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 […]
June 16, 2016
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 […]
June 14, 2016
Neehar Kulkarni has won first place for his poster that was presented at the Automotive Research Center (ARC) review meeting in Ann Arbor this past May. He also presented a case study in addition to his poster, both of which were about the research he completed for his MS degree under the advisement of Drs. Gang Li, Nicole […]
May 13, 2016
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, […]
March 29, 2016
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, […]
March 28, 2016
Congratulations to Xinyu Lu! He has won the Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award, which is given to two graduate researchers who have been recognized by faculty for having conducted outstanding research during the school year. He has also won the 2015 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad. This award honors overseas Chinese students with […]
October 28, 2015
On October 16th ME students visited Midway Elementary School in Anderson, SC to volunteer with their “Morning STEAM” program. During their visit they helped the elementary students make something that could fly/glide.
October 27, 2015
The 2015 ME Graduate Poster competition was held Oct. 23. The posters were grouped in three categories: (1) 1 year or less on the project, (2) More than 1 year and less than 2.5 years on the project, and (3) Greater than 2.5 years on the project. They were displayed in the Fluor Daniel atrium […]
September 23, 2015
Graduate students Monsur Islam and Rucha Natu with Professor Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte of the Multiscale Manufacturing Laboratory, published a study on the limitations of using a relatively inexpensive commercial cutter plotter in the development of microfluidic devices. Xurography, or the use of a blade to pattern a film, has been used to fabricate devices out of […]
