Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson

05/12/2026

Congratulations to our May 2026 graduates! We're so proud of your hard work and to have been a part of your success here at Clemson. Best wishes for all that lies ahead!
A few special shout-outs to some of our new graduate alumni who let us know what the future holds for them!

05/05/2026

We congratulate all who have received Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF)! A special shout out to:

McKenzie Bradley, a master’s student in biomedical engineering

Aaron Cecil, a mechanical engineering major

Makenzie Jones, a biomedical engineering major

Olivia Jones, a biomedical engineering alumna

Audreanna Miserendino, a former bioengineering major

Sarah Paguaga, a former mechanical engineering major

Calvin Paulsen, a former biomedical engineering major

Suma Ravi, a former mechanical engineering major

Cooper Sanders, a former electrical engineering major

Alyson Schwartz, a former biomedical engineering major

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04/30/2026

The Spring 2026 ECE Senior Design Showcase is a wrap! 🎉

Our ECE seniors presented their capstone projects to faculty, industry partners, alumni, and peers. Each project represents months of problem-solving, collaboration, and hands-on engineering, bringing ideas from initial concept all the way to fully realized designs.

We’re incredibly proud of the innovation, dedication, and technical excellence demonstrated across all teams this semester. Your hard work truly reflects the strength of our ECE program and the bright future ahead for our students.

Congratulations to all of our teams on an outstanding showcase, and a special shout out to Senior Design II Team 8 with their People's Choice Award winning Automated Drosophila Sorting System.

Check back soon for our Technical Design Award winners, and project demonstration videos!

04/22/2026

Clemson University researchers are working with partners, including TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company, to test and validate a 1-megawatt system that converts waste heat into electricity.

The technology could improve efficiency, lower costs and reduce strain on the grid, especially at data centers and other energy-intensive sites. The project is led by Ramtin Hadidi and is funded by a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to Clemson, TECO-Westinghouse and National Laboratory of the Rockies. Dean Sarandria of TECO-Westinghouse says the system has been nearly a decade in the making.

👇 Go to the link in the comments for the full story!

04/08/2026

This graphical abstract of new research was featured on the back cover of the journal Advanced Optical Materials. The research team included four co-authors from Clemson University's Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Judson Ryckman, Tomoshree Dash, Saddam Gafsi and Estevao Marques Dos Santos. One co-author, Ivan Kravchenko, was from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

👇 Click the link in the comments to read the paper, "Responsive Visible-Wavelength Metasurfaces from Porous Silicon Based on Fano Guided-Mode Resonance"

04/01/2026

Today, ECE alumni Charlie Blackwell-Thompson ’88, NASA’s first female launch director, will make history once more as the launch director for Artemis II. The mission will send four astronauts to fly around the moon — the first crew to do so since 1972. Learn more about her work from Clemson World: https://clemson.world/archive/taking-flight/

03/23/2026

02/17/2026

We’re proud to celebrate Jennifer Gooch and her well‑deserved recognition as a CECAS Staff Superstar! Her dedication to supporting our graduate students and keeping the ECE department running smoothly shines through in everything she does. Thank you for all your hard work, Jennifer. We’re so grateful to have you on the ECE team!

Congratulations to Jennifer Gooch, Graduate Student Services Coordinator in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson, our latest CECAS Staff Superstar Award honoree. Her steady leadership helps graduate students stay supported, funded and on track while strengthening how the department runs day to day.

As nominator and Chair of the department, Hai Xiao shared, “Jennifer is an indispensable member of our team and a pillar of support for our students, faculty and staff.”

Kelsey Loftus, a staff member in the Clemson University Graduate School, said, "She is always helpful, kind, honest and someone I can really count on."

Well done, Jennifer!

02/12/2026

When Gabriel Cutter (center) was an undergraduate at Clemson University, he distinguished himself as an outstanding scholar, researcher and campus leader-- and he even found time to play trumpet in the Tiger Band. Now he's a graduate research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is guiding the next generation of researchers with the lessons he first learned at Clemson. Dive deeper at the link in the comments!

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