Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Richard Figliola to serve as the acting department chair

Dr. Melur Ramasubramanian has accepted a one-year IPA (Intergovernmental Personnel Act) to serve as the next Program Director for the ERC (Engineering Research Centers) program at the National Science Foundation starting July 5th, 2016. During his absence, Dr. Richard Figliola, a University Centennial Professor, Alumni Distinguished Professor, David A. Brown Endowed Scholar, and a former […]

Pictures from the Spring 2016 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Five mechanical engineering students received their Ph.D. degrees this spring: Rohan Galgalikar Dissertation Title: “Computational Engineering Analysis of Materials and Structural Aspects of Gas Turbine Engine Ceramic Matrix Composite Components” Advisor: Dr. Mica Grujicic Rahul Renu Dissertation Title: “Product-Process Coupling to Enable Continuous Improvement of Assembly Processes” Advisor: Dr. Gregory Mocko Xinran Tao Dissertation Title: “Design, Modeling […]

Hongseok Choi receives award for efforts to link students with manufacturers

Hongseok Choi of Clemson University is the winner of an award that recognizes his three-year effort to connect engineering students with manufacturers across South Carolina. The international professional engineering society SME has selected Choi for a 2016 Distinguished Faculty Advisor Award.

A paper from Dr. Richard Figliola’s research group was featured on the cover of ASAIO Journal

The cover page of the May/June 2016 issue of ASAIO Journal features a paper from Dr. Richard Figliola’s research group titled “In-vitro Validation of a Multiscale Patient-specific Model of the Norwood Circulation”. It includes photographs of anatomically accurate 3D printings reconstructed from patient clinical imaging data. ASAIO Journal Link The Paper: Hang T, Giardini A, […]

Yue “Sophie” Wang wins Warren H. Owen-Duke Energy Assistant Professorship of Engineering

Congratulations to Dr. Yue “Sophie” Wang! She has been awarded the Warren H. Owen-Duke Energy Assistant Professorship of Engineering. The assistant professorship supports faculty members in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering. It was originally established by employees of what was then Duke Power Company in 1989 in honor of the […]

New undergraduate coordinator

Dr. Donald E. Beasley has taken over the role of undergraduate coordinator for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. After 26 years of service with the department, Dr. Sherrill Biggers has retired.

Circle of Design Workshop

The Clemson Engineering Design, Applications and Research (CEDAR) group under the direction of Drs. Fadel, Mocko and Summers, hosted an NSF sponsored workshop at the Madren Conference Center of Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina from November 14-17, 2015.  The workshop was entitled “THE CIRCLE OF DESIGN”. The aims of the workshop were twofold:  one, […]