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THE WHIRRING of pneumatic wrenches filled the Komatsu plant in Newberry, South Carolina, as four Clemson students made their way past workers assembling yellow forklifts.
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Paul Alongi
Paul Alongi is a news and feature writer for the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences.
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Teaching in the Time of COVID-19
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiTwo mornings a week, Fadi Abdeljawad goes into a nook just off his kitchen, stands in front of his open laptop and teaches a mechanical engineering course to about 30 students who are scattered across the country because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Advancing Biomedical Research in South Carolina
/ in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiStatewide team lands funding to explore solutions to biomedical challenges In its first decade, SC BioCRAFT matched seasoned mentors with 23 early-career researchers. They went on to generate $35 million for research into spinal cord injuries, new ways of growing vascular tissue for grafts and a wide range of other biomedical challenges. Now the South […]
Closing the Skills Gap in Advanced Manufacturing
/ in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiA skills gap that could leave as many as 2 million manufacturing jobs unfilled by 2025 is one of the driving forces behind a new Clemson program that matches graduate students with technical college students on an assembly line built for research.
Mapping Success
/ in Features / 2 Comments / by: Paul AlongiClemson is part of a high-tech effort to break the cycle of poverty.
Lindsays’ ‘Inspirational Generosity’ Supports College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences
/ in Clemson Forever, My Clemson / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiFor Ron ’80 and Jane ’80 Lindsay, giving back to the University, its students and the community is a large part of who they are. The Lindsays mentor students through their church, opening their Lake Keowee home for student retreats. They are involved in providing financial-literacy counseling for people with long-term financial problems. Ron Lindsay […]
Not Taking No For An Answer
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiNearly deaf and blind, Miriam Lozneanu thrives through perseverance and a positive attitude.
Witness to War
/ in Features / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiInjured troops could receive better care and benefits with new research aimed at better documentation on the battlefield.
Keeping the pipeline filled with diverse talent
/ in Clemson Forever / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiDuke Energy is continuing to support two Clemson summer programs — one for middle school girls and one for incoming University freshmen — with an $85,000 grant from the Duke Energy Foundation. Both programs are aimed at increasing diversity in the pipeline that carries talent from the classroom to the workplace. Project WISE is designed […]
Students help island nation still recovering from devastating storm
/ in In These Hills / 0 Comments / by: Paul AlongiAbout 5,000 residents near the southern tip of Dominica learned just how precarious their water supply was when Tropical Storm Erika’s torrential rains caused a creek to breach the cistern that holds their treated drinking water.