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New director of sponsored programs positions Clemson for success
March 26, 2013
Clemson University has named Sheila T. Lischwe director of sponsored programs in the Division of Research. Lischwe joins Clemson from Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Mo., where she was director of the Office of Research Development and Services.
Read More »Researchers seek insects everywhere in South Carolina, even the zoo
March 7, 2013
When Clemson University field biologist Peter Adler wants to discover new species or study the interaction of insects and exotic animals, he doesn’t have to travel far. Instead of heading to the vast grasslands of Africa, the teeming river deltas of Asia or the torrid rainforests of South America, Adler and his students hop in his truck and drive to the swamps and rivers in South Carolina or the zoos in Greenville or Columbia.
Read More »Clemson's Intelligent Farm research aims to help farmers' decision-making
February 26, 2013
One of civilization’s most ancient occupations is hoeing a new row in the digital age. Farmers for centuries checked their crops by picking up handfuls of soil, walking fields looking for insects or disease and watching the weather. Today, Clemson University researchers are working to create the Intelligent Farm. It will use computers, satellites, field sensors and cell towers to provide real-time information to improve decision-making and enhance farm prosperity, environmental sustainability and food security.
Read More »Clemson researchers to assist SCDOT in improving construction site water quality
February 19, 2013
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has turned to Clemson University water quality researchers to help ensure that it meets future federal requirements to limit the discharge of pollutants from construction sites.
Read More »Clemson teams up with CBS affiliate to cover Super Bowl XLVII
February 1, 2013
Students and faculty from the department of communication studies at Clemson University will provide a unique service to 7 On Your Side (WSPA TV) from the university’s Social Media Listening Center Sunday, Feb. 3, as millions of people watch the Super Bowl.
Read More »Clemson researchers to study oil and gas operations' impact on Gulf pelicans
January 29, 2013
A federal agency has turned to Clemson University’s South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to collect data that will help it assess the environmental impact of oil and natural gas operations on the marine and coastal environments of the northern Gulf of Mexico’s outer continental shelf.
Read More »Clemson researchers: What happens to peaches when the chill is gone?
January 24, 2013
The warmer-than-normal temperatures of 2012 — the fourth warmest year on record in South Carolina — signal potential challenges for growers of the state’s best-known fruit. Peaches need cold weather to produce flowers and fruit. What happens when the chill is gone?
Read More »New magazine highlights Clemson student research
January 10, 2013
Clemson University has launched a new magazine, Decipher, to highlight research done by students in Creative Inquiry, a program that provides opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in research to tackle real-world problems.
Read More »Clemson, ArborGen testing poplars as bioenergy sources
December 19, 2012
Scientists at two of South Carolina’s most recognized names in forestry and biofuels research plan to find out if poplar trees grown in South Carolina have a role in the nation’s bioenergy future.
Read More »Clemson University graduate students’ solution may solve voter wait-time issue
December 14, 2012
The times some voters had to wait to cast ballots became a big issue during the 2012 election, even prompting President Barack Obama to reference it in his acceptance speech, saying, “We have to fix that.” Clemson University graduate students went to work and came up with what they believe is a solution.
Read More »Clemson's COMSET partners with OFS for fiber optic research lab
December 3, 2012
OFS Laboratories is teaming with Clemson University’s Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), to create fiber optics research space in the Clemson’s Advanced Materials Research Laboratory.
Read More »Clemson researchers to monitor, restore historic campus creek
November 26, 2012
A Clemson University Experiment Station grant of more than $100,000 will enable researchers to monitor and restore part of an historic creek that flows through and around the campus.
Read More »NSF awards two grants to Clemson’s Social Media Listening Center
November 15, 2012
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Clemson’s Social Media Listening Center two grants to conduct research for better collecting, analyzing, and extracting meaning from the social web.
Read More »Clemson professor receives grant to study how toxicants affect health, environment
October 30, 2012
William S. Baldwin, a Clemson University metabolic toxicologist and professor in the biological sciences department, has received a three-year grant to continue his research on how industrial chemicals and other toxicants affect environmental and human health.
Read More »Clemson I-Corps Teams march to the head of the pack
October 11, 2012
Clemson University College of Engineering and Science I-Corps teams took the top two spots in a presentation competition in Atlanta.
Read More »Paper, plastic or reusable? Grocery bags go under the Clemson microscope
October 9, 2012
In the United States alone, billions of plastic, paper and nonwoven fabric grocery bags are used every year. After they are used or reused, most are recycled or go into landfills. Sometimes, they are disposed of improperly and become litter. Clemson researchers will study the impact of grocery bag materials on the environment through research funded by Hilex Poly, LLC. The company has awarded $179,864 to the university for an analysis of the environmental impact of the most commonly used grocery bags.
Read More »NSF funds Clemson research of mobile technology for perioperative services
October 9, 2012
Three Clemson University professors have received $797,066 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate how the use of mobile technology can improve coordination in perioperative services.
Read More »S.C. offshore wind farm would generate thousands of jobs, Clemson study shows
October 4, 2012
A wind farm off South Carolina’s coast could generate thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in wages and state and local government revenues, a Clemson University study says.
Read More »Clemson introduces first medical device reprocessing certificate program
October 2, 2012
Clemson University has established the first program to train engineers to recycle and reprocess medical devices. The Medical Device Recycling and Reprocessing Certificate Program offered by the Clemson University Biomedical Engineering Innovation Campus (CUBEInC) was developed in response to the dramatic market adoption of reprocessing in recent years.
Read More »Clemson forest ecologist predicts fall colors in the Carolinas may peak early
September 28, 2012
Leaf lookers hoping to observe the symphony of fall colors at its most vibrant might want to get a head start. Victor Shelburne, professor emeritus of forestry and natural resources at Clemson University’s School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences, sees signs that peak color may arrive a bit early to the Carolinas this year.
Read More »Researchers examine bias among sports journalists on Twitter
September 27, 2012
Sports journalists covering the Penn State sex abuse scandal posted commentary on Twitter that was inherently biased, Clemson University and University of Louisville researchers say.
Read More »NSF awards $1.2 million grant to Clemson professor for energy storage research
September 20, 2012
Clemson University physics professor Apparao Rao has received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore the use of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage.
Read More »Clemson marine biologist seeks genetic pearls in oyster DNA
September 19, 2012
The drab shell of an oyster is complex and the animal that lives inside can adapt to stressful living conditions, according to a team of marine biologists, including a Clemson University researcher, that identified and catalogued the genes of the Pacific oyster. Their research is published in the journal Nature this week.
Read More »Clemson psychology professor conducts sleep research at Vienna university
September 19, 2012
Clemson University Alumni Distinguished Professor of psychology June Pilcher returned recently from Austria, where she worked with University of Vienna researchers to study ways college students’ sleep habits affect how they function socially.
Read More »As invading kudzu bugs spread, scientists and farmers plan counterattack
September 14, 2012
The good news is, we can kill them. The bad news is, it'll cost us. And the damage they do in the meantime will cost even more. Kudzu bugs, first discovered northeast of Atlanta three years ago, have swept through Georgia and the Carolinas. The invading Asian insects leave destruction in their wake -- especially to soybeans, a staple crop for farmers. For that reason, Greene hosted a national conference at Clemson's Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, S.C. this week, drawing agricultural scientists and farmers to plan the counterattack.
Nation mobilizes against invading kudzu bug with Clemson conference
September 7, 2012
A sneak attack in Georgia three years ago gave the bean plataspid — an invasive insect locally known as the kudzu bug — its first foothold in the United States. But scientists, farmers and agriculture experts have mobilized to fight back. They're devising strategy in a national conference Tuesday, Sept. 11, at Clemson University's Edisto Research and Education Center in Blackville, S.C.
Read More »Clemson plant pathologist working to raise cucurbit yields, lower production costs
September 5, 2012
Growers of pickling cucumbers and other crops susceptible to infection by downy mildew may someday benefit from higher yields and lower production costs thanks to collaborative research by Clemson University’s School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences (SAFES) and North Carolina State University.
Read More »Clemson Experiment Station funds arsenic study
August 29, 2012
The Clemson University Experiment Station has approved funding for research on arsenic in water resources. A worldwide problem, there are coastal areas in South Carolina with above-average levels of naturally occurring arsenic.
Read More »Turfgrass industry leaders participate in Clemson field day
August 28, 2012
Clemson University turfgrass researchers presented the latest and most effective research-based turf management protocols to approximately 130 turfgrass industry leaders and golf course superintendents from across the state of South Carolina during the Clemson University Turfgrass Research and Education Field Day on Aug. 14.
Read More »Clemson’s Pee Dee center establishes innovative agricultural program
August 21, 2012
FLORENCE — Clemson University has established a program that will foster development of the Pee Dee region’s agricultural economy and provide lasting statewide benefits.
Read More »Clemson researchers make optical fibers from common materials
August 13, 2012
Clemson researchers are taking common materials to uncommon places by transforming easily obtainable and affordable materials into fiber.
Read More »Clemson, Coastal Carolina to set hundreds of sensors in Savannah River
August 9, 2012
Clemson University researchers are teaming up with Coastal Carolina University colleagues to deploy and monitor hundreds of sensors along the Savannah River to gather data for the $4-million Intelligent River project.
Read More »Clemson researchers collect and reuse enzymes while maintaining bioactivity
August 8, 2012
Clemson University researchers are collecting and harvesting enzymes while maintaining the enzyme’s bioactivity. Their work, a new model system that may impact cancer research, is published in the journal Small.
Read More »Clemson receives grant to advance key surgical procedure
August 7, 2012
A collaboration involving a Clemson University institute that leads research and education in advanced biomaterials and tissue fabrication has received a National Science Foundation grant to advance an increasingly favored surgical procedure.
Read More »Clemson bioengineering Ph.D. student wins back-to-back fellowships
July 30, 2012
Clemson University doctoral student Emily Ongstad was awarded the National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Bioengineering Pre-Doctoral fellowship and the American Heart Association fellowship.
Read More »Clemson experts look to offset corn costs for cattlemen
July 25, 2012
Clemson cattle researchers see green pastures as a way for ranchers and consumers to cope with the costs of the 2012 corn fizzle. Scientists are investigating pasture-finished beef, where cattle grow to market size on grasses instead of feedlot corn.
Read More »Clemson researchers transform machine to make runways safer
July 24, 2012
Clemson researchers redesigned and modified a mobile drill press to retrofit a section of a runway that halts overrun aircraft, ultimately minimizing aircraft damage and passenger injury.
Read More »Clemson researcher: humanizing computer aids affects trust, dependence
July 17, 2012
Computerized aids that include person-like characteristics can influence trust and dependence among adults, according to a Clemson University researcher.
Read More »Clemson University spinoff company to commercialize advanced genetic technology
July 10, 2012
A new company emerging from Clemson University research aims to commercialize innovative genetic sensing technology, according to the university Research Foundation.
Read More »Clemson scientist to chair special workshop for the International Crop Science Congress
July 9, 2012
Clemson University scientist Chittaranjan Kole has been selected to chair a special international workshop on Genomics and Breeding of Climate Resilient Crops for Future Food Security for the International Crop Science Congress Aug. 6-10 in Brazil.
Read More »Youngevity Essential Life Sciences begins clinical studies at Clemson University
July 5, 2012
Youngevity Essential Life Sciences, a global direct marketer of lifestyle and nutritional products and gourmet healthy coffee, will begin a series of clinical research studies at Clemson University’s Institute of Nutraceutical Research
Read More »Clemson hosts environmental leaders for Intelligent River project
June 6, 2012
National and state environmental experts and legislative leaders will come to Clemson University June 12-13 to help focus the Intelligent River macroscope, a computer-based research instrument to study very large areas. The macroscope will be used to study the 312-mile length of the Savannah River.
Read More »Clemson research to advance archaeological iron conservation
May 23, 2012
Scientists with the Warren Lasch Conservation Center at the Clemson University Restoration Institute will receive a share of a $235,000 grant from the National Park Service’s Preservation Technology and Training Program to improve metals conservation in a sustainable way.
Read More »Clemson professor awarded nearly $600,000 4-year grant to study language of plants
May 14, 2012
Clemson University researcher Julia Frugoli has received $132,769 as the first installment of a nearly $600,000 four-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue her study of how plant roots and shoots communicate with each other to control their growth and development.
Read More »Clemson University launches new research magazine
April 16, 2012
Clemson University Monday unveiled a new magazine designed to give thousands of readers a look behind the scenes of a major research university. The magazine, titled glimpse, not only will cover scientific research, but scholarship and creative achievement campuswide, according to Gerald Sonnenfeld, vice president for research.
Read More »Clemson scientist receives NIH grant to continue study of deadly tropical disease
April 2, 2012
Clemson University researcher James Morris received a $360,079 competitive renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue his study of Trypanosoma brucei, the single-celled parasite that causes African sleeping sickness.
Read More »Clemson physicists will launch rockets this month to study high-level winds
March 8, 2012
When Clemson University physicists Miguel Larsen and Gerald Lehmacher study high-altitude winds, you may be able to catch a glimpse of the research yourself. On a clear night in late March, five NA... Read More »
Astrophysicists from Clemson and Europe unmask a black hole
February 24, 2012
A study of X-rays emitted a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away has unmasked a stellar mass black hole in Andromeda, a spiral galaxy about 2.6 million light-years from Earth. Two Clemson University researchers joined an an international team of astronomers, including scientists at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, in publishing their findings in a pair of scientific journals this week.
Read More »Report on Pell Grants emphasizes the importance of equal opportunity in higher education
February 23, 2012
CLEMSON, S.C. — New findings suggest that issues related to the cost-effectiveness of the Pell Grant program may be secondary when compared to the mission and objectives of student financial aid assistance programs.
Read More »Study highlights importance of encouraging academic self-concepts for STEM students’ development
February 17, 2012
CLEMSON, S.C. — Understanding and encouraging academic self-concepts of African-American male STEM students may lead to better time-management strategies, improved grades, and confidence and success in the classroom, according to a recent study.
Read More »Planning may help prevent ‘spectator rage’ at sporting events, Clemson researchers say
February 8, 2012
Sports teams and stadium managers may be able to prevent spectator rage that leads to violence at sporting events by creating a comprehensive plan in advance, according to a study by researchers at Clemson and Stetson universities.
Read More »Clemson professor named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
January 31, 2012
Apparao Rao, a physics professor at Clemson University, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Read More »Rainy, cool spring may create 'perfect storm' for strawberries, Clemson researcher says
January 9, 2012
A Clemson University plant disease researcher has disturbing news for Southeastern strawberry growers. Research data show that the fungus causing gray mold in strawberries has become completely resistant to some important pesticides that producers have been relying on for years.
Read More »Clemson students to showcase digital auto cockpit at international show
January 9, 2012
Clemson University automotive engineering and computing students will showcase their latest advances in automotive engineering at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show.
Read More »Clemson food safety specialist awarded grant to help children avoid food illness
December 20, 2011
A Clemson University food safety scientist has received nearly $543,000 to study conditions for the spread of norovirus in the elementary school environment.
Read More »Clemson's John Ballato named Fellow of optical society
November 21, 2011
John Ballato, a professor of materials science and engineering and director of the Clemson University Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies (COMSET), has been named a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, a leading academic and trade association for optics and photonics.
Read More »Upstate employment shifts to hospitality, health, Clemson study shows
November 15, 2011
Upstate South Carolina’s economy is shifting, and it appears to be heading in the right direction, a Clemson University study shows.
Read More »Clemson to lead Kenyan delegation on automotive safety tour
November 4, 2011
A delegation from the Republic of Kenya will come to Clemson University Nov. 7-12 to study methods to improve automotive safety in the East African nation. Hassan Ole Kamwaro, chairman of Kenya's Transport Licensing Board, will examine automotive safety from many angles, touring Michelin facilities in the Upstate as well as the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Department of Motor Vehicles and Traffic Law Enforcement Training Academy in Columbia. Kim Alexander, executive director of the Clemson University Automotive Safety Research Institute, is hosting the visit.
Read More »Clemson researcher says high blood pressure may lead to missed emotional cues
November 3, 2011
Your ability to recognize emotional content in faces and texts is linked to your blood pressure, according to a Clemson University researcher.
Read More »Clemson institute receives breast cancer-research grant
October 25, 2011
The Avon Foundation for Women has awarded the Clemson University Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering (IBIOE) a second grant for medical research related to breast cancer procedures.
Read More »Clemson’s Intelligent River to monitor Savannah River water quality
October 20, 2011
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $3 million to Clemson University to design, develop and deploy a basinwide network of computerized sensors to monitor water quality along the entire length of the Savannah River.
Read More »USDA awards Clemson researcher $50,000 for work in specialty crops
October 19, 2011
A Clemson University horticulture researcher was awarded one of 29 USDA grants across 19 states to develop and share science-based tools to address the needs of America’s specialty crop industry.
Read More »Filipi to join CU-ICAR in Timken chair
October 11, 2011
Zoran S. Filipi will join Clemson University as the Timken Endowed Chair in Vehicle Design and Development Jan. 1.
Read More »Clemson automotive engineering professor receives governor's award
October 5, 2011
Laine Mears, assistant professor of automotive engineering at Clemson University, has received the 2011 South Carolina Governor’s Young Researcher Award for Excellence in Scientific Research.
Read More »Clemson, Hitachi unveil state-of-the-art electron microscope
October 3, 2011
Clemson University’s Advanced Materials Research Laboratory now has one of the world’s most-advanced electron microscopes that will further the university’s leadership in nanotechnology and materials research.
Read More »Offshoring can endanger pharmaceutical quality, Clemson researcher says
September 29, 2011
The over-the-counter or prescription medication provided in the United States may not be as safe as consumers are led to believe, according to the research findings of Aleda Roth, the Burlington Industries Professor of Supply Chain Management at Clemson University.
Read More »Scientists at Clemson, Lehigh discover possible key to a mysterious metal failure
September 28, 2011
Studying images of the very boundaries where atoms meet, a team of Clemson University and Lehigh University researchers has gained an atomic-level understanding of a spectacular form of metal failure, yielding clues to its causes that have eluded science for a century.
Read More »Clemson graduate student recognized in Nikon microphotography competition
September 28, 2011
Clemson University graduate student Poulomi Ray, a student in biological sciences, had two microphotography entries chosen among the top 115 images out of thousands of submissions in Nikon’s Small World Microphotography Competition.
Read More »Clemson biochemists identify new genetic code repair tool
September 27, 2011
Clemson University researchers recently reported finding a new class of DNA repair-makers.
Read More »Federal grant creates 'sustainable vehicle systems' center at CU-ICAR
September 26, 2011
The Clemson University automotive engineering program has received a $1 million competitive award from the U.S. Department of Energy that will create a center for research and education in "sustainable vehicle systems." Clemson President James F. Barker announced the award Monday at the Automotive Transatlantic Summit at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR).
Read More »Clemson researchers using interactive vision tool for driving studies
September 14, 2011
Researchers at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) and the psychology department have partnered with Perceptual Testing Inc. of San Diego to study the relationship between visual function, muscular coordination and driving.
Read More »Clemson University peach specialist unveils CaroTiger, something to roar about
September 12, 2011
Celebrating the end to a successful peach season, Clemson University peach specialist Desmond Layne announced the naming of a new peach cultivar — CaroTiger. The fourth in the “Caro” — for South Carolina — series, this late-season peach will be available to growers in January 2013.
Read More »Powered by seaweed: Polymer from algae may improve battery performance
September 8, 2011
By looking to Mother Nature for solutions, researchers have identified a promising new binder material for lithium-ion battery electrodes that could not only boost energy storage, but also eliminate the use of toxic compounds now used in manufacturing the components. Known as alginate, the material is extracted from common, fast-growing brown algae. The research, a collaboration between scientists and engineers at Clemson University and Georgia Tech, is being reported Thursday in Science Express.
Read More »Clemson University appoints export control officer
September 7, 2011
Tamara L. Hemingway has been appointed to the position of export control officer in Clemson University’s Research Division.
Read More »Clemson University institute receives $1.5 million in-kind software gift
August 25, 2011
Clemson University researchers will find ways to make living at home safer for aging and vulnerable people with help from a $1.5 million in-kind software gift from Siemens PLM Software to the Institute for Intelligent Materials, Systems and Environments (CUiMSE).
Read More »Genetic markers show something fishy with certified Chilean sea bass sales
August 22, 2011
Clemson University population biologist Peter Marko and his colleagues have found that not all certified Chilean sea bass are what they are claimed to be. Some fish sold in stores are not from the fishing grounds certified as sustainable, and some are not Chilean sea bass at all.
Read More »CU-ICAR, SCTAC partner to develop next-generation transportation systems
August 9, 2011
Two of Upstate South Carolina’s foremost economic development teams have partnered to drive research into next-generation clean transportation systems and develop an innovative mobility initiative.
Read More »Clemson University receives $2.4 million to study cause of food-borne illness
August 3, 2011
Clemson University has received the first year of funding of a five-year $2.43 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to study human noroviruses — the most common cause of food-borne disease, responsible for more than five million cases in the United States every year.
Read More »Clemson University researchers are making every bite count
August 2, 2011
Two Clemson University researchers seek to make diners mindful of mindless eating. Psychology professor Eric Muth and electrical and computer engineering professor Adam Hoover have created the Bite Counter, a measurement device that will make it easier for people to monitor how much they eat.
Read More »Biophysicist studies electrostatics, which may hold the key to the body's cell interactions
July 14, 2011
Clemson University biophysicist Emil Alexov is designing software to help determine how the tiny electrostatic charges in the molecules in the human body interact with one another — a precursor to understanding how those interactions contribute to disease. Sponsored by five-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a part of the National Institutes of Health, the project is an international collaboration with the Italian Institute of Technology.
Read More »Clemson and DriveSafety create new driving simulator for rehabilitation
July 13, 2011
Clemson University researchers, working with simulation technology company DriveSafety, have developed a new driving simulator designed for patient rehabilitation that now is being used at 11 Army, Navy and Veterans Affairs facilities.
Read More »At Watermelon Field Day, the numbers add up
July 7, 2011
More than 200 people attended the 2011 Watermelon Field Day at Clemson’s Edisto Research and Education Center where they learned that watermelons are a valuable crop in the Palmetto State.
Read More »Clemson University and The University of Queensland form biofuels research partnership
June 27, 2011
Two of the world’s leading research universities have entered into a memorandum of understanding to exchange research and create a framework for a biofuels development program. Clemson University and The University of Queensland, Australia, jointly will pursue means of public and private funding to advance biofuel research and commercialization, and further development and commercialization in ethanol and biodiesel production.
Read More »New not-so-sweet potato resists pests and disease
June 21, 2011
Scientists from Clemson University and the USDA Agricultural Research Service have developed a new variety of not-so-sweet potato, called Liberty.
Read More »Clemson University research team to lead accessible voting technology project
June 7, 2011
A Clemson University research team has been chosen by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to lead a national effort to make voting systems more accessible.
Read More »Professor uses fellowship to enhance study of Southern soldiers
May 23, 2011
A Clemson University historian is exploring the role of Southern soldiers in the Mexican-American war. Rachel Moore, assistant professor of history, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching Development Fellowship for the fall 2011 semester.
Read More »Clemson University art professor awarded Fulbright-Hays grant
May 19, 2011
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Clemson University’s Valerie Zimany a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad grant to be a visiting researcher at the Institute of Art and Design of Kanazawa College of Art in Kanazawa, Japan.
Read More »Clemson University engineers propose 'connected vehicle' systems
May 16, 2011
Joachim Taiber hears the call of the open road. He wants your car to hear it, too. Taiber, a Clemson University engineering professor, envisions the day when cars and drivers and highways all speak the same language; an interconnected world where wireless devices make driving safer, more efficient and more convenient.
Read More »Clemson University institute to study 'vertical farming' feasibility in Charleston
May 10, 2011
Clemson University’s Institute of Applied Ecology received EPA funding to develop a design-feasibility study to build a "vertical farm" in downtown Charleston.
Read More »Anger on Sept. 11, 2001, was over-reported, Clemson University psychologist says
May 10, 2011
Cindy Pury, a professor of psychology at Clemson University, has determined that Americans weren’t as angry as most might think following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Her findings will be published this week in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Read More »Clemson University's Karen Burg elected president of scientific society
May 9, 2011
Clemson University bioengineering professor Karen Burg has been elected president of the Society For Biomaterials, a professional society for scientists and engineers who study cells, tissues and organs and their interactions with natural and synthetic materials, including implanted prosthetic devices.
Read More »Four inducted into Clemson Academy of Engineers and Scientists
May 2, 2011
The Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineers and Scientists at Clemson University inducted four new members for 2011.
Clemson University researcher: Don’t overestimate your driving ability
April 26, 2011
Multitasking may be a useful skill in the office, but don’t try it behind the wheel of a vehicle, a Clemson University researcher says.
Read More »Better design decisions make energy-efficient buildings, Clemson University researcher says
April 19, 2011
In the search for better ways to make more energy-efficient buildings, Leidy Klotz isn't exactly looking for ways to improve the engineering. He's seeking ways to improve the engineer. "The basic idea is to help engineers make better decisions in building design," Klotz, an assistant professor of civil engineering at Clemson University, said of his research.
Read More »Geophysicists converge on Charleston to address crises in near-surface region of Earth
April 7, 2011
An international Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems in Charleston next week brings together several hundred geophysicists, engineers and other scientists to discuss the science behind earthquakes, drought and other natural disasters. Among the featured speakers is Clemson University engineering professor Stephen Moysey, who will address work he performed in India to study scarce water resources.
Read More »Capturing, storing carbon dioxide from coal burning is essential, energy official says
April 7, 2011
Research and development of ways to capture and store excess carbon dioxide is essential if U.S. industries expect to continue to burn coal, an official of the Southern States Energy Board told scientists at a Clemson University science symposium Thursday.
Read More »Clemson researchers launch website to identify abandoned residential construction sites
March 29, 2011
The public can help Clemson University researchers identify abandoned residential construction sites using a new interactive online tool at www.abandoneddevelopments.com.
Read More »Don’t shuffle on slippery surfaces, Clemson University, Charleston researchers say
March 24, 2011
Biomechanics researchers Timothy Higham of Clemson University and Andrew Clark of the College of Charleston conclude that moving quickly in a forward, firm-footed stance across a slippery surface is less likely to lead to a fall than if you move slowly.
Read More »Clemson University team in Argentina to study pasture-fed beef production
March 23, 2011
Four animal scientists and a graduate student from the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences and three Clemson Extension agents are in Argentina to learn more about grass-fed, sustainable livestock production.
Read More »Three US Play Coalition grants will fund new research on the value of play
March 14, 2011
The US Play Coalition ended its second international gathering of play enthusiasts by getting serious about scholarship. The coalition awarded $9,000 in grants for scholars to purse projects that will advance understanding of the value of play.
Read More »Scientists search for new fuels from common, if unlikely, sources
March 3, 2011
In labs across South Carolina, scientists are teaming up to find ways to use microbes to create a new fuel to replace gasoline in cars and light trucks.
Read More »Agreements establishes Southeast Urban Park and Recreation Laboratory
March 3, 2011
Clemson University's parks, recreation and tourism management (PRTM) department and the Greenville County Recreation District have announced plans for the development of the Southeast Urban Park and Recreation Laboratory.
Read More »Clemson University hosts conference on environmental risks to sea eagles
February 28, 2011
A conference at Clemson University this week brings together 20 of the world’s leading sea eagle researchers to discuss what the birds reveal about the global environment.
Read More »Clemson University expert gets $850,000 for strawberry disease research
February 14, 2011
A Clemson University plant disease scientist received $850,000 to help growers deal with strawberry diseases.
Read More »Clemson University sociologist publishes research on religion and adolescents
February 8, 2011
Religion plays an important role in the lives of teenagers, according to the findings published in the book “A Faith of their Own: Stability and Change in the Religiosity of America’s Adolescents,” co-written by Melinda Lundquist Denton, an assistant professor of sociology at Clemson University.
Read More »Michelin gift spurs automotive electronics research at CU-ICAR
February 1, 2011
As part of its ongoing partnership with the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), Michelin Americas Research Co. donated the facility high-performance equipment to advance research to improve the safety of automobiles featuring electronic communications systems.
Read More »Technology protects cotton from caterpillar’s appetite
February 1, 2011
The furry-looking insects start their development smaller than the head of a pin, but the caterpillars soon develop an appetite for cotton as big as the crop. To demonstrate the insects’ destructive power, Clemson University entomologist Jeremy Greene planted two cotton varieties — one genetically modified to provide protection from caterpillars, one not — in a demonstration field at the Edisto Research and Education Center.
Read More »Santee Cooper, EFI and Clemson announce landmark renewable energy project for state
January 31, 2011
Officials with Santee Cooper, Environmental Fabrics Inc. and Clemson University Monday announced the construction of a new renewable energy facility, the first of its kind in South Carolina, that will generate power from methane gas captured at a Williamsburg County farm and deliver it to electric customers on the Santee Cooper system.
Read More »Grant supports Clemson research on why few veterans get mental health help
January 25, 2011
Clemson University psychology professor Thomas Britt has received a $1.15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to research why so few military personnel seek mental health treatment.
Read More »Clemson astronomers help shed light on gamma-ray burst mystery
December 16, 2010
For more than a decade, scientists have puzzled over a dark mystery in distant galaxies: Why are some gamma-ray bursts — the brightest electromagnetic events known in the universe — are accompanied by visible "afterglows" of radiation, while others aren't? Now a Clemson professor and a doctoral student in physics and astronomy have helped discover the answer.
Read More »Motion sickness a reality in the virtual world, too
December 14, 2010
Clemson University psychologist Eric Muth sees motion sickness as potential fallout from high-end technology that once was limited to the commercial marketplace moving to consumer use in gaming devices.
Read More »Broccoli project grows the economy
December 3, 2010
Broccoli isn't just good for nutrition. It's also good for South Carolina farmers and for cleaner air. Clemson Extension is working with growers to add the new crop in a USDA research project.
Read More »Hospitals, medical technology manufacturer team up to fund biomedical research
November 18, 2010
Hospitals across South Carolina joined with a major medical technology manufacturer in a pilot program to help fund biomedical research at three state universities. Six hospitals have joined Stryker Corporation, one of the world's largest providers of medical technology, to help fund the Bioengineering Alliance of South Carolina, a consortium representing scientists at Clemson University, the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina.
Read More »Clemson hires new Musser Farm manager
November 17, 2010
The journey from the highlands of Ethiopia to foothills of South Carolina have provided a bounty of experience for Jeff Hopkins, the new manager of Clemson University's Musser Fruit Research Center. One thing he’s learned is how to make a good cup of coffee.
Read More »Researcher will study plutonium underground for Energy Department
November 10, 2010
Environmental scientists at Clemson University have received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study how plutonium, a byproduct of used nuclear fuel, interacts with soil.
Read More »Bioengineering class takes on real-world problems
October 27, 2010
Today's headlines seem eerily familiar to John DesJardins' bioengineering students. Cholera outbreaks were the subject of a class assignment in DesJardins' bioengineering design course at Clemson University last fall semester — months before current cholera crises claimed thousands of lives in Haiti and Nigeria.
Read More »Clemson ends fiscal 2010 with highest research funding ever
October 14, 2010
Clemson University Vice President for Research Gerald Sonnenfeld gave the board of trustees' Research and Economic Development Committee good news at Thursday's meeting. Total research funding for fiscal 2010, which ended June 30, was the highest in the University's history: $187,292,161.
Read More »Researcher receives $400,000 to continue study of genetically modified plants
September 29, 2010
The U.S. Department of Agriculture funds Clemson University molecular biologist Hong Luo's research on how to improve plants without turning them into environmental problems. The USDA recently awarded Luo $400,000 to continue his work.
Read More »Clemson University honors Duke Energy with innovation center naming
September 24, 2010
A new facility under construction at the Clemson University Advanced Materials Center in Anderson County will be named the Duke Energy Innovation Center, Clemson President James F. Barker announced Friday.
Read More »$1.2 million grant to support Clemson precision agriculture cotton research
September 23, 2010
Clemson University will lead a groundbreaking multistate, multidisciplinary study of key precision agriculture technology after receiving a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Read More »Biochemist studies DNA repair with more than $780,000 in grants
September 20, 2010
A Clemson biochemist has received grants totaling more than $780,000 to study how cells repair damaged DNA, which can cause cancer and genetic illnesses.
Read More »Innovate Anderson, Clemson University ready to grow advanced materials industry
September 16, 2010
Anderson County today announced its strategy to aggressively pursue the advanced materials industry with the unveiling of its master plan for the Clemson University Advanced Materials Center (CU-AMC).
Read More »New equipment can help researchers brew biofuel
September 7, 2010
A new piece of equipment for the Clemson University biosystems engineering program will help researchers conduct novel research on new biomass sources, such as algae and fungi, that may supply biofuels of the future.
Read More »Scientists seek integrated control strategy for scale insects
September 7, 2010
A USDA Southern Regional Integrated Pest Management grant will fund Clemson University research to find an effective and environmentally friendly control for scale insects in ornamentals.
Read More »Clemson’s agriculture and forestry research and education centers are ‘high priority’
September 2, 2010
John Kelly, Clemson's vice president for economic development and public service and agriculture, said Thursday at the Edisto Research and Education Center’s annual Fall Field Day that the off-campus agriculture sites are stamped “high priority” by the university administration.
Read More »Clemson receives computer graphics research center designation
August 31, 2010
Clemson University has been designated a Compute Unified Device Architecture Research Center by NVIDIA Corp., an international developer and manufacturer of integrated circuits and computer graphics processing units.
Read More »Nanomaterials environmental impact conference to be at Clemson
August 12, 2010
The next huge advance in technology will be really, really small. Nanotechnology — the manipulation of materials and processes at the atomic level — is a key part of the next industrial revolution. Clemson University is hosting Nano2010, an international conference of scientists whose research will help us understand how nanotechnology will affect our world.
Read More »Clemson $2 million gift pledge comes with a challenge
August 4, 2010
Clemson University has received a $2 million pledge from a private foundation to help fund an endowed chair in human genetics. But it comes with a challenge: University officials and state leaders will have to work together to address the needed state match requirement to receive the gift.
Read More »Clemson professor named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
July 27, 2010
Ken Marcus, a professor of analytical chemistry at Clemson University, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Europe's largest professional and academic society for chemistry.
Read More »Clemson gets $1.4 million to improve cyberinfrastructure for S.C. researchers
July 15, 2010
The Clemson University Research Foundation received $1,431,340 from the National Science Foundation to support the university’s effort to improve and maintain cyberinfrastructure in South Carolina.
Read More »Clemson computer engineering professor receives $200,000 Microsoft award
July 15, 2010
Haiying Shen, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Clemson University, has won a $200,000 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship grant for her work in distributed computing.
Read More »Clemson students benefit from wind-energy research internships
July 14, 2010
As Clemson University undergraduate Leigh Allison prepares to start her sophomore year, the 19-year-old civil engineering major is spending her summer gaining valuable hands-on experience on a scale she could not receive anywhere else in the world.
Read More »Computing professor selected for National Science Foundation advisory committee
July 6, 2010
Juan Gilbert, a professor in the Clemson University School of Computing, has been selected to serve on the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Advisory Committee of the National Science Foundation.
Read More »Clemson awarded $360,000 by Philip Morris International
June 23, 2010
Philip Morris International has awarded $360,000 to Clemson University for tobacco research. The money will be used to hire a plant scientist and to build test facilities, enabling research that will help reduce grower costs.
Read More »Clemson University to host World Conference on Carbon in July
June 23, 2010
"Carbon2010: The Annual World Conference on Carbon" brings more than 400 scientists and engineers to Clemson's Madren Conference Center July 11-16. Delegates from 50 countries will attend more than 500 lectures and discussions of the element's use in nanomaterials, fibers and composites, medicine, energy, microelectronics and dozens of other fields.
Read More »Clemson University to create endowed chair in sustainable development
June 16, 2010
Clemson University has established the Center of Economic Excellence in Sustainable Development. The center will foster research through innovative public-private partnerships linked by a common thread of environmental sustainability.
Read More »NSF grant funds Clemson project to improve high school physics classes
June 10, 2010
A Clemson University professor has received a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant to study ways to improve physics classes for high school students.
Read More »Clemson engineers to create model underground energy-storage facility
June 9, 2010
With a new twist on an old idea, two Clemson University environmental engineers are developing ways to store "waste" energy underground to cut heating and cooling costs and reduce carbon emissions.
Read More »Ballato named interim vice president for research at Clemson
June 8, 2010
John Ballato, interim associate vice president for research and economic development and professor of materials science and engineering at Clemson University, will serve as interim vice president for research following the June 30 retirement of Vice President for Research and Economic Development Chris Przirembel, President James. F. Barker announced Tuesday.
Read More »June 3, 2010
Clemson University President James F. Barker announced Thursday that a $5 million investment by Health Sciences South Carolina completes the funding for the Center of Economic Excellence in Health Facilities Design and Testing.
Read More »Clemson researchers receive annual Sigma Xi awards
June 1, 2010
Two Clemson University researchers have been recognized by the university’s chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society.
Read More »Clemson political scientist Robert Smith gets $20,000 research stipend
May 27, 2010
Robert Smith, associate professor of political science at Clemson University, has received a $20,000 research stipend from the IBM Endowment for the Business of Government.
Read More »Gerald Sonnenfeld named Clemson University's new vice president for research
May 26, 2010
Clemson University President James F. Barker announced Wednesday that Gerald Sonnenfeld will be the university's new vice president for research.
Read More »$400,000 NRC grant to develop nuclear engineering faculty at Clemson
May 25, 2010
The environmental engineering and Earth sciences department at Clemson University has received a three-year, $400,000 faculty-development grant from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to help recruit and retain younger faculty in nuclear science.
Read More »Clemson researcher gets nearly $950,000 for disease-causing microbe study
May 24, 2010
Kerry Smith’s research may help the health of millions of people around the globe. Smith, an associate professor in the Clemson University genetics and biochemistry department, has been awarded grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health totaling nearly $950,000.
Read More »Clemson dean elected vice chairman of National Science Board
May 12, 2010
Esin Gulari, dean of the Clemson University College of Engineering and Science, has been elected vice chairman of the National Science Board, the nation's top science policy organization.
Read More »Clemson professor receives $100,000 Gates grant for diagnostics research
May 11, 2010
Guigen Zhang, a Clemson University professor in both bioengineering and electrical and computer engineering, has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Read More »'Ion beamline' will bring star stuff into Clemson lab through $1.6 million grant
May 10, 2010
With a rare "ion beamline," Chad Sosolik will literally make star stuff in his Clemson University lab. Funded by a just-announced $1.6 million National Science Foundation grant, the device will allow scientists to strip atoms of all their electrons, producing highly charged ions that in nature are created only in the bellies of stars.
Read More »Who governs our schools? Clemson study answers the question
May 3, 2010
A new report on schools from Clemson University takes on a topic that looks to figure prominently in the South Carolina governor’s race: Who has the most influence over local schools?
Read More »Students honored for device that lets children feel computer interaction
April 29, 2010
Developing a device that allows third-graders to "feel" their interaction with a computer has won a national award for a team of Clemson University engineering students.
Read More »Clemson professor receives national award for research on pilot fatigue
April 29, 2010
A Clemson University professor's work to identify fatigue and other human factors that lead to airplane accidents has earned him the top award from the Aerospace Human Factors Association.
Read More »EPA awards Clemson University/Tri-County Technical College team $75,000
April 28, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday awarded more than $1 million in grants to 14 U.S. college teams, including one representing Clemson University and Tri-County Technical College. The teams participated in the sixth annual National Sustainable Design Expo on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Read More »Interdisciplinary bioengineering institute appoints Clemson’s first ‘PoP’
April 28, 2010
A Clemson University interdisciplinary institute that spans colleges to specialize in tissue and other biological engineering research is taking an innovative and a campus-first approach to economic development.
Read More »Predicting protein evolution earns Clemson chemist $588,000 NSF award
April 27, 2010
Brian Dominy, a computational chemist at Clemson University, tries to calculate how molecules — especially the proteins that are the biochemical workhorses of the human body — will adapt and change when they meet new partners, such as medicines. His work modeling how proteins evolve in the body has just earned Dominy a five-year, $588,000 National Science Foundation grant to create new computer models of the process.
Read More »Clemson gets $100,000 for forest, wildlife programs
April 22, 2010
Clemson University has received a $100,000 grant to help South Carolina landowners improve forests and wildlife habitat.
Read More »Clemson landscape architect wins prestigious Rome Prize
April 21, 2010
A Clemson University assistant professor of landscape architecture has been awarded the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. Case Brown is the recipient of the Prince Charitable Trusts Rome Prize for landscape architecture.
Read More »Clemson University announces three-part clean-energy plan
April 16, 2010
Creating and attracting “green” jobs, preparing people to fill them and generating innovations to propel the state and nation into energy leadership positions are the goals of Clemson University’s clean-energy strategic plan, outlined in a white paper released Friday, April 16.
Read More »Clemson astronomers get new eye on the sky
April 15, 2010
A telescope in the mountains of Chile will give Clemson astronomers an extra eye on the sky as part of an agreement arranged with 10 American colleges and universities.
Read More »Clemson narrows search for new research vice president
April 13, 2010
Five finalists for Clemson University’s vice president for research will visit the campus in the next two weeks for meetings and interviews, including an open forum.
Read More »Student research will be on display at Creative Inquiry poster forum
April 6, 2010
A Clemson University student team's design of homes to be heated or cooled affordably without heating or cooling equipment will be among the projects on display at the Creative Inquiry Poster Forum.
Read More »Peach DNA unraveled: Clemson University plays major role
April 1, 2010
As peach trees go, it doesn’t look much different from its kin at the Clemson University Musser Fruit Research Farm, but appearances can be deceiving. This one, a Lovell variety, has a unique genetic characteristic that made it a standout in the orchard. Its DNA — its genetic set of instructions for living — has been sequenced by scientists, enabling further research to identify beneficial traits to grow better trees and fruit.
Read More »Study investigates how attitudes affect health care for growing Latino population
March 31, 2010
Clemson University researchers will lead a team of health-care scholars from South Carolina and Georgia in a grant-funded project to study and address how attitudes may affect delivery of health care to Latinos.
Read More »Clemson professor’s voting system to be used in engineer society’s election
March 30, 2010
The National Society of Black Engineers will use an electronic voting system developed by Clemson University professor Juan Gilbert and his team of researchers.
Read More »South Carolina’s offshore wind industry growing from ‘grass roots’
March 25, 2010
South Carolina possesses the keys to developing an offshore wind industry, but the state needs to come together to overcome the challenges associated with such a huge project, a leading Clemson University wind-energy expert said this week.
Read More »New study shows jobs increase academic engagement for African-American students
March 25, 2010
Working in a part- or full-time job in addition to school may increase African-American student engagement, according to a new study by Clemson University professor Lamont Flowers.
Read More »Research aims to improve middle-school science instruction
March 23, 2010
Clemson University assistant professor Jeff Marshall has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award to help middle-school science teachers transform their classrooms.
Read More »Clemson researcher receives grant to study engineering enrollment of women, minorities
March 11, 2010
Clemson University assistant professor of engineering and science education Julie Martin Trenor has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to study social factors that influence under-represented students’ decisions to enter engineering fields.
Read More »Clemson agriculture-finance expert upbeat about farm income
March 10, 2010
A Clemson University agriculture-finance expert forecasts that South Carolina farmers could see a greener — as in the color of money — year.
Read More »Clemson University Restoration Institute to present and exhibit at wind industry workshop
March 2, 2010
The Clemson University Restoration Institute — which will be home to the world’s largest wind-turbine drive train-testing facility — has partnered with the State of North Carolina and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy to sponsor the American Wind Energy Association’s Wind Power Supply Chain Workshop March 16 and 17 at the Sheraton Hotel in Greensboro, N.C.
Read More »Innovation center construction to begin at Clemson University Advanced Materials Center
February 25, 2010
Clemson University and the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) are scheduled to begin construction in mid-March on the approximately 43,000 square-foot innovation center complex in Anderson County to support the state's growing advanced materials industry. Harper Corporation of Greenville is the design/build contractor on the project, with Goodwyn Mills and Cawood, Inc., serving as architect of record.
Read More »February 23, 2010
Investments by C. Tycho Howle of Atlanta and an anonymous private sector partner, along with a state match, total $4 million to support an endowed chair position in the Cyber-Institute Center of Economic Excellence (CoEE) at Clemson University.
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Clemson University announces FY2010 federal appropriations
February 19, 2010
Clemson University will receive almost $5 million in appropriations in the fiscal year 2010 federal budget, supporting ongoing projects in critical research areas that will have direct economic impact on the state of South Carolina.
Read More »Clemson researchers develop hands-free texting application
February 16, 2010
Clemson University researchers have developed a hands-free alternative to cell phone texting while driving.
Read More »Carolina Clear survey of Pee Dee residents highlights water quality issues
February 16, 2010
Survey results by Clemson University’s Carolina Clear stormwater pollution and awareness program highlight how Pee Dee residents view stormwater issues, and their attitudes, knowledge and behaviors related to the environment.
Read More »Clemson bioengineering lab named for Greenville orthopaedic pioneers
February 11, 2010
Anonymous donors have invested $250,000 to fund a new lab in the Clemson University Biomedical and Bioengineering Translational Research Facility at the Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center Patewood campus. The investment establishes the Frank H. Stelling and C. Dayton Riddle Orthopaedic Education and Research Laboratory Endowment.
Read More »Proterra selects CU-ICAR for research, development and assembly of hybrid commercial vehicles
February 4, 2010
Proterra Inc., which develops and assembles fuel cell hybrid-powered transit vehicles, Thursday announced that it will locate a facility for research and development as well as assembly of its products at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) in Greenville, S.C.
Read More »National Transportation Research Center Inc. recognizes two Clemson engineers
January 28, 2010
Two Clemson University researchers have been recognized by the National Transportation Research Center Inc. (NTRCI) for being among the top in the nation.
Read More »Clemson faculty explore how to convert shipping containers into emergency housing
January 15, 2010
Resources to solve the housing crisis in Haiti may already be on hand. Some Clemson University researchers have been experimenting with ways to convert shipping containers into emergency housing in the hurricane-prone Caribbean, where a surplus of the sturdy boxes often sits in port yards.
Read More »How much is a buck worth? About $160 per acre
January 14, 2010
How much is wildlife worth in setting the value of forestland? A Clemson University forestry professor has determined a way to figure the value of a big buck or a covey of quail. The method provides an economic tool for rural land appraisers and landowners to analyze new financial opportunities.
Read More »Clemson manufacturing research gets boost with $400,000 NSF CAREER Award
January 11, 2010
Clemson assistant professor of mechanical engineering Laine Mears has been awarded a $400,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award to research model-based control methods for machining processes.
Read More »Clemson University Restoration Institute recognized by EPA
December 17, 2009
A statewide team that includes the Clemson University Restoration Institute has received the 2009 Environmental Justice Achievement Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Read More »Management professor again recognized as a top researcher in information systems
December 15, 2009
Varun Grover, the William S. Lee Professor in the management department at Clemson University, is ranked third among the top 200 most-influential researchers in the world in a study published in the Journal of the Association of Information Systems, the flagship research journal of the Association for Information Systems.
Read More »Clemson University leads $6-million technology initiative to advance research, education
December 14, 2009
Clemson University is leading a cyberinfrastructure project that has earned a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. The federal funding will provide South Carolina institutions with supercomputing capability for collaboration and bridging information and national data resources.
Read More »Clemson awards first automotive-engineering Ph.D. from CU-ICAR
December 11, 2009
John Limroth of Austin, Texas, will graduate Dec. 17 with Clemson University’s first automotive-engineering Ph.D.
Read More »Clemson dean blogs from the South Pole while on National Science Board visit
December 2, 2009
Clemson University College of Engineering and Science Dean Esin Gulari blogged about her experiences while visiting the South Pole for the National Science Board.
Read More »American Le Mans Racing Series CEO Scott Atherton to speak at CU-ICAR
December 1, 2009
Scott Atherton, president and CEO of American Le Mans Racing Series, will offer an inside look at the technologically advanced and innovation-driven racing series in a public lecture at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research.
Read More »Clemson researchers receive EPA grant to study carbon emission storage
November 30, 2009
Clemson University researchers Ron Falta and Larry Murdoch have received an $891,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant to study the safe storage of carbon dioxide in geological formations located deep below the earth’s surface.
Read More »November 23, 2009
The next-generation wind turbines and drive trains will be tested by the Clemson University Restoration Institute in a move that is expected to create hundreds of jobs and place one of the most important sites for wind energy research and development in South Carolina.
Read More »Clemson dean treks to the South Pole for National Science Board
November 23, 2009
Clemson University College of Engineering and Science Dean Esin Gulari travels to the South Pole Nov. 27 – Dec. 5 as part of the United States Antarctic Program.
Read More »Clemson trains S.C. National Guard agriculture team for Afghanistan
November 17, 2009
There isn’t much orange in U.S. Army fatigues, but Clemson University is leaving its mark in Afghanistan. For the first time, a unit of the S.C. Army National Guard has deployed to the southwest Asia country with agriculture agents trained by Clemson extension and Public Service Activities.
Read More »State, donors fund Clemson Optoelectronics Center of Economic Excellence
November 17, 2009
Private gifts from telecommunication companies Comporium and PalmettoNet of South Carolina, along with a state match, have raised $4 million to establish an Optoelectronics Research Center of Economic Excellence in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University.
Read More »Clemson professor selected to 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology list
November 16, 2009
Human Centered Computing chairman Juan E. Gilbert has been selected to the 10th Annual 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology for his efforts in research, education and outreach.
Read More »Clemson carbon nanotube research part of $3 million award to enhance energy efficiency
November 10, 2009
Clemson University is part of a five-year $3 million Air Force Office of Scientific Research award, along with the University of Texas at Dallas and Yale University, to search for nanoscale materials that superconduct to allow for efficient flow of a current.
Read More »Clemson researchers share in $14 million USDA grant for fruit crop research
November 9, 2009
Clemson University plant scientists are part of the largest USDA grant awarded to improve fruit crops. Federal officials and stakeholders provided $14.4 million for RosBREED. The project seeks to revolutionize the translation of DNA-based information into practical applications for crops in the important botanical family Rosaceae, or rose family.
Read More »Clemson engineering program receives state-of-the-art machining software
November 5, 2009
Gibbs and Associates, an international provider of machining CAD/CAM technology, has made a software gift valued in excess of $500,000 to the Clemson University Campbell Graduate Engineering Center. The software will provide advanced machining simulation in mechanical and automotive engineering classrooms and research labs on campus and at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research.
Read More »Clemson University’s Przirembel awarded Order of the Palmetto
November 3, 2009
Chris Przirembel, Vice President for Research and Economic Development, received South Carolina's highest civilian honor, the Order of the Palmetto.
Read More »Clemson researchers receive grant to study breast cancer reconstruction
October 28, 2009
The Avon Foundation for Women has awarded the Clemson University Institute for Biological Interfaces of Engineering a $195,000 grant to support research to develop new ways to improve reconstructive breast surgery using engineered tissue that contains anti-cancer properties.
Read More »Clemson begins national search for vice president
October 27, 2009
Clemson University will begin a national search for a vice president for research, as Christian E.G. Przirembel has announced his plans to retire in April 2010 after 28 years of service to the university.
Read More »Clemson professor receives award to study effect of mothers' obesity, diabetes on infants
October 27, 2009
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Clemson University professor Maria Mayorga and Medical University of South Carolina professor Kelly Hunt a $735,000 grant to study the effects of a mother’s obesity and diabetes on infant health in certain ethnic groups.
Read More »CU-ICAR recognized as top emerging technology research center
October 26, 2009
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP), an international organization representing university-related research parks from around the world, presented its Emerging Research/Science Park Award to the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) at the organization’s annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Read More »October 20, 2009
A new long-term initiative at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) will advance the university’s automotive engineering graduate research and education program and position its graduates ahead of the competition for jobs and automotive industry leadership.
Read More »Clemson researchers say algae the key cause of mass extinctions
October 19, 2009
Algae, not asteroids, were the key to the end of the dinosaurs, say two Clemson University researchers. Geologist James W. Castle and ecotoxicologist John H. Rodgers have published findings that toxin-producing algae were a deadly factor in mass extinctions millions of years ago.
Read More »National Institutes of Health award Clemson $9.3 million for tissue regeneration center
October 15, 2009
Clemson University has received a $9.3 million, five-year National Institutes of Health grant to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Tissue Regeneration. Faculty from the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina also will collaborate, providing expertise in medicine and developmental biology.
Read More »ArborGen LLC and Clemson University form research cooperative
October 15, 2009
Clemson University and ArborGen LLC, two of South Carolina’s most recognized names in forestry and biofuels research, have partnered to develop purpose-grown woody biomass as feedstock for the biofuels industry.
Read More »Clemson bioengineer uses nanoparticles to target drugs
October 8, 2009
Clemson bioengineer Frank Alexis is designing new ways to target drugs and lower the chances for side effects.
Read More »Endowment at Clemson will support research on play
October 8, 2009
A newly established endowment at Clemson University will fund graduate student research on children’s play, creativity on playgrounds and playground safety.
Read More »Power companies bring electrical engineering lecturer to Clemson
October 7, 2009
Five utility companies have pledged a total of $100,000 to sponsor a visiting lecturer of power engineering this year in the Holcombe department of electrical and computer engineering at Clemson University.
Read More »Clemson University to host statewide bioenergy summit
October 7, 2009
Clemson’s Pee Dee Research and Education Center will host the 2009 South Carolina BioEnergy summit from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15.
Read More »Researchers fine-tune Diffuse Optical Tomography for breast cancer screening
October 6, 2009
Clemson University researchers in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bremen, Germany, are working to make the physical pain and discomfort of mammograms a thing of the past, while allowing for diagnostic imaging eventually to be done in a home setting.
Read More »Clemson researchers study energy savings with electric cars and IntelliDrive technology
September 28, 2009
Clemson University researchers have been awarded a $470,000 National Science Foundation grant to study making plug-in hybrid electric vehicles more efficient to reduce fossil fuel use.
Read More »Restoration Institute expert: Wind farms bring economic boom
September 28, 2009
A Clemson University wind-energy expert told a Charleston conference not to get sticker-shock over the cost of installing offshore wind farms.
Read More »Tree research grows bonds between Clemson and China
September 23, 2009
Clemson University is engaging in a bit of "tree diplomacy" with China. A team of Clemson scientists and students will travel to China to share research on boosting tree production. The USDA awarded $149,000 to Haiying Liang, a plant geneticist and biotechnologist in the genetics and biochemistry department at Clemson.
Read More »Hurricane frequency is up but not their strength, say Clemson researchers
September 22, 2009
In a new study, Clemson University researchers have concluded that the number of hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic Basin is increasing, but there is no evidence that their individual strengths are any greater than storms of the past or that the chances of a U.S. strike are up.
Read More »Houston Center receives grant for study of students at historically black colleges
September 22, 2009
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently granted Clemson University and a team of other schools nearly $500,000 to study motivational factors of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Read More »Clemson gets $300,000 grant for rising rural problem of malnourished elderly
September 17, 2009
A research team led by Clemson University nutritionists received a $300,000 federal grant to help the malnourished elderly.
Read More »Space-related radiation research could help reduce fractures in cancer survivors
September 15, 2009
A project that includes Clemson University researchers is looking for ways to reduce bone loss in astronauts may yield methods of improving the bone health of cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment.
Read More »Soybean rust found in Dorchester County; dry weather likely to prevent spread of disease
September 11, 2009
Soybean rust was detected on samples in Dorchester County Sept. 9, the second and third cases in South Carolina this year.
Read More »Self-amputation: Gecko’s tail is its insurance policy, researcher says
September 9, 2009
Scientists from Clemson University and the University of Calgary have found that the self-severed tail of some geckos shows a complex pattern of repeating movements to distract the attacker.
Read More »Clemson University researcher regenerates brain tissue in traumatic injuries
September 2, 2009
An injectable biomaterial gel may help brain tissue grow at the site of a traumatic brain injury, according to findings by a Clemson University bioengineer.
Read More »Clemson research nets $2 million from NSF to mimic nature’s probes
August 31, 2009
The National Science Foundation has awarded Clemson University researchers $2 million to study ways to mimic the suction mechanism used by butterflies and moths to feed so that the same method can be used in medical diagnostics. The research will help develop a new class of fiber-based devices capable of probing and transporting previously impossible-to-reach liquids, such as those drawn from a single cell or tissue.
Read More »Clemson professor named American Chemistry Society Fellow
August 26, 2009
Clemson University Alumni Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Melanie Cooper has been named to the inaugural class of American Chemical Society Fellows. Cooper was among 162 honorees who were chosen for excellence in their contributions and distinctive service to the society and to the broader world of chemistry.
Read More »Clemson researchers awarded grant to study ‘No. 1 threat’ to Southeast agriculture
August 25, 2009
Clemson University researchers, together with a counterpart at the University of Georgia, have teamed to study a bug species they believe poses a serious threat to agriculture in the Southeast.
Read More »Juan E. Gilbert to lead Human-Centered Computing Division at Clemson
August 24, 2009
Juan E. Gilbert has joined Clemson University as professor and chairman of the Human-Centered Computing Division in the School of Computing. The newly created division works across disciplines to apply computer solutions to real-world problems and to understand how computational technologies affect society.
Read More »Optimal flu vaccine priorities developed at Clemson University
August 20, 2009
Optimal control of the spread of the seasonal flu and H1N1 is achieved by prioritizing vaccinations for schoolchildren and for adults aged 30 to 39 in the United States. Those are the findings of a new study by Clemson University mathematician Jan Medlock and colleague Alison Galvani of the Yale University School of Medicine.
Read More »Mobile Precision Ag Lab takes research from the field to the farmer
August 19, 2009
At first glance, Clemson University’s Will Henderson looks like he’s moving a house. Instead, Henderson is towing the newly equipped Clemson University Mobile Precision Ag Lab.
Read More »Clemson facial recognition research advances
August 12, 2009
It often takes a pristine look at the iris to pass through some security systems. Today with the help of the Clemson University Image and Video Analysis Lab, systems may just need a wrinkle to verify identity.
Read More »Optics researcher elected to prestigious Russian Academy of Sciences
August 11, 2009
The prestigious Russian Academy of Sciences has formally elected Clemson University distinguished visiting professor in materials science and engineering Roger Stolen as a foreign member.
Read More »NSF CAREER Award funds research on plastics that conduct electricity
August 10, 2009
Clemson chemistry assistant professor Rhett Smith will receive $598,000 in a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study a new class of materials that conduct electrical currents and can be used in thin, lightweight and flexible plastic electronic devices.
Read More »Researchers discover how geckos know when to hold tight
August 7, 2009
Scientists from Clemson University and the University of Calgary have discovered that gravity triggers the remarkable ability of geckos to grip the slickest of surfaces, clinging at any angle on nearly any surface.
Read More »Clemson researcher teams up internationally with Marie Curie Fellowship
August 5, 2009
Clemson University chemical engineering professor Mark C. Thies has received a Marie Curie Fellowship for $142,000 to develop molecular models for advanced carbon materials that have the potential to be used in strong, yet lightweight transportation vehicles, wind turbines and more energy-efficient aircraft.
Read More »Clemson, nine other South Carolina schools to lead groundbreaking research in organ replacement
July 23, 2009
Clemson University today joins nine other South Carolina higher education institutions in a research program that offers new hope for the thousands of individuals whose lives are threatened by organ failure and who wait in vain for too-few available transplant organs.
Read More »Ozen Engineering Inc. donates human body-modeling software to Clemson
July 23, 2009
A gift from California-based Ozen Engineering Inc. to Clemson University is enabling researchers to create detailed computer models of the human body, which can be used to explore a variety of issues, from improving hip replacements to making more comfortable car seating.
Read More »DOE funds Clemson University clean energy research
July 7, 2009
Clemson University associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering David Bruce will participate in a multi-university Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) funded with $12.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Read More »National study shows most travelers undeterred by economy
July 2, 2009
The staycation may be last year’s news. A national survey conducted by Clemson University and Virginia Tech researchers shows that nearly half (49.4 percent) of Americans intend to make no concession to the poor economy when it comes to this summer’s travel plans.
Read More »Engaged employees are good, but don’t count on commitment
May 13, 2009
The notion that highly engaged workers will continue to work tirelessly for organizations despite diminishing resources often isn’t true, according to Clemson University psychology professor Thomas Britt.
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