Space Solutions

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Blue Origin may be aiming for outer space, but it has its sights set on Clarkson. Professor Selma Mededovic Thagard was a recent recipient of one of its grants, which will fund her research on using non-thermal plasma to purify wastewater on space flights. In phase one of her project, she will develop several lab-scale plasma systems.

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On the Scene

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Chemical engineering major James Lowe ’23 got a taste of the national academia scene this past fall. He, along with other undergraduate and graduate students from Clarkson’s Biochemistry and Proteomics Laboratories, attended the Eastern Analytical Symposium — one of the largest chemistry conferences on the East Coast. 

The Shape of Water

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As the question of a plentiful water supply becomes increasingly pressing, Professor Taeyoung Kim is searching for a cost-effective and energy-efficient method for groundwater desalination. To support his endeavors, the Department of the Interior awarded him and his University of Cincinnati collaborator $250,000 for their research. 

Containing Contaminants

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Heavy metal can be bad. And we don’t mean the music. We’re talking about the heavy metal that seeps into the environment and winds up in our water. In fact, it’s one of the leading causes of water pollution. Enter Clarkson researchers, who have determined how to 3D-print sustainable bio-based adsorbents that can remove toxic contaminants.

Reading Recommendation

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Here’s a recommendation for your reading list: the cover article in a recent issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Co-authored by Assistant Professor of Physics Dhara Trivedi, the article details the research of Trivedi and her team that centers on using 2D materials in solar energy harvesting devices.

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Reality Augmented

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Among the many novel applications of augmented reality (AR) is using it to experience someone else’s perspective. Professors from Clarkson and Arizona State created an AR app, Stories From the Circle, that allows visitors to Columbus Circle in Syracuse, New York, to hear various perspectives on Columbus from Indigenous people, Italian Americans and others.

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Core Connections

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Making connections is at the core of a Clarkson education. Sometimes these connections are interdisciplinary, and sometimes they’re international. Members of the Biochemistry & Proteomics Lab fostered the latter recently as they participated in the Smart Diaspora 2023 workshop at the West University of Timisoara, Romania.

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Exhibiting Talent

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Many students in the School of Arts & Sciences take the arts very seriously. For example, communication, media & design major Dan Wellings ’23 recently had some of his work exhibited at the museum dedicated to renowned American artist Frederic Remington. Wellings showed two experimental shorts in the College Student Juried Art Exhibit at the Frederic Remington Art Museum.

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For Your Reading List

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Here’s a recommendation for your reading list: the cover article in a recent issue of The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Co-authored by Assistant Professor of Physics Dhara Trivedi, the article details the research of Trivedi and her team that centers on using 2D materials in solar energy harvesting devices.

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Funding Creativity

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You may remember Rebecca Pelky from previous newsletters highlighting prizes she won and books she published. She’s at it again, this time receiving a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. The funding will allow her time to focus on her writing while she continues her role as a professor. 

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Saving Winter Sports

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The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent, especially in places like the North Country, where our winters are warming considerably. Not only will this affect livelihoods, but it will also impact sports — a major concern for those of us who live for hockey. Clarkson is doing its part to save winter through a new green hockey arena ice system.

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A Beautiful Partnership

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Micron Technology has awarded Professors Jihoon Seo and Alan Rossner a project to research the environmental sustainability of chemical mechanical planarization consumable manufacturing. On the heels of Micron’s announcement that it will invest $100 billion in a semiconductor fabrication facility in Upstate New York, this project looks like the beginning of a beautiful partnership. 

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PFAS Remediation

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Because PFAS in the environment are so widespread, we’re going to need every method available to destroy them. At Clarkson, our researchers have already come up with a number of remediation strategies, and now we have one more. Professor Yang Yang has developed a transformative mechanocatalytic technology that can destroy solid PFAS.  

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