Tag: October 2015 Newsletter

Graduate students Monsur Islam and Rucha Natu with Professor Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte of the Multiscale Manufacturing Laboratory, published a study on the limitations of using a relatively inexpensive commercial cutter plotter in the development of microfluidic devices. Xurography, or the use of a blade to pattern a film, has been used to fabricate devices out of […]

Haley Meier and McKinnon Reece participated in the EUREKA! Program in the Multiscale Manufacturing Laboratory (www.multiscalemanufacturing.net) during the Summer of 2015. Under the mentoring of Professor Rodrigo Martinez-Duarte and doctoral student Monsur Islam, these incoming freshmen developed a process to fabricate origami shapes out of carbon and carbon composites. The process exploits the fact that […]

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 […]

Drs. Georges Fadel, Gregory Mocko, and Joshua Summers contributed to a chapter in “Impact of Design Research on Industrial Practice“. The book was published by Springer and edited by Amaresh Chakrabarti and Udo Lindemann. Overview of chapter: This chapter summarizes many years of design research at Clemson University and their impact on industrial practice. It shows how […]

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 […]

Congratulations to Anna Schleifer! She has won $10,000 from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

It is our pleasure to announce that Dr. Richard S. Miller of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been elected to the grade of Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) as of September 1, 2015. AIAA is a professional society for the aerospace and astronautics community hosting numerous conferences, books, […]

Congratulations to Dr. Richard S. Figliola! He has been named Alumni Distinguished Professor at the 2015 Victor Hurst Convocation.

Josh Bostwick, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University (Fluid Dynamics) Dr. Bostwick joined the department in 2016 following appointments as Golovin Assistant Professor at Northwestern University and postdoc researcher at NC State University. His research addresses fundamental problems in fluid transport with an emphasis on wetting and the interactions with soft substrates. More broadly, he is interested in […]

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Porter! Dr. Porter has won the SMD (Structural Materials Division) Young Leaders Professional Development Award for 2015. He was presented the award during the annual TMS (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society) meeting held in Orlando, FL on March 15-19. “As a relatively new and active member of TMS SMD, I […]

Clemson ME professor, Michael Porter, was published in the journal Science for his research with seahorse tails. This research could lead to new designs in robotics, which could be applied to build better search-and-rescue robots or bio-medical devices. It could also be applied to new types of stronger, more durable armor. Read the articles below […]

During the Artisphere festival, visitors were able to use audio files to create drawings using simple technology attached to a cell phone. Typically drawing robots are complicated systems which use stepper motors and microcontrollers, but CMERL Robot is simple, it’s controlled by any device with a headphone jack. The three wire protocol (Tip, Ring and […]

Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Summers! He has won the Esin Gulari Leadership and Service Award for 2015. The award recognizes college faculty who take on leadership and service responsibilities that require selfless commitment of time and effort. [More from the CES ceremony]

Congratulations to Dr. Richard S. Figliola! He has won the Centennial Professorship Award for 2015 and was named an Alumni Distinguished Professor at the 2015 Victor Hurst Convocation. About Dr. Figliola Richard Figliola is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering at Clemson University. He has served previously as ME Department Chair. In 2011, he […]

IGRSS researchers and graduate students (Julio Rodriguez, Tian Wang, Xinran Tao) presented the results of two studies regarding a military safe driving program and a portable driving performance system at SAE 2015 World Congress in Detroit, MI on April 21-23.