| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Appling | Professor | japplin@clemson.edu |
| Lisa Benson | Professor | lbenson@clemson.edu |
| Matthew Boyer | Associate Professor | dmboyer@clemson.edu |
| Eliza Gallagher | Assistant Professor | egallag@clemson.edu |
| Karen High | Professor | khigh@clemson.edu |
| Kelly Lazar | Assistant Professor | klazar@clemson.edu |
| Cindy Lee | Professor Emeritus | lc@clemson.edu |
Dr. Melissa Smith - Chair
Melissa Smith is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, joined Clemson in 2006. She received her Ph.D. in 2003 in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Tennessee, where she specialized in performance modeling for high-performance computing systems. Prior to joining Clemson University, she was a research associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Smith received the YMCA Stratford Award for Diversity and Inclusion in 2017.
Dr. Smith has over 25 years of experience developing and implementing scientific workloads and machine learning applications across multiple domains, including 12 years as a research associate at ORNL. Her current research focuses on performance analysis and optimization with emerging heterogeneous computing architectures (GPGPU- and FPGA-based systems) for various application domains, including machine learning, high-performance or real-time embedded applications, and image processing. Her group collaborates with researchers in other fields to develop new approaches to the application/architecture interface, providing interdisciplinary solutions that enable new scientific advancements and capabilities.
Department Administrators and Staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa Smith | Department Chair | smithmc@clemson.edu |
| Paige Zoltewicz | Office Manager | pzoltew@clemson.edu |
| Coltin Bentz | Payroll Support | cbentz@clemson.edu |
| Stone Tracy | Financial Business Manager | stonet@clemson.edu |
| Ebony Hawthorne | Post Awards | ebonyh@clemson.edu |
| Barbara Smith | Student Services Coordinator | barbar2@clemson.edu |
Please view the complete list of faculty, graduate students, and alumni in our department directory.
Department Directory
The Department of Engineering and Science Education (ESED) at Clemson University was established in 2006, and our Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education was established in 2011. In that short time, the young, dynamic ESED department has experienced outstanding success, boasting three faculty NSF CAREER award winners and two NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (among the first awarded in the area of STEM Education).
Several professional organizations have recognized our faculty and their research: an AAAS Fellowship (2012-13), an election to the APS executive committee of the Forum on Education (2013), the Helen Plant Award for the Best Non-traditional Workshop by ASEE/IEEE in 2008 and again 2014, the Class of '39 Award in 2019, the highest distinction for a faculty member at Clemson, Fellows of the American Society of Engineering Education in 2019. Since the start of the Certificate in Engineering and Science Education, more than 35 graduate students have leveraged their certificates to compete successfully for faculty positions in engineering and science. On average, it is the most active certificate program in the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences at Clemson.
Please view our current list of graduate students and doctoral alumni, including their academic program background information.
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Primary Faculty
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Adjunct & Joint Faculty
Joint Faculty
ESED Joint Name Title Email Felicia Benton-Johnson VP Division of Community, Engagement, Belonging and Access fbjohns@clemson.edu Kris Frady Associate Professor frady@clemson.edu Adjunct Faculty
ESED Adjuncts Name Title Email Natalie Bursztyn Adjunct Assistant Professor natalie.bursztyn@questu.ca Claire Dancz Assistant Professor cdancz@clemson.edu Courtney Faber Assistant Professor cfaber2@utk.edu James Holly, Jr. Assistant Professor jholly@clemson.edu James Huff Assistant Professor jhuff@harding.edu Adam Kirn Assistant Professor akirn@unr.edu Leidy Klotz Associate Professor Lk6me@virginia.edu Nashieli Marcano Assistant Professor nmarcano@kennesaw.edu Stephen Moysey Professor moyseys18@ecu.edu Geoff Potvin Assistant Professor gpotvin@fiu.edu Katreena Thomas katreet@clemson.edu Bridget Trogden Professor trogden@american.edu Benjamin Wiles Chief Student Success Officer bwiles@clemson.edu Post Doctoral
ESED Postdoctoral Name Title Email Jeremy Bernier Post Doctoral Researcher jrberni@clemson.edu Fantasi Nicole Curry Post Doctoral Researcher fcurry@clemson.edu Stephanie Damas Post Doctoral Affiliate damas@g.clemson.edu Sam Ridgway Post Doctoral Researcher sridgwa@clemson.edu
Academic Contacts
Parking
Clemson University offers both metered and visitor permit parking. To view a parking map or request a permit, please visit the Visitor's Parking site.
Tour
For graduate program tours, please email the program contact with at least 1-2 weeks' notice prior to visiting so that you may be able to meet faculty and current students and attend some classes.
Graduate Program
For more information about our graduate program or certificate, please e-mail our graduate coordinators.
Barbara Smith
Graduate Student Services Coordinator
Office: 149 Rich Lab
Phone: 864-656-3278
barbar2@clemson.edu
Dr. Eliza Gallager
Graduate Coordinator
egallag@clemson.edu
General Questions
For all other questions, please get in touch with Paige Zoltewicz.
Paige Zoltewicz
Office Manager
Office: 262 Sirrine Hall
Phone: 864-656-7148
pzoltew@clemson.edu
