On June 23rd, the Clemson Rocket Engineering Team competed in the Spaceport America Cup (10k COTS Division) in New Mexico. This year was the best launch for the team ever: The team was able to launch on the first day of the competition, 6th launch of the day, in the third salvo. The team fully recovered […]
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 […]
May 2022 Grad Reception
Congratulations to all of our May 2022 Mechanical Engineering Graduates! We enjoyed hosting you and your families on Friday as you celebrated your achievement. We look forward to see what you do in your careers and hope you come back to visit often! The photos from the even are on our Facebook page
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Council Wins Award
MEGSC won the ‘Outstanding Graduate Student Organization‘ award from Graduate Student Government (GSG). This award is given to the best Graduate student organization on campus and includes $500 for the groups use. Congrats to out dedicated members: Dr. Fadi Abdeljawad (Faculty Advisor) Irina Kharitonova (Staff Advisor) Nathan Brown (Chair) Malek Alkayyali (Vice-Chair) Yasir Mahmood (Treasurer) Omar Hussein (Communications […]
Departmental Awards Banquet
On Monday April 11th we gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of faculty, staff and students. We had a lovely dinner in the open air at the Madren Pavilion. We were joined by several members of our External Advisory Board, families and distinguished guests. See the photos here.
Clemson ME Alum in Discovery Channel Documentary
Clemson ME Alum Heather Thompson has been featured in a Discovery Channel spotlight on STEM education. Heather works at the Panasonic battery manufacturing facility in Reno, Nevada.
2021 December Graduate Reception Photos
Congratulations to all of our December 2021 graduates! You have persevered through difficult times to reach your goals and we are very proud of you! Best of luck to you in your careers and your future! Come back and visit anytime! See all photos here
Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte honored for contributions to Latinx community
Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, is being recognized for his continuous contributions to the Latinx community at Clemson University. Martinez-Duarte recently won the Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month Impact Award in the faculty/staff category. The award comes from a committee that organizes a month-long celebration of Hispanic and Latinx heritage at Clemson […]
Congratulations to Dr. Suyi Li!
Congratulations to Dr. Suyi Li as he is the recipient of the Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award from the Aerospace Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Great and highly deserved recognition for Suyi! Please see his story posted online: https://news.clemson.edu/suyi-lis-origami-research-wins-him-national-recognition-as-rising-star-in-adaptive-structures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suyi-lis-origami-research-wins-him-national-recognition-as-rising-star-in-adaptive-structures
Dr. Dutta receives special invitations
Dr. Sandip Dutta has been invited to edit a special issue of Energies Journal https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/Numerical_Heat_Transfer and was also invited to for the two-phase flow webinar https://energies-4.sciforum.net/ where he discussed “Machine Learning in Two-Phase Heat Transfer” Congratulations to Dr. Dutta on these prestigious honors!
Dr. Chenning Tong awarded a major collaborative NSF grant
Dr. Chenning Tong has been awarded a major collaborative NSF grant with a budget of $2.2M ($1.2M for his group) to study the atmospheric boundary layer. The (unsolicited) NSF project is based on the theory of the atmospheric boundary layer that he proposed in 2015, and developed and tested in the past six years. The […]
Dr. Garrett Pataky wins NSF Career award
The title of his CAREER Award proposal is: Understanding the Interaction between Mechanical Twinning and Fatigue Crack Growth. The total award is $555,634 over five years. We are so proud that our department has such a high number of CAREER awardees. It’s testament to the high caliber of our young faculty. Garrett’s perseverance and hard […]
Great new video promoting capstone course ME 4020!
ME hosts departmental picnic
Mechanical Engineering held it’s Departmental picnic on Saturday at Nettles Park in Clemson. Faculty and Staff brought their families out and enjoyed a day in the sun and some great camaraderie. Many brought home-made dishes to share that were delicious and sometimes exotic. Even a possum came by to enjoy the festivities! Thanks to our […]
Congratulations to our May 2021 PhD. Graduates!
Congratulations to our May 2021 PhD. Graduates Austin Dollar, Devin Keck, Amir Malekanfard, Sahand Sadeghi and Shervin Shoai Naini.
