Dr. Yanying Lu joined MSE on January 1, 2025, as a Joint Appointment (AuE) Assistant Professor. Before coming to Clemson, she was a staff scientist at Sylvatex Inc. Her specialty areas are ceramic engineering, composite materials, and battery material manufacturing.
Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Luiz Jacobsohn Named Associate Editor of Elsevier’s Journal, Optical Materials
Dr. Luiz Jacobsohn has been named Associate Editor of Optical Materials and its gold open-access mirror journal Optical Materials :X. This adds to his existing role as Associate Editor of Optica’s journal Optics Express.
Dr. Joshua Tong Awarded the McQueen Quattlebaum Faculty Achievement Award
Congratulations Dr. Joshua Tong on this well deserved award! To read more on the award go to https://news.clemson.edu/ten-faculty-member-honored-by-college-of-engineering-computing-and-applied-sciences/
Materials Advantage Officers Attend MS&T Conference.
MA officers (from left to right) Peyton Anderson, Jack Hoffler, Jakob Humphrey and Sara Dockins attended MS&T 24 in Pittsburg, PA. During their visit, they made many connections with students from various universities in the US and internationally. They attended various workshops and mixers and toured a steel mill. It was a great experience and […]
MSE Welcomes Dr. Peter Maksymovych
MSE Hosts Welcome/Welcome Back Picnic.
MSE had a great time hosting the welcome back picnic where General Engineering students had the chance to speak with faculty, staff, and MSE students to discover more about our program.
Congratulations to MSE Graduate Student Kristin Chapman!
Kristin Chapman a graduate student in Dr. John Ballato’s group was awarded the Dr. Samuel Blankenship Directed Energy Scholar Award. Congratulations on this accomplishment!
Congratulations Nyx Mashkow & Jack Hoffler!
2 MSE undergraduate students have won the Charles H. Stone Scholarship. This is a $6,000.00 scholarship given by AATCC which awards thousands of dollars per year to students studying in textile-related fields. Once again MSE congratulates Nyx Mashkow and Jack Hoffler! To read more about the AATCC Foundation click here.
MSE Student Annika DeVol Wins Multiple Honors
MSE student Annika DeVol has won multiple awards this year. She was named “Student of the Game”, The Materials Advantage Service Award, The Gilbert Robinson Research Award for the top undergraduate researcher and the highly prestigious NASA Astronaut Scholarship. Annika was presented her NASA Scholarship on April 24th by Astronaut and NASA Deputy Administrator (RET.) […]
Congratulations to 2023-2024 MSE Award Winners
Top MSE students were recognized at the MSE Honors and Awards Ceremony held on April 10th. The undergraduate award winners are: Annika Devol – G.C. Robinson Research Award Bridget Kilmer – Robert Knight Eaton Honor Award Peyton Anderson – Robert Bendheim Honor Award Ian Mozzola – Robert S. Small Award Jacson Hoffler – Hugh H. […]
MRS/OSA Hold 17th Annual Poster Competition
The 17th Annual MRS/OSA Poster Symposium took place at the Watt Center on March 28, 2024. MRS and Optica members did a fabulous job. Thank you to the many sponsors, judges, and students who helped make this a fabulous event! Graduate Level Winners: 1st Place: Rahul Rajeev 2nd Place: Soma Dixit 3rd Place: Cassie Simpson […]
MSE External Advisory Board Tours AMIC
The Spring 2024 External Advisory Board meeting was March 28, 2024. At this the Graduate and Undergraduate Student Organizations (Materials Advantage, Materials Research Society, and Optica) made presentations on goals for their organizations as well as received feedback from board members. The board also was updated on the status of the MSE department. The highlight […]
MRS / Optica to hold 17th Annual Poster Competition.
Dr. Raj Bordia featured in The American Ceramic Society Bulletin
Dr. Raj Bordia was recently featured in the American Ceramic Society Bulletin regarding his becoming president of ACerS. You can read the article in Vol. 103, No.1. Dr. Bordia was also interviewed by an editor of the American Ceramic Society. The link to the podcast is https://ceramictechchat.ceramics.org/974767/14318688-focusing-on-the-fundamentals-rajendra-bordia <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; […]
Annika DeVol Named Student of the Game
Congratulations to Annika DeVol on being named Student of the Game at the 9/23/23 football game!
