Physics and Astronomy

Year: 2016

2016 Student Awards Ceremony held April 1st

May 18, 2016

2016 Student Awards Receipents

The Department of Physics & Astronomy honored this year’s departmental award recipients in its annual ceremony on April 1 and also acknowledged college-level and national scholarship awardees. Department awardees names are forwarded to the college for consideration in the CoES awards.  Department of Physics and Astronomy Outstanding Graduate Researcher: Girish Sharma Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant: […]

P & A senior Emily Thompson is awarded an NSF Graduate Fellowship

March 29, 2016

Emily Thompson, a graduating senior, is awarded an National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions. For the 2016 competition, NSF received close to […]

Dr. Feng Ding is awarded an NSF CAREER award

March 8, 2016

Dr. Feng Ding, Assistant Professor, is awarded an National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development grant for his work in nano-bio interactions. His award was featured in a post on the Clemson Newstand. Learn more about Dr. Ding’s research.

A Message from the Department Chair

January 6, 2016

Change is coming to Clemson Physics and Astronomy. The creation of a new College of Science is the most significant element of the university’s college reorganization plan. There are both opportunities and risks for Physics and Astronomy in this plan. We will move from the largest college to a relatively small one, with four other […]

Physics Department Incorporated into New College of Science

January 6, 2016

After twenty-one years in the College of Engineering and Science, Clemson Physics and Astronomy will move to the College of Science in 2016. We will join the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Genetics and Biochemistry, and Mathematical Sciences in the new college. This structure becomes official on July 1, 2016 for business, fiscal, and personnel […]