Mechanical Engineering

Clemson ME students help inspire elementary students

Over the years ME4010 students have been building educational machines to help bring an interest in engineering to elementary students. In fact they, have delivered 25 wind tunnels and 20 manufacturing systems. All of the machines are delivered to local elementary schools around the Clemson area, allowing the students to have a hands-on learning experience. […]

ME 4170/6170 Robot Competition – Spring 2015

On April 24th, 2015 Mechatronic System Design (ME 4170/6170) hosted their annual project demonstrations in the Cook Engineering Lab. This semester four undergraduate / graduate teams have been designing autonomous ground vehicle robots (arduino compute platforms) which will gather colored blocks (4 different colors) and transport them to their corresponding goal within a 4’*4′ square […]

Engineering Expo 2015

On April 24th, 2015 ME students from ME4010 and ASME gave engineering demonstrations to elementary students during the Engineering Expo. They joined students from other engineering departments at Clemson to give interactive demonstrations to students from local elementary schools, who were on a field trip to campus to learn about engineering and science. Specifically the […]

CES 2015 – Robert B. (’70) and Susan B. Hambright Annual Leadership Program in Engineering

The Robert B. (’70) and Susan B. Hambright Annual Leadership Program in Engineering is designed to create awareness of the power and impact that can be achieved through leadership. It recognizes eligible junior and senior engineering students. This year’s Hambright honoree plans to use his mechanical engineering degree to pursue a career in the aerospace […]

Volunteering at Central Elementary

February 11th, 2015, a group of 4 volunteers from the CEDAR lab went to Central elementary to help 5th graders with a district competition to promote math and science. The competition was to see who could get a balloon powered car to go the furthest while staying on a straight course. The volunteers were: Marcus […]

Laser cutter/engraver installed at Mount Lebanon Elementary school

On February 20th, one of the Fall 2014 ME4010 groups delivered and installed their laser cutter/engraver to Mount Lebanon Elementary school. They met with Mrs. Goode and spent a few hours getting the software installed and teaching her how to operate it. Now that it is installed and ready to be used, students will be able to […]

Clemson Engineering Design Expo Fall 2014

On December 5th, Clemson’s Department of Mechanical Engineering CEDAR sponsored the Clemson Engineering Design Expo (CEDE 2014). The expo aims to bring attention and interest to a STEM education and career. This semester senior design students built wind tunnels and manufacturing equipment that will be given to elementary schools. The schools will use this equipment […]

ME H415 Presentations Fall 2014

On December 3rd, 2014 Clemson Department of Mechanical Engineering hosted the Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Honors Research (ME H415) poster and final oral presentations.