Mechanical Engineering

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 […]

Mechanical Engineering Students Promote the Study Abroad Experience

On Tuesday, November 20th three Mechanical Engineering Students spoke to Dr. Schweisinger’s class about their Study Abroad experiences. Students were then given an opportunity to ask question and learn more about their personal experiences and travels. Matt Fleck spoke of his experiences in Esslingen, Germany where he studied in an automotive engineering program. Owen Skonecki, […]

ME Student David Chance Corwin Wins the Goken Scholarship for engineering students who are pursuing the Certificate in Automotive Engineering

Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering student David Chance Corwin on being the first recipient of the Goken America Scholarship for ME students pursuing a Certificate in Automotive Engineering! Goken america isexcited to have this opportunity to acknowledge your accomplishments in Mechanical Engineering along with your interest in Automotive Engineering. As an engineering firm with a specialization […]

Carolinas SAE Student Night – February 2018 (Greenville, SC

On Thursday, 01 February 2018, Clemson University hosted the SAE Carolinas Student Night in collaboration with the SAE Carolina Section and Greenville Tech’s Center for Manufacturing Innovation (CMI). Students from Duke, NC State, Georgia Southern, UNC-Charlotte, NC A&T State, UNC-Ashville, and Clemson exhibited their mini baja and formula cars as well as airplane. The students also […]

Mechanical engineering seniors create equipment for elementary schools

Students from three elementary schools and one middle school visited Clemson University on Dec. 2 as part of a program that gives mechanical engineering majors a chance to design and build equipment while doing some good for the community and learning to interact with clients.

ME creative inquiry project featured in Tire Technology International magazine

The November 2016 issue of Tire Technology International magazine featured a story about one of our creative inquiry projects. The project is titled “Development of Sand Traction Concepts” and is led by Dr. Joshua Summers, a professor of mechanical engineering and a co-director of the Clemson Engineering Design Applications and Research (CEDAR) Group.

ME graduate student places 2nd in AES poster competition

Rucha Natu, a PhD mechanical engineering student, placed 2nd in the poster session at the annual meeting of the AES Electrophoresis Society. Her poster was titled “Numerical model of streaming dielectrophoresis for stem cell sorting” and was selected among 25 posters. She is under the advisement of Dr. Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering. […]