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After retiring, three-time Clemson alum, Dr. Perry Sprawls, Jr. ’56 (physics), has been featured in the Medical Physics International Journal.

http://www.mpijournal.org/pdf/2025-HE-11/MPI-2025-HE-11-1590.pdf

Rachel Conway ’19 published Earth’s ambipolar electrostatic field and its role in ion escape to space in the journal Nature. The research led to the first measurements of the Earth’s ambipolar field.

Fields graduated from Clemson University in 2022 with a BS in Physics and a minor in political science. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student and researcher at Columbia University and recently received the NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Program fellowship. She states that she “would not be where I am today without the amazing faculty in the physics department and College of Science at Clemson, so to them I am forever grateful.”

McDaniel graduated from Clemson University earning his Ph.D. in 1998, studying physics. He has recently been promoted to department chair of physics, engineering, and astronomy at Stephen F. Austin State University. 

After retiring and becoming Distinguished Emeritus Professor of the Emory University School of Medicine, Dr. Perry Sprawls, Jr. ’56 (physics), a three-time Clemson graduate creates a foundation to enhance medical education around the world: www.sprawls.org .

Perry Sprawls ’56, M ’61, Ph.D. ’68 (physics and electrical engineering) formed Sprawls Education Foundation to contribute to medical physics education around the world, with an emphasis on developing countries.

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