News

• Clemson faculty members receive Sigma Xi awards

  Clemson University faculty members Lesly Temesvari, professor of biological sciences, and Xuejun Wen, associate professor of bioengineering, have received the 2009 Sigma Xi annual Researcher of the Year awards from the Sigma Xi Clemson chapter. more ›

• Clemson student wins Dale Earnhardt Foundation scholarship

  Clemson University’s first motorsports innovation partner, the Dale Earnhardt Foundation, awarded its annual undergraduate scholarship to Michelle Phillips of Ellisville, Mo., a rising junior majoring in mechanical engineering. She is the first woman to receive the scholarship, which was created in Dale Earnhardt’s memory. more ›

• Clemson energy research gets boost with NSF CAREER Award

  Clemson University assistant professor of mechanical engineering Lin Ma has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study the science of turbulent combustion, the mode of combustion in many practical energy-generating devices. The project focuses on the study of turbulence-chemistry interactions using advanced laser-imaging techniques. more ›

• Researchers study the human factor in spread of pandemic illness

  Industrial engineers Sandra Garrett of Clemson University and Barrett Caldwell of Purdue University have proposed a new system to warn of an impending pandemic by monitoring signals in human behavior. The system could result in using a simple icon on a television screen to warn of future phases of an outbreak of an illness such as the flu. more ›

• Clemson students are Traffic Bowl champs for the fourth year in a row

  For the fourth year in a row, members of the Clemson University chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers are Traffic Bowl winners. They represented South Carolina and competed at the Southern District ITE Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Eight other university teams participated in the “Jeopardy” style competition known as the William H. Temple Scholarship Challenge that tests their road engineering mettle. more ›