Mechanical Engineering

Atul Kelkar accepts position as dean at Binghamton University

Atul Kelkar has announced he is leaving his post as chair of Clemson University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering to accept a position as dean of the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science at Binghamton University, State University of New York.Read more

Winners named for STRIve seed awards

The STRIve program aims to foster partnering and pooling of the resources across the ME and AUE campuses, thereby serving as a catalyst for creating highly competitive external proposals. Faculty members of both departments were encouraged to to submit research proposals that could help maximize efficiencies and bring in outside funding. The winners were: Establishing A […]

Dr. Zhaoxu Ming wins New Innovator Award

Congratulations to Dr. Meng for receiving the New Innovator Award from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR)! The total award amount is $450,000. The New Innovator Award seeks to support and promote career advancement of highly creative and promising new faculty who are conducting critical and innovative research and are establishing research programs […]

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!