A generous gift from David M. Spatz of West Hills Lake, Tex., has established the David M. Spatz ’68 Endowed Chair to support the Director of Clarkson University’s nationally- recognized Engineering and Management (E&M) Program. The endowment will contribute to salary, benefits, and research funds for the Spatz Chair. Professor Michelle Crimi ‘95, current Director […]
New Hope for Solving Problems of Human Behavior will be presented by St. Lawrence University Psychology Professor Adam Fox at the next Clarkson University Science Cafe at 7:15 p.m on Wednesday, October 21. Traditionally, Science Cafes have brought together local university and college professors and townspeople in relaxed, informal settings, such as coffeehouses and pubs.
Kathleen Kavanagh, newly appointed as the Robert A. Plane Endowed Chair, centers her research around applications from hydrology including simulation of groundwater flow and transport, adaptive temporal integration for a nonsmooth, nonlinear partial differential equations that models unsaturated groundwater flow, and optimal design for water resource management and groundwater remediation problems. Clarkson University President Emeritus
Selma Mededovic Thagard, named as the Richard J. ‘50 and Helen March Endowed Professor, is a renowned expert in electrical discharge plasma processes with a focus on theoretical and experimental investigations of fundamental plasma chemistry in single and multiphase plasma environments. Thagard’s significant contributions to her discipline include well over 100 publications, conference presentations, and
Professor Çetin Çetinkaya, a renowned expert in additive manufacturing, is the newly appointed Michael E. ’78 and Janet D. Jesanis Endowed Chair at Clarkson University. Çetinkaya joined Clarkson as an assistant professor in 1997. He directs the Photo-Acoustic Research Laboratory and co-directs the Center for Metamaterials at Clarkson. Among his numerous professional accolades, Çetinkaya was
Clarkson University’s Black Leaders Advocate for Change (BLAC) is calling its first-ever career expo a success, and especially with the challenges of holding a new event virtually. Hawa Drame ‘21, a co-founder of BLAC, organized the career expo with the help of Clarkson’s Career Center. She said the idea was spontaneous and followed discussions to
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Student Aaron Kummer ‘22 recently presented his research on small wind turbines at TORQUE2020, an international wind energy conference. Kummer presented his paper, “On the Use of Cambered Plate Airfoils for Small Wind Turbines,” which was also published by IOP publishing in Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1618, Issue 4.
The members of the Clarkson Biochemistry & Proteomics Lab, led by Costel C. Darie, Associate Professor in Chemistry & Biomolecular Science, will attend the Eastern Analytical Symposium next month. The symposium, a national conference that gathers ~2,500-3,000 scientists, is usually held annually in Princeton, NJ and the attendees are mostly analytical or bioanalytical chemists, biochemists and
These resources are meant to help people explore diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging[DEIB] for themselves, in their communities, and in our institution. They may be resources that help you re-examine society and do some introspective reflection, explain core concepts like intersectionality or anti-racism, or practical guides for action, such as how to review a syllabus
Swab testing and contact tracing are two of the most common forms of coronavirus mitigation. Shane Rogers, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Clarkson, and his Wastewater Engineering and Design Civil and Environmental Engineering class have added a more unusual one to the mix: analyzing sewage. Provost Hannigan ensured investments for new technology
