Yesterday afternoon, a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took the life of Zijie Yan, an Associate Professor in their Department of Applied Physical Sciences. A native of Jingmen, Hubei Province in Central China, he served as an Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Clarkson from 2015 to 2019. […]
Dale E. Fournier has been appointed clinical assistant professor of physical therapy in the Lewis School of Health Sciences at Clarkson University. Fournier completed post-secondary education at the University of Western Ontario in London, ON, Canada. He earned a Bachelor of Science with Honors Specialization in Kinesiology, a Master of Science in Anatomy and Cell
Steven Weimer has been appointed associate professor of honors on the teaching track at Clarkson University. He received his Ph.D. and masters of arts degrees in applied philosophy from Bowling Green State University, and his bachelor of science degree in philosophy from Frostburg State University. Weimer specializes in ethics, applied ethics, and social & political
Benjamin Roulston has been appointed assistant professor of physics at Clarkson University. He received his Ph.D. and master of arts degrees in astronomy from Boston University, and his bachelor of science degree in physics with honors from Clarkson University. Roulston’s research interests involve interacting post-mass-transfer binary stars in short period orbits. He has extensively studied
Katrina Low-Beer has been appointed clinical assistant professor of physical therapy at Clarkson University. She received her doctorate of physical therapy from Clarkson University in 2016, and a bachelor of science degree in biology from Clarkson in 2012. Low-Beer focuses her research in childhood developmental disorders with a special interest in the aging population of
Michael Buchwald, an undergraduate researcher in Clarkson’s Astronautics and Robotics Laboratory (ASTRO Lab), has received the NASA New York Space Student Support Fellowship to help cover travel costs to attend the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2023 Conference. Buchwald presented his research on the construction of a low-cost university ground station and the development
Clarkson University is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduates according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles and recommends Clarkson in the new edition of its annual college guide, The Best 389 Colleges: 2024 Edition. Clarkson is ranked in the company’s top 20 Best Alumni Networks, further showcasing Clarkson’s excellent job
Participants sought for research study on understanding firefighter posture during functional task performance Clarkson University Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Michael Bazzocchi and his team are seeking participants for a research study on recording and understanding the posture of firefighters while performing functional tasks such as those performed on the fireground. Career and
Ian McCrum, an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and his research group have been awarded an American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Doctoral New Investigator grant for $110,000, to fund research on designing catalysts for the electrochemical conversion of methane in natural gas into valuable fuels/chemicals. “In this project, we will
Nimanthi Abeyrathna, an Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Biotechnology PhD student at Clarkson University, recently served as a panelist in a discussion on inclusive fieldwork and field courses hosted by the American Malacological Society’s (AMS) Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee. AMS covered Abeyrathna’s registration for the conference, and she also was awarded a travel grant
