of our May 2022 Mechanical Engineering Graduates! We enjoyed hosting you and your families on Friday as you celebrated your achievement. We look forward to see what you do in your careers and hope you come back to visit often! The photos from the even are on our Facebook page

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Council Wins Award

MEGSC won the ‘Outstanding Graduate Student Organization‘ award from Graduate Student Government (GSG). This award is given to the best Graduate student organization on campus and includes $500 for the groups use. Congrats to out dedicated members: Dr. Fadi Abdeljawad (Faculty Advisor) Irina Kharitonova (Staff Advisor) Nathan Brown (Chair) Malek Alkayyali (Vice-Chair) Yasir Mahmood (Treasurer) Omar Hussein (Communications […]