Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Daqaq on sabbatical

Dr. Mohammed Daqaq will be on sabbatical from January 2015 to January 2016. He will be primarily with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TU Munich, and will also be visiting the University of Roma and several more universities across Europe. His research group is among the first and few in the world that explores the role of […]

Virtual Surgeries for the Broken Heart

Clemson University professors Richard Figliola and Ethan Kung work on new engineering technologies to perform “virtual vascular surgeries” on patients to help predict surgical outcomes and make surgical decisions before a patient actually goes under the knife. Work they are conducting can mimic a patient’s anatomical geometries as well as overall physiology in order to […]

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 […]

ME alumnus joins ME faculty at University of Wyoming

Former ME Ph.D. student, Dr. Jian Cai (Ph.D. 2010) joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wyoming as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Cai conducted research on experimental investigations of turbulent mixing and turbulent combustion with Dr. Chenning Tong from 2005 to 2010. He did his Postdoc research on simulations of turbulent flames […]

NSF CAREER Award 2015

Congratulations to Dr. Yue Wang! She has won the prestigious NSF CAREER Award this year, for her project “Cooperative Control and Decision-Making for Human-Agent Collaborative Teams” This Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant addresses control and decision-making for human-robot collaborative teams. The project has two main research thrusts. The first thrust examines a team […]

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 […]

CES 2014 Staff Awards

Four ME staff members won awards at this year’s CES Holiday Luncheon, including the Hattie B. Wagener Endowed Classified Staff Award. Corbin Kolehmainen – Dean’s Classified Staff Awards Gwen Dockins – Hattie B. Wagener Endowed Classified Staff Award Stephen Bass – Dean’s Classified Staff Awards Janeen Putman – Dean’s Classified Staff Awards Photos from the […]

ME Alumnus becomes NASCAR crew chief

ME alumnus, David Elenz, is the new crew chief for Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick and Kasey Kahne on the multi-driver No. 88 JRM team. [Read More]

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.

Michelin’s Tweel

Dr. Joshua Summers was quoted in The Greenville News article about Michelin’s Tweel. [Read More]

Clemson to offer mechanical engineering courses in Lowcountry

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]

ME alumnus honored as one of “Forty Under 40”

A Clemson University alumnus was recently honored by a New Jersey business magazine as one of its “Forty Under 40.” Christine Ballard is group manager in the Water Resources Department at T&M Associates in Middleton, New Jersey. Ballard “is on the front lines of the effort to repair the infrastructure of towns hit hard” by […]