Mechanical Engineering

Four faculty awarded professorships

1. Mohammed Daqaq, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is a recipient of the Dale Reynolds ’67 Emerging Faculty Scholar Endowment. Mohammed Daqaq joined the Department in 2006. His teaching and research interests lie in the areas of nonlinear dynamics and control of mechanical systems ranging from the micro to the macro scale. He has a well-developed […]

ME Ph.D. student, Behzad Sadrfaridpour, wins “Best Student Conference Paper Award”

Behzad Sadrfaridpour has won the “Best Student Conference Paper Award” at the twelfth annual IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2016) for the paper he coauthored with Dr. Hamed Saeidi and Dr. Yue Wang. The paper is entitled “An Integrated Framework for Human-Robot Collaborative Assembly in Hybrid Manufacturing Cells”. The purpose […]

Dr. Xin Zhao wins $272,665 NSF grant

Xin Zhao, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has won a grant to support the project “Material Removal and Ejection Dynamics in Femtosecond Laser Machining of Microchannels in Transparent Materials”. The grant will be funded by the Manufacturing Machines and Equipment (MME) program, which is part of the Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) division […]

Dr. Phanindra Tallapragada wins $300,000 NSF grant

Phanindra Tallapragada, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has won a grant to support the project “Mechanics of Locomotion with Nonholonomic Constraints in a Fluid”. The grant will be funded by the Dynamics, Control and Systems Diagnostics (DCSD) program, which is part of the Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) division at the NSF. Project Abstract: […]

ME master’s student, Neehar Kulkarni, wins best poster

Neehar Kulkarni has won first place for his poster that was presented at the Automotive Research Center (ARC) review meeting in Ann Arbor this past May. He also presented a case study in addition to his poster, both of which were about the research he completed for his MS degree under the advisement of Drs. Gang Li, Nicole […]

2015 Thomas Green Clemson Award for Excellence

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 – Blue Key Academic and Leadership Award

This award recognizes one student in each of the five colleges at Clemson who has distinguished him or herself in academic scholarship and campus leadership. The academic prowess of this year’s awardee made him a perfect candidate for being the Supplemental Instruction Leader for Mechanical Engineering 2010 Statics & Dynamics course. In that role, Matthew […]

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 […]

Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award Summer 2014

Congratulations Amin Bibo! During the Summer 2014 graduation ceremony, Amin was presented with a bronze medallion for earning Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award honors. He was one of two students who were presented this award at the ceremony. [Read More]

Pioneering nuclear power researcher bookends year with honors

A Clemson University senior lecturer who helped improve the understanding of thermal hydraulics as France became a world leader in nuclear power is looking forward to fall semester after wrapping up a year bookended by two honors. Jean-Marc Delhaye won a Clemson University teaching award almost exactly a year after a professional society recognized his pioneering […]

ME Ph.D. student, Tianqi Hang, wins best poster

Tianqi Hang received a best poster award in the Ph.D. student division at the Fourth International Conference on Engineering Frontiers in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease 2014. The conference was held May 20-22 in Versailles, France. His poster was titled In Vitro Multi-domain patient specific coarctation study of Norwood patients. The object of this study is […]

Byars Prize for Excellence in Teaching 2014

Congratulations to Dr. Jean-Marc Delhaye! He was awarded the Byars Prize for Excellence in Teaching during the spring 2014 CES faculty awards. The award recognizes outstanding instruction in engineering fundamentals.