Provost's Newsletter: April 2024

Provost's Newsletter: April 2024

Message From the Provost

Greetings from the Clarkson University campus, and welcome to the April edition of the Provost's Newsletter. As our academic year quickly draws to a close, I am pleased to announce a brand new bachelor of science degree program in our Reh School of Business. I'm also proud to share the news that two faculty members in our Coulter School of Engineering are the recipients of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty. In addition, two of our faculty are leading an NSF-funded initiative for education and science in Ukraine. Please enjoy reading these and the many other articles on the activities of our innovative students and faculty.

— Christopher C. Robinson, Provost

New BS Degree

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The David D. Reh School of Business is offering a new bachelor of science degree in business administration. The program allows students to select all of their business elective courses from the diverse range of business courses, rather than prescribing the course areas they must concentrate on to fulfill more discipline-specific degrees.
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NSF CAREER Award

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Shoulders-up portrait of Leo Jiang in a light blue, open-collar shirt

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Yazhou “Leo” Jiang received the NSF's most prestigious award for early-career faculty who serve as academic role models in research and education. The CAREER Award will provide $500,000 in funding for his research on managing uncertainties in renewable-powered grids.
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NSF CAREER Award

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Chest-up outdoor portrait of Ian McCrum in a blue sports coat and read tie

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Ian McCrum received the NSF's most prestigious award for early-career faculty who serve as academic role models in research and education. The CAREER Award will provide $601,000 in funding for research to enable the production of fully sustainable and carbon-neutral chemicals.
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International Research Team

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Side-by-side headshots of Evgeny Katz and Oleh Smutok

A new international research team headed by Clarkson professors received a $320,000 NSF-funded award for cooperation with scientists in Ukraine and Poland. The cooperation was organized in the framework of a new NSF initiative, IMPRESS-U (International Multilateral Partnerships for Resilient Education and Science System in Ukraine).
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Coulter School of Engineering Newsletter: April 2024

Coulter School of Engineering Newsletter: April 2024

Message From the Dean

Greetings from Clarkson University, and welcome to the April edition of the Coulter School of Engineering Newsletter. As the academic year nears its end, we are proud to announce that two of our assistant professors are the recipients of the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. We also share news of a new faculty-published book on composite materials, NSF funding for a conference recently held on campus and news about our innovative students' latest activities. I hope you enjoy reading about the students and faculty I am proud to work with daily.

— Bill Jemison, Dean of the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering / Tony Collins Professor of Innovative Engineering Culture

NSF CAREER Award

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Shoulders-up portrait of Leo Jiang in a light blue, open-collar shirt

Assistant Professor of Electrical &Computer Engineering Yazhou “Leo” Jiang received the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for early-career faculty who serve as academic role models in research and education. The CAREER Award will provide $500,000 in funding for his research on managing uncertainties in renewable-powered grids.|
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NSF CAREER Award

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Chest-up outdoor portrait of Ian McCrum in a blue sports coat and read tie

Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Ian McCrum has received the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for early-career faculty who serve as academic role models in research and education. The CAREER Award will provide $601,000 in funding for research to enable the production of fully sustainable and carbon-neutral chemicals.
Read More About This Award

Composite Materials E-Book

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Chest-up portrait of Ioannis Mastorakos in blue button-up sweater and checkered, open-collar shirt

Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Ioannis Mastorakos has co-published an e-book on composite materials. Composite Materials: Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Materials and Application is part of a collection covering innovations in composite materials with a specific focus on eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable systems.
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NSF Funding Enables Complex Systems Experts to Meet

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Four professors are the co-principal investigators on an NSF grant that funded the organization of the Seventh Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems, which was held at Clarkson in March. The grant allowed the University to offer travel awards to students, postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty and researchers.
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