Growing crops on deep-space missions begins to move from science fiction to reality
August 4, 2016
Freight Farms is collaborating with Dr. Joshua Summers to develop a Self-Sustaining Crop Production Unit as part of a NASA-funded study.
Mechanical Engineering
Tag: Collaboration
Freight Farms is collaborating with Joshua Summers to develop a Self-Sustaining Crop Production Unit
May 20, 2016
The project is being funded by a NASA Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant that Freight Farms has received.
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, […]
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.
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.
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.
$5.81 million in automotive research to be led by Clemson University
October 2, 2015
Drs. Melur “Ram” Ramasubramanian and Gang Li are co-principal investigators on a research project that is working to develop an ultra-light auto door.
Clemson University and Tecnologico de Monterrey partnership
September 22, 2015
On April 27th Professors Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte and Hugo Sanabria, from Mechanical Engineering and Physics, and Didier Rousseliere from Global Partnerships and Initiatives visited Tecnologico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. The purpose of the visit was to further a Memorandum of Understanding between these two institutions. Tecnologico de Monterrey is one of the top technical institutions […]
Clemson ME and ECE students participate in the Boeing AerosPACE program
September 21, 2015
Twelve students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University are participating in the 2015-2016 Boeing AerosPACE program. The AerosPACE is a multi-disciplinary, multi-university collaborative capstone program bringing together stakeholders from industry, academia and government to build core competencies for the next generation of aerospace innovators […]
Clemson ‘Incubasic’ Team is developing an incubator blanket for newborn babies in Tanzania
April 9, 2015
ME senior, Justin Showghi, is one of the lead engineers on this project. The team’s goal is to send the blankets to Tanzania, to be used in medical centers to improve warming methods for newborns. To scale up their operation and achieve this goal, they started a crowd-founding campaign to raise money.
Clemson to offer mechanical engineering courses in Lowcountry
November 6, 2014
Clemson University will begin offering graduate-level mechanical engineering courses at the Lowcountry Graduate Center in January to help fill the need for highly educated workers in the Charleston area. Students who enroll in this program will now be able to work toward a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering without leaving the Lowcountry. [Read More]
Midway’s STEM Magnet Video
September 20, 2014
The video posted on the homepage of Midway Elementary School’s website shows how they are introducing students at a younger age to a STEM education. They have partnered with Clemson University and Tri-County Technical College to make this happen. The Department of Mechanical Engineering is featured in the video for their 2011 Design Expo, showcasing […]
Dr. Georges Fadel’s Spring 2014 sabbatical at EPFL in Lausanne Switzerland
May 15, 2014
I am teaching a doctoral class on design methods and am working with students and faculty on several interesting projects. I am also helping two junior faculty decide on what to include in a design curriculum at the EPFL One project focuses on the design of an exoskeleton for a rat. The project aims at […]
