Driving Research at Clemson
At Clemson, research is not siloed; it is integrated across disciplines and aligned with industry and societal demands.
For industry, this means partnership with researchers and students who are solving immediate challenges while anticipating what comes next. Our faculty strengthens proposals, accelerates innovation and shapes nationally recognized research centers. And, at every stage of their academic journey, students gain early and sustained access to work that shapes industries and improves lives.
Discovery Should Matter
From the first year forward, students engage in meaningful inquiry. Undergraduates join faculty-led Creative Inquiry teams to tackle open-ended challenges that mirror the complexity of real-world problems. Our graduate students and postdoctoral scholars work alongside faculty, corporate partners and government agencies, leveraging advanced facilities and interdisciplinary expertise to develop solutions that address needs in health care, energy, infrastructure, advanced materials and beyond.
Our research is built on a simple premise: discovery should matter.
Research Across the StateProgress that moves ideas
For the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, research is not an endpoint. It is a starting point for innovation, for partnership and for progress that moves ideas forward into practice.
That forward focus is evident in the work of Ethan Kung, whose research on virtual patients is redefining how medical devices are evaluated and personalized. While simulated patients and physical medical devices have traditionally operated in isolation, Kung has developed a novel process that connects real hardware, such as a blood pump, to a computational model built from an individual patient’s data. This integration allows hundreds of simulations to be run before a procedure ever touches a patient, predicting clinical outcomes and reducing reliance on trial-and-error in real-world care. The result is a powerful step toward hyperpersonalized treatment planning and a clear example of translational research that delivers measurable benefit.
Translational Research
The engineers and scientists at our campuses are conducting translational research - research that seeks to produce applicable results and discoveries that can be quickly and efficiently "translated" into human practice. The four thrusts of the college's translational research are:
- Next-Gen Computing
- Future Materials
- Health Innovation and Human Performance
- Sustainable Environment
"Our goal was to create a way to test out scenarios without actually testing on the patient. This process allows us to try different things and see what the relative outcomes are. It can even help with procedure planning because we can model different processes and outcomes first."
Ethan Kung, Ph.D.Director CMERLAssociate Professor
Research Services & Faculty
Research Facilities
The College utilizes world-class facilities in its day-to-day research. These include institute facilities located on the main campus and across South Carolina.
Centers & Institutes
Research is fundamentally important in the College. As a Carnegie R1 research institution, faculty are able to stay at the cutting edge of science and technology.
Endowed Faculty
Endowed faculty positions enhance our college to potential candidates and provide stipends to members for research, travel, and professional development.
Grants Management
The CECAS Grants Management office oversees the post-award administration of sponsored projects funded from external sources.
Proposal Development
The Proposal Development office is a decentralized unit that assists faculty with pre-awards, including compliance and budget development.
Open Faculty Positions
We seek excellent teachers and researchers who embrace convergence research. It's a great time to be a Clemson Tiger. Explore our open faculty positions here.
The Associate Dean for Research
The Associate Dean for Research (ADR) oversees research within the college. This office includes proposal development: pre-award, grant management: post-award, and postdoctoral support offices and their functions. The ADR provides oversight of the college’s research centers, alliances, and institutes and facilitates research activities for the college by identifying and cultivating exploratory opportunities.
YUE WANG has a primary research focus on the intersection of systems and controls, formal methods, and machine learning, particularly in the context of human-robot interaction, autonomous systems, and multi-robot systems. Her research contributions include trust-based control for human-robot collaboration systems, collaborative robotics for manufacturing, multi-robot symbolic motion planning, and human-aware control and learning for autonomous driving.
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Tracy Dodson
Administrative Coordinator for the Associate Dean's Office
Office: 117 Riggs Hall
Email: tldodso@clemson.edu
Phone: 864-656-3201
Clemson University
Associate Dean for Research
Riggs Hall/433 Calhoun Drive
Clemson, SC 29634
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Innovation Campuses
World-class facilities and state-of-the-art technology assist researchers in determining how to address the issues facing the planet today. Some of the leading research ideas focus on advanced materials, energy, transportation, big data, and health innovation.
These facilities include 4 innovation campuses distributed across the state.
Areas of Research Strength
As part of the Clemson Elevate plan, a focus is placed on key research areas.
- Advanced Materials
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Renewable Energy Systems
- Vehicle Subsystems & Autonomy
- Sensor Devices & Systems
- Nuclear Materials & Remediation
- Photonic Devices & Systems
- Machine Learning & AI
- Biomechanics & Biomaterials
- Simulation & Scientific Visualization
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