Physics and Astronomy Blog

Clemson teams sweep SC Quantathon, win trip to international competition

Several teams of Clemson University students competed in the first-ever SC Quantathon, a 24-hour quantum computing hackathon held in Columbia in October, winning in all categories, including the grand prize: a trip to Abu Dhabi in April for an international hackathon. Clemson sent four teams with 18 students from diverse disciplines, including computer science, physics, […]

Interest in aviation, physics fuels Abigail Poropatich’s career goals

Aviation runs in Abigail Poropatich’s family. Her parents worked as commercial airline pilots and she began taking flying lessons when she was 17 and is now pursuing her private pilot license. Poropatich will follow them into the aviation field. However, Poropatich looks to set a different course for her journey. The Clemson University senior who […]