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Electrical & Computer Engineering Newsletter: August 2023

Message From the Chair

Golden Knights in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department change the world. This issue of our newsletter offers an array of stories that exemplify the impactful work members of our community do in all stages of their careers.

— Paul McGrath, Professor/Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Future in Research

An NSF grant will fund 10 students per summer in the Research Experiences for Undergraduate program for another three years. The students work closely with faculty mentors to investigate novel high-performance computing solutions for a variety of engineering problems that are critical to national security, scientific discovery and technological innovation.

Alumnus Address

Rajan Raghavan MS’82 keynoted May's graduate commencement ceremony. A serial entrepreneur, Raghavan is a University trustee and founder of The Fabric, which co-creates cloud infrastructure companies with other entrepreneurs.

Prof in Japan

Prof. Dana Barry traveled to Japan to provide women with tips for pursuing research opportunities. She also shared her unique and creative career experience with students.

Top ROI

Clarkson is consistently named a best-value college known for giving students a great return on their investment. We recently placed in the Top 40 on Stacker’s list of the 100 colleges whose grads go on to earn the most. The Stacker rankings, compiled using PayScale data, also highlighted that Clarkson grads report salaries more than 10 percent higher than the national average.

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Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Newsletter: August 2023

Message From the Chair

Golden Knights in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department change the world. This issue of our newsletter offers an array of stories that exemplify the impactful work members of our community do in all stages of their careers. Please enjoy reading.

— Elizabeth Podlaha-Murphy, Professor/Chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Plasma Pathways

Prof. Selma Mededovic and her co-researchers have received an NSF grant to further research into the development of multiphase gas-liquid plasma reactors. The nearly $800K in funding could generate new insights and novel means of analyzing plasmas in contact with liquids.

Nitrogen to Ammonia

The transition to clean energy technology has stimulated research into alternative energy sources and the development of electrocatalytic processes. Asst. Prof. Ian McCrum was awarded an NSF Engineering Research Initiation grant for research on a reaction in which renewable electricity can be used to convert atmospheric nitrogen and water into ammonia, a widely used fertilizer.

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Civil & Environmental Engineering Newsletter: August 2023

Message From the Chair

In this issue of our newsletter, we share just a sampling of recent achievements of the students and faculty in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Our faculty are dedicated to improving the resilience of both the built and natural environments and to mentoring the next generations of engineers by sharing their knowledge.

— Steven Wojtkiewicz, Professor/Chair of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Kicking Up A Virus

PhD student Mahender Singh Rawat's research is the first study that has quantified the resuspension, or “kicking up," of virus particles from the floor into the air from human activity. He was awarded a grant to attend the International Society of Exposure Science annual meeting and present his research this summer.

Fulbright Specialist

Concrete construction is responsible for more than seven percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, but Assistant Professor Robert Thomas and his research team are working to change that. He received a Fulbright Specialist award to travel to India this summer and collaborate on curriculum development to support emerging low-carbon concrete technologies.

Healthy Water

Clarkson's Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions held its first annual meeting during the spring semester. The conference addressed topics like building climate resiliency in small communities, the treatment and monitoring of forever chemicals such as PFAS, and the detection and mitigation of harmful algal blooms.

Ice Award

Distinguished Research Professor in Hydraulic Engineering Hung Tao Shen has been honored for his outstanding and sustained contributions to the advancement of river ice science and engineering in Canada. In July, he received the Bernard Michel Award of the Committee on River Ice and the Environment of the Canadian Geophysical Union.

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Center for Advanced Materials Processing Newsletter: August 2023

Message From the Director

Our CAMP-affiliated faculty continue to make ground-breaking discoveries in their research. From finding new ways to remove toxic PFAS from groundwater to analyzing plasmas in contact with liquids, we are breaking new ground as we look for ways to keep our world clean. Here are a few of their stories.

— Devon Shipp, Director of CAMP, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Plasma Pathways

Sensing PFAS

water is being poured into a glass adjacent to other half-full water glasses

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – synthetic chemicals used in many industries and products – are of growing concern because of their harmful effects on the environment and human health. Research into developing easy-to-use, low-cost sensors for PFAS was recently highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News.

Removing PFAS

Richard Partch, Silvana Andreescu, Mario Wriedt, Thomas Holsen, and Michelle Crimi

A group of professors has been awarded $650K from the Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program to find and design new advanced adsorbent materials to remove toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from groundwater.

CAMP Meeting

four attendees, including Devon Shipp and Marc Christensen, at the CAMP Technical meeting.

More than 160 scientists, industry leaders, state economic development representatives and students gathered for the 2023 CAMP Annual Technical Meeting in Corning, New York. The meeting featured a research and technology showcase as well as themes revolving around advanced characterization of materials and advanced technologies for healthy water.