Bioengineering team designs device to stabilize chest tubes
A team of Clemson bioengineering stud ents partnered with Greenville Hospital System pediatric surgeons John Chandler and Robert Gates to develop an innovative chest tube anchoring device, AssureFit, as part of their senior design project with professor John DesJardins. The result was more than just a passing grade or a course credit. They also won […]
Campus chapter completes 20th house on Bowman Field
Thanks to Clemson students, th ere are about 100 people now living in affordable housing. Clemson’s campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity completed its 20th house since 1997 on Bowman Field during Homecoming Weekend. Around 400 students combined their efforts to provide a home for a local family. Another hundred students completed work on the […]
Flowers to serve on Black Male Achievement Research Collaborative
Lamont A. Flowers, executive director of the Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education and distinguished professor in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education, has been invited to join the Black Male Achievement Research Collaborative (BMARC). The collaborative, in partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, is dedicated […]
Clemson students unveil Deep Orange 3 at SEMA 2012
Want to know wh at kind of a car college students would design if they had the chance? Now you can. Deep Orange 3, the third-generation Deep Orange vehicle prototype designed and engineered by automotive engineering students, was unveiled at the 2012 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, with more than 120,000 […]
Students rewarded for design Astronaut teams up and creativity
The challenge: Design a functional and creative package for a quick-serve chain kids’ meal and address how the plans could be altered to serve an additional purpose. That’s what Clemson’s packaging science team started with. What they ended up with was “Starboard Sandwiches,” a colorful boat-shaped container that holds the drink in the center and […]
Gilbert honored as Presidential Endowed Chair
Professor Juan Gilbert has been named the first Presidential Endowed Chair in Human-Centered Computing. The Presidential Endowed Chair recognizes the accomplishments and dedication of current faculty at Clemson University. “The inaugural Presidential Endowed Chair selection was particularly important because it sets the standard for all other presidential endowed chairs,” President Barker said. “We believe Juan […]
Debate team begins season with a sweep
The debate team brought home multiple awards at the National Educational Debate Association tournament in Anderson, Ind. The Judge Harold E. Achor tournament, which marks the beginning of the season, was hosted by Anderson University. Clemson took six teams to the tournament; three teams participated in the open competition, while three competed in novice. Clemson […]
Always in the details
I have always felt blessed and unabashedly proud that my academic career brought me to Clemson University — and doubly so that my greatest influence there was Louis Henry. He was, after all, a native son: Born in 1931 to parents who were employed by the University, he would graduate from Clemson in 1953 and […]
Young businesswoman on the rise: Raven C. Magwood ’12
Three D’s, one young woman and a long list of accomplishments and ambitions. Recent graduate Raven Magwood believes that dedication, determination and discipline are the sources to her success. She graduated from Clemson at the age of 19, but that’s just one of her many accomplishments. By the time she was 12, Magwood had a […]
Making his way in L.A.: Judson McKinney ’08
Judson McKinney hopes he has just joined the likes of Elton John, James Taylor and Tom Waits. All three of them performed early in their careers at the legendary Troubadour club in West Hollywood, where McKinney had the opportunity to take the stage on June 20. Unlike the alums who headed to Nashville (see p. […]