Clemson University Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

09/04/2026

Congratulations to Andrew Nichols, Mechanical Engineering major and Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences minor, for being selected as the 2026 SRMC Science Scholarship awardee! This is awarded by Citizens for Nuclear Teaching Awareness ( ) and Savannah River Mission Completion. Go Tigers!!

09/02/2026

Welcome to Dr. Daisy Ning who who has joined us as an Assistant Professor https://www.clemson.edu/cecas/departments/eees/people/facultydirectory/ning.html. Dr. Ning's research focuses on understanding how fluids, heat, and rocks interact deep underground. She combines modeling, - sensing, and machine learning to better predict subsurface behavior and reduce risks. Her work supports safer and more sustainable and resource applications, including carbon storage, energy production, hydrogen storage, recovery, and critical mineral extraction. Go Tigers!! Clemson University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

09/01/2026

Welcome to Dr. Renan Felicio dos Reis. He is joining us as a Lecturer this semester. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Urban Engineering and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering. His professional and academic experience spans consulting and higher education, where he has worked as a professor in Brazil since 2012, as well as research collaborations and experiences in Europe and the United States. His research focuses on environmental engineering, particularly water and wastewater treatment, with an emphasis on sludge treatment and management, including dewatering, drying, natural and mechanical treatment technologies, energy recovery, and resource recovery. Before joining Clemson, he conducted research as a Visiting Research Scholar at the University of South Florida, where he collaborated on projects focused on optimizing wastewater treatment processes in response to population growth and increasing treatment demands. At Clemson, he looks forward to educating the next generation of environmental engineers and exploring new research and collaborative opportunities, particularly in sludge/biosolids field. Go Tigers! https://www.linkedin.com/preload/?_bprMode=vanilla #

08/31/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Carbajales-Dale as the recipient of the 2026 Faculty Mentoring Award. The Faculty Mentoring Award recognizes a CECAS mentor who has demonstrated exemplary teaching and/or research mentoring effectiveness. The recipient must demonstrate evidence of research and/or teaching mentoring, including documentation of time spent in these activities and such other evidence as proposals or scholarly publications in which the mentor provided notable assistance, graduate students co-advised, classroom critique and guidance, course development assistance, and other mechanisms used to aid the development of the mentee's career https://www.clemson.edu/cecas/departments/eees/people/facultydirectory/dale.html . Go Tigers! Clemson University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

08/28/2026

We had a wonderful Welcome Back Seminar & Picnic celebrating our graduate students' return and getting to meet the new students. Sunshine, food, laughter and great memories. We look forward to an amazing semester. Go Tigers! Clemson University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

08/26/2026

Our department is a III. Know of someone who is ready to start their career at Clemson University in that position? They can apply at https://clemson.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/Clemson_Careers/job/-/Lab-Technologist-III_JR-10426 We are looking for a team player. This role is vital in working with our faculty and students. Great benefits and wonderful place to work. Go Tigers!! Clemson University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

JOB SUMMARY: Under limited supervision coordinates and supervises the work activities of lower level machinists and other skilled workers, primarily within the CETL shop which supports research and teaching endeavors in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. JOB DUTIES: 35%....

08/21/2026

Welcome to the new semester! The department hosted its Undergraduate Welcome Back event yesterday with over 115 undergraduates in attendance!! Lots of food, fun, games and prizes! We are very happy to welcome our returning students and the new Clemson Engineering students! We look forward to an amazing semester. Go Tigers!

08/19/2026

Congratulations to Mensah Victor for winning the Grand Prize at the Graduate Level during the student poster competition at the 2026 Appalachian Energy Summit. This award recognizes outstanding scholarly research, presentation skills, and commitment to a clean energy future. The title of his research presentation was "Biological Hydrogen Production from Sugarcane Final Molasses Using via Dark Fermentation." Clemson University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

08/07/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Hao Chen, Dr. Michael Carbajales-Dale, collaborators from Clemson University and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and UK-based fusion company Tokamak Energy Ltd. on publishing a new paper in Environmental Impact Assessment Review: “Enabling Sustainable Fusion Fuel Cycles: A Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment of Emerging Tritium Extraction and Removal Technologies for Liquid Lithium Systems.” Fusion is about more than achieving high plasma performance or maximizing energy output — a viable deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion power plant also depends on a sustainable fuel cycle, especially tritium breeding, recovery, and recycling. Tritium (3H) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen and a key fuel for D-T fusion energy. In this study, the team presents the first comparative cradle-to-gate life-cycle assessment of four emerging tritium extraction and removal technologies for liquid lithium systems, providing early guidance on how process design, electricity supply, material requirements, and technology maturity shape environmental performance and R&D priorities. This research is part of Clemson University’s Energy-Economy-Environment (E3) Systems Analysis Group’s broader effort to integrate life-cycle assessment (LCA) and techno economic analysis (TEA) into fusion technology development, helping ensure that future fusion power plants are both commercially viable and environmentally sustainable. The project was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Fusion Innovation Research Engine (FIRE) Collaboratives and the Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program, with additional support from Tokamak Energy Ltd. Read the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195925526003288. Go Tigers

07/31/2026

Register for this free upcoming Symposium featuring Dr. Gary Amy, EEES Research Professor and Dean’s Distinguished Professor in
the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences ( ) at Clemson University. The Symposium will be held on Monday, October 19, 2026, at the University of Colorado Boulder. In recognition of Professor Amy's impact as a mentor, the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors ( ) plan to host a poster session featuring student research. You are invited to submit an abstract and/or register for the event.

The Symposium will highlight Dr. Gary Amy’s contributions to the field, with invited speakers covering topics in , wastewater reclamation/reuse, membrane science and technology, , natural organic matter characterization, by-product formation and control, or emerging contaminants. Register today at https://na.eventscloud.com/cusymposium. Submit your abstract here: https://specialevents.asu.edu/scienceimpact.