SOLIDWORKS World conference 2016 – Gesture based sketching
April 18, 2016
A demo of the gesture based sketching feature that was conceived and developed by ME alumnus Ameya Divekar. The demo happened at this year’s SOLIDWORKS World conference.
Mechanical Engineering
Tag: April 2016 Newsletter
New undergraduate coordinator
April 18, 2016
Dr. Donald E. Beasley has taken over the role of undergraduate coordinator for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. After 26 years of service with the department, Dr. Sherrill Biggers has retired.
2017 U.S. News and World Report ranking
April 18, 2016
Our department has moved up from 53rd to 51st in the most recent U.S. News and World Report ranking of U.S, Graduate Schools in mechanical engineering. This is largely due to the high quality of our faculty, graduate students, and their accomplishments. We are tied with notable schools, such as Arizona State, Colorado School of […]
Circle of Design Workshop
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, […]
ME PhD student, Xinyu Lu, has won two awards
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 […]
Prof. Martinez-Duarte elected vice president of the AES Electrophoresis Society
March 23, 2016
ME Assistant Professor Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte has been elected vice president of the AES Electrophoresis Society from 2015 to 2017. He was previously a councilor to the society and its executive vice president. The society members, around 350, include top researchers in the broad field of electrokinetics, specially electrophoresis and dielectrophoresis. The AES Electrophoresis Society (link […]
Clemson partners with Tecnológico de Monterrey to increase the competitiveness of students in a global marketplace
March 14, 2016
A summer program between Clemson University and Tecnológico de Monterrey (TEC) in Monterrey, Mexico has been officially announced during the visit of a delegation from TEC to Clemson University. TEC is a Mexico-wide system ranked as the top technical institution in Latin America. The program addresses the need to form students with cross-cultural experience to […]
Dr. Rodrigo Martinez-Durate is one of the coordinators for the collaboration program between Clemson University and Tecnológico de Monterrey
March 10, 2016
A delegation from Tecnológico de Monterrey is visiting Clemson to start a collaboration program between the two universities.
Yue “Sophie” Wang of Clemson University wins top research award
February 22, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Yue “Sophie” Wang! She has received $360,000 as part of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program.
ME and Physics professors receive a “100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund” grant
January 29, 2016
Co-PI’s Dr. Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte (ME) and Dr. Hugo Sanabria (Physics) are receiving the grant to support their project titled “Promoting Cross-Cultural Physics and Engineering Teams for Today’s Operational Challenges”. They have partnered with their undergraduate Alma Mater Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey, México, to create the study-abroad program. This program will partner students from these […]
A group of Clemson ME students are participating in Boeing’s AerosPACE competition
January 20, 2016
Students from eight U.S. universities, including Clemson, are teaming up to compete in Boeing’s Aerospace Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering (AerosPACE) competition.
Two ME professors were featured on a list of 25 top professors of mechanical engineering.
January 8, 2016
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Figliola and Dr. Mica Grujicic! They were both featured on a list of 25 top professors of mechanical engineering from OnlineEngineeringPrograms.com.
An improved lightweight metal is raising hopes for more energy efficient products
January 5, 2016
A research team, that includes Dr. Hongseok Choi, is being published in Nature for their work improving upon a lightweight metal.
2015 Thomas Green Clemson Award for Excellence
December 17, 2015
Congratulations to Dr. Sherrill Biggers! Dr. Biggers has won the 2015 Thomas Green Clemson Award for Excellence. He joined the Department in 1989 after 11 years with Lockheed-Martin where he was manager of NASA composite programs in Burbank. Prior to that, he was on the faculty at the University of Kentucky for 8 years. He […]
CES 2015 Staff Awards
December 16, 2015
Congratulations! Teri Garrett has won the Dean’s Classified Staff Award, and Janeen Putman has won the Hattie B. Wagener Endowed Classified Staff Award.
