Category: Beacon Faculty

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 … Continue reading Kathleen Kavanagh Appointed Robert A. Plane Endowed Chair at Clarkson University

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 … Continue reading Selma Mededovic Thagard Appointed March Professor at Clarkson University

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 … Continue reading Çetin Çetinkaya Appointed Michael E. ‘78 and Janet Jesanis Endowed Chair at Clarkson University

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 … Continue reading Clarkson University’s Black Leaders Advocate for Change Hosts First-Ever Career Expo