CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. RAJ BORDIA Dr. Bordia co-authored a 2017 paper in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society that is the 3rd most cited paper over the past 5 years. The paper is entitled “Current Understanding and Future Research Directions at the Onset of the Next Century of Sintering Science and Technology”. Click here […]
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MSE Announces the Fall 2021 Colloquium Series Schedule
Fall 2021 Colloquium Series
MSE Welcomes New Undergrads
Fall Semester has started and it’s a joy to see all the students back. On August 26th, MSE welcomed our newest addition of undergrads. New MSE students enjoyed pizza, conversation with other MSE students and faculty, and learned a lot about MSE and co-curricular opportunities to explore. Congratulations to Brown Davies who won the MSE […]
Dr. Kai He’s “Cool” Research is Making Headlines
Dr. Kai He and his research group are researching quantum spintronics and how it could allow computers to run faster while using less energy. Pictured here is Dr. He (center) and Ph.D. students Xiner Lu (left), and Hongkui Zheng (right). To read more on this “cool” research click here. To learn more about Dr. He’s […]
Dr. Kai He Presented with University, Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award
Dr. Kai He was one of seven faculty members presented with University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Awards (URSAAA). URSAAA recognizes high-achieving faculty who have earned national and international recognition in their fields; authored a paper that has garnered more than 1,000 citations; or expended more than $1 million on research in a fiscal year. Click […]
Congratulations to our MSE 2021 Graduates
Congratulations to the graduating class of 2021! Our fabulous MSE class of 2021 are featured in the video posted below. The 29 graduating Bachelor’s students had an average 3.55 cumulative GPA and 3.64 Engineering GPA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFzdfdwKAc8 Ceremony is 1 pm Saturday May, 8th 2021 streaming live https://tv.clemson.edu/
Laura Kinard Wins the Distinguished Graduate Student Staff Award
Congratulations to MSE Student Services Coordinator, Mrs. Laura Kinard! Laura won the Distinguished Graduate Student Staff Award and was recognized at the PhD Hooding Ceremony on May 5th. Laura is an excellent mentor to MSE students and is making an impact in MSE.
MSE May 2021 Newsletter
May 2021 Newsletter
MSE Hosts the 2021 Honors & Awards Ceremony
The MSE department hosted the 2021 MSE Honors & Awards on Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 5:45 pm on ZOOM. You may watch the awards ceremony at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D4kIFIVveI&t=253s 2021 Awardees are: Arabella Hunter – Robert Knight Eaton Honor Award Lauren Hogan – Robert Bendheim Honor Award Samuel Beckley & Christopher Bleyer – Robert Small Award Lauren […]
Dr. Steve Foulger Receives a Fulbright Award
Dr. Steve Foulger was awarded a highly prestigious Fulbright award to the Czech Republic. Dr. Foulger will develop and integrate his research in the field of polymeric optoelectronics into a collaboration between Tomas Bata University in Zlin , Charles University, and and the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (IMC), which is within the Czech Republic Academy of […]
MSE Students Take 1st Place
Congratulations Connor Logan and Lauren Hogan for winning 1st place in the University wide CI poster competition! Hydraulic Mechanism of Antenna Manipulation in Insects *Derasmo, A., *Hogan, L., *Logan, C., *Schmid, B., *Zadeh, A., Kornev, K. (2021, April). Hydraulic Mechanism of Antenna Manipulation in Insects. Poster presentation at Clemson University 16th Annual Focus on Creative […]
Fist Self-Cooling Laser Made with Silica Fiber
Dr. John Ballato, The J.E. Sirrine Chair in Optical Fiber in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering collaborated on ground breaking research in the development of the first self-cooling laser made with silica fiber. Please visit the article in PHYS.org to read about this incredible research. https://phys.org/news/2021-03-self-cooling-laser-silica-fiber.html?fbclid=IwAR2x-ghyCnC1xWPw0jqFAPP5ap_dO7etReFROjlF24sjCkbEGlnyhX8gTPE To read more about Dr. Ballato and […]
MSE April Newsletter
April Update Notable Achievements/Announcements John Ballato was awarded a courtesy joint appointment in the Department of Physics & Astronomy in the College of Science. New Proposals and Grants Proposals Awarded · Kyle Brinkman and Joshua Tong were awarded a grant from DOE ARPA-E entitled “Process Intensification Scale-U p of Direct LIT Electrolysis”. · Chris Cole was awarded […]
Dr. Igor Luzinov Featured on the DOE/Ames Lab Website
Polystyrene waste is everywhere, and it’s not biodegradable. Scientists just found a way to break it down. Recently, collaborative work by researchers in the Department of Energy’s Ames National lab and Dr. Igor Luzinov, the Kentwool Distinguished Professor in MSE was published in the New Journal of Chemistry and was featured on the DOE/Ames lab […]
MSE Welcomes Two New Faculty Members
Enrique Martinez Saez joined Clemson University as an associate professor with joint appointments in Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Saez earned a Ph.D. in 2008 from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Dr. Saez joined Clemson after previously serving as a research scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Saez’s research interests […]
