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TABLE OF CONTENTS
6
General Engineering
8
Undergraduate Research
10
Departments and Degrees
12
Calhoun Honors College
14
Living on Campus
16
Minors and Dual-Education Programs
18
Study Abroad
20
Academic Success
22
Professional Clubs and Organizations
24
Alumni
26
All About Clemson University
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CLEMSON:
AHEAD OF
THE CURVE
The scientists and engineers who come
to Clemson are the best and brightest,
and they have been for over a century.
But here at Clemson, we realize that
top-ranked academics are just the
beginning of engineering a path toward
the future. Here, you’ll find hands-on
learning opportunities that improve
life locally and abroad. Here, you’ll
make career-building contacts with
influential faculty and professionals —
connections that will follow you long
past graduation.
Research opportunities, travel,
mentoring programs, work experience
and campus involvement are all part of
the undergraduate experience. They are
also key parts of shaping our students
into the innovative and world-changing
professionals of tomorrow.
FROM CLEMSON LEARNER TO WORLD LEADER —
WE’RE BUILDING THE FUTURE.
ENHANCE YOUR MIND.
U.S.News & World Report ranks Clemson University
No. 20 on its list of best national public universities,
and the college’s retention rates are among the highest
in the nation, more than 92 percent. Our commitment
to student achievement and professional success in
such a distinctive academic environment makes our
graduates some of the most well-rounded leaders,
collaborators and visionaries in their fields.
APPLY YOURSELF.
Hands-on, experiential learning
opportunities encourage students to take the
knowledge and experiences they’ve gained in
the classroom and apply them to real-world
and work environments. By the end of their
time here, our undergraduates are capable
of making the kind of significant workforce
contributions required in a global economy.
ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD.
Clemson invests
in student
success through
a wide array of
educational, preprofessional,
research and
service-learning
programs, all
designed to nurture
curiosity, creativity,
understanding and
accomplishment.
«4 Clemson University College of Engineering and Science
Clemson University College of Engineering and Science 5»
You have so much to learn and
discover. Our goal as professors
is to help you reach your goals.
— Beth Stephan, general engineering professor
Clemson. With the support of academic
Engineering Summer Immersion: An
advising, career counseling and engineering
early-entry program for incoming
education, students can then choose
freshmen to get ahead and secure
the major that best fits their talents and
credits for required general
interests.
engineering courses, Engineering
“When we give students time and information
START
EXPLORING
The General Engineering (GE) Advantage
Academic Advising: GE advisers know students by name and provide information, support,
personal counseling, guidance and motivation in course selection, major choice, success
strategies and study techniques tailored to each student’s individual needs.
Career Counseling: GE faculty and advisers work closely inside and outside the classroom
to help students understand the challenge and satisfaction of an engineering career. GE
students are exposed to all engineering disciplines at Clemson from both academic and
professional perspectives.
GE program and comparable programs at other major universities. Freshman engineering
courses rarely exceed 65 students per section. We believe an intimate learning environment
is critical to creating a successful student.
Find out more about general engineering.
88 percent of instructional faculty
has a Ph.D. or equivalent.
31 : Ranking Clemson received
among public colleges and
universities in delivering a quality
education at an affordable price,
according to Kiplinger’s Personal
Finance, 2014.
st
Class size: Small classes and even smaller labs are a huge difference between Clemson’s
«6 Undergraduate Research
50 to 60 percent of GE participants
change their minds as to the type of
engineering they wish to pursue.
clemson.edu/ge
A happy learner is an accomplished
learner. And in Clemson
University’s general engineering
program (GE), enjoyment begins
with an exploration of the world of
engineering.
to make sound decisions about their future,
they can choose the career path best suited
for them as individuals,” says Beth Stephan,
a GE professor. “For students who want to be
Immersion helps young learners figure
out what they want to do with their
engineering degree and select their
majors. Then it provides tools to help
them determine the best path for
engineers, we offer all the resources we can
getting there. Other benefits of the
to help them.”
program include:
•
opportunities to network with
GE coursework is structured to help students
industry professionals in an
become more independent learners, laying
informal setting,
the groundwork for success in their future
careers.
•
a chance to take part in social/
extracurricular events just for
Immersion students,
“Once they enter the workforce, there will no
longer be someone standing up in front of
•
a classroom telling them what they need to
registration assistance for
know,” Stephan explains. “It’s important that
summer classes and
students learn how to learn, and GE is a great
first step.”
personalized advising and
•
a chance to acclimate to
campus and the demands
For Professor Stephan, what makes teaching
of college in a more relaxed
GE courses so rewarding is that process of
atmosphere.
discovery that students enjoy during the first
year in Clemson’s engineering program. With
a more informed viewpoint, students can
Every student who plans to major in engineering
experience continued success throughout
starts out by being admitted into GE. There,
their academic career and beyond.
courses are designed to bridge the gap between
high school and college-level learning, while
Says Professor Stephan: “My favorite part
students explore the 10 undergraduate
of my job is when students tell me I helped
engineering disciplines that are available at
them realize they ‘think like an engineer.’”
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Becca Pontius
Becca Pontius ran down the hallway in her
dorm yelling, celebrating and giving high-fives
to everyone she passed. She was a freshman,
and she’d just landed a summer internship
Learning about chemistry in the
classroom is important, but the
hands-on experience I gained
about being a professional
and using my
knowledge to solve
real-world problems
is invaluable.
with NASA. It was a dream opportunity that has
positioned her for even more undergraduate
research opportunities and a bright future as a
professional chemist.
She spent the summer performing research on
the effect of oxygen plasma exposure on the
adhesive properties of a silicon coating. Organic
synthesis problems are an important part of
developing medical technologies, and she’s
getting a head start on her career ambition,
which is to pursue a doctorate in chemistry and
use that knowledge to improve the world.
— Becca Pontius, Glenelg, MD,
Class of 2017, Chemistry
“I’ve learned more than I ever thought I would
be able to understand,” Becca says. “The
amount of opportunities here is amazing,
everything from professional development to
clubs to intramurals to research. All you have to
do is reach out and take it.”
Hands-On Research
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) are opportunities
Creative Inquiry (CI) at Clemson is one particularly imaginative program,
that are made available during the summer months. These research
combining engaged learning and undergraduate research to allow
internships, often funded by the National Science Foundation or
students to solve local, national and even international problems.
other public agencies, present a chance for students to get involved
Sometimes those problems are posed by professors, but just as often
in innovative research projects and get paid for it!
inquiries are initiated by the students themselves.
Senior Capstone, mentoring and paid lab work can introduce students
As a result, CI participants develop critical thinking skills, while honing
to multiple departments, students and faculty, helping to shape
communication and presentation skills. Recent CES research projects,
the future course of a student’s academic career. And throughout
offered through the University’s Creative Inquiry program, include:
the year, a variety of on-campus seminars and symposia is offered
almost weekly, introducing students to scientists and engineers
from around the country.
clemson.edu/ces/departments/ece/undergrad/research_experience.html
Robotics and Bioengineering: Developing new robotic techniques that
can interface with biological systems and people.
Bamboo Reinforced Concrete: Addressing sub-standard and dangerous
construction of buildings with unreinforced concrete due to the high
cost of rebar in many developing countries.
clemson.edu/CI
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Creative Inquiry (CI)
and Research
In 2014-15, 4,179 students participated
in 762 Creative Inquiry teams. About 800
were CES students.
Approximately 38 percent of seniors
worked on a research project with a
faculty member outside of class. The
national average is 20 percent.
More than 375 companies are part of
Clemson’s co-op programs, and about 40
percent of academically eligible students
participate.
In FY 2014, Clemson reached $97.5 million
in sponsored research expenditures.
Clemson’s Solar Decathlon House: Undergraduate and
campus — students from a variety of disciplines
graduate students work with faculty and industry
collaborate to turn their big ideas into an actual house.
partners to design and build a net-zero solar house
for Clemson’s entry in the international 2015 Solar
Decathlon competition, organized by the Department
of Energy every two years.
Students are responsible for the design, construction,
and promotion of the house, which is expected to be
chock full of Southern personality and inclusive of
various local products. Three bedrooms big, Indigo
More than 100 students and faculty from all
Pine will be a low-environmental impact, net-zero,
across Clemson’s campus are involved in building a
solar-powered structure. Its design and construction
1,000-square-foot, solar-powered prototype home, but
must also be cost effective in today’s market and
this project promises to be anything but prototypical.
comfortable to live in under South Carolina’s climate.
Students from architecture, engineering and
Indigo Pine will showcase the technology, innovation
social sciences work as a team on this complex,
and community skills of our students when it is
multidisciplinary project, known to the campus and
unveiled at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar
surrounding community as “Indigo Pine.” As the
Decathlon house national competition in Irvine,
structure goes up on the grounds of the South Carolina
Calif., this fall. Better yet, it could change the face of
Botanical Gardens — which sits adjacent to Clemson’s
construction in the South in the not-so-distant future.
Connect to photos, videos and updates on the Solar Decathlon project by visiting
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clemson.edu/indigopine.
Number of Students
by Department
Bioengineering
clemson.edu/ces/bioe
Undergraduate Enrollment: 309
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
clemson.edu/ces/chbe
Undergraduate Enrollment: 227
Chemistry
Bioengineering B.S.
clemson.edu/chemistry
Biosystems Engineering B.S.
Chemical Engineering B.S.
Undergraduate Enrollment: 146
FALL 2014 CES FRESHMEN
MEDIAN TEST SCORES
Civil Engineering
clemson.edu/ce
Undergraduate Enrollment: 358
School of Computing (Computer Science and
SAT
Computer Information Systems)
clemson.edu/ces/computing
ACT
50 percent in the top 10 percent
of high school class
Undergraduate Enrollment: 604
Electrical and Computer Engineering
clemson.edu/ces/ece
Undergraduate Enrollment: 571
Chemistry B.A., B.S.
Civil Engineering B.S.
Computer Engineering B.S.
Computer Information Systems B.S.
FALL 2014 CES FRESHMEN
Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
1,222
(Biosystems Engineering, Environmental
Engineering and Geology)
general engineering
students
clemson.edu/ces/eees
Undergraduate Enrollment: 199
39%
Industrial Engineering
clemson.edu/ces/ie
out-of-state
Undergraduate Enrollment: 315
Materials Science and Engineering
science students
27%
female
221
7%
AfricanAmerican
clemson.edu/mse
Undergraduate Enrollment: 114
Computer Science B.A., B.S.
Electrical Engineering B.S.
Environmental Engineering B.S.
Geology B.S.
Mathematical Sciences B.A., B.S.
Mechanical Engineering B.S.
Physics B.A., B.S.
Mathematical Sciences
clemson.edu/ces/math
Undergraduate Enrollment: 188
Mechanical Engineering
clemson.edu/ces/me
Undergraduate Enrollment: 712
Physics and Astronomy
clemson.edu/ces/physics-astro
Undergraduate Enrollment: 75
«10 Departments and Degrees
Industrial Engineering B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering B.S.
There are lots of different majors that end at the same career. Visit
clemson.edu/degrees
to find your fit.
Six seniors and graduates won the prestigious NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship in 2014.
The University has seven National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellows, four Goldwater Scholars and
two Fulbright Scholars.
Incoming freshmen’s ACT scores rank in the top 10 among
national public universities per U.S.News & World Report,
2015.
Clemson scores well above its peers on the National Survey
of Student Engagement. More than 92 percent of seniors
would choose Clemson again if they could start over.
Clemson ranks seventh for students’ return on investment
by SmartMoney magazine.
47 percent of the Calhoun Honors College is made up of CES
students: 666 of 1,410.
This year, Showers was awarded the prestigious Barry
M. Goldwater Scholarship for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics and Engineering. Goldwater Scholarships cover
the cost of tuition, room and board, fees and books up to
a maximum of $7,500 to encourage outstanding students
to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural
Kate
Showers
Calhoun Honors College
EUREKA! Summer Research
EUREKA! (Experiences in Undergraduate
Projects are available in almost every major and
Nearly 1,200 of Clemson’s most
Research, Exploration and Knowledge
range from math, science and engineering to the
academically competitive students call
Advancement) is a five-week opportunity available
social sciences and humanities.
our Calhoun Honors College home. The
to incoming first-year honors students.
Honors College combines the strengths
of a public, land-grant university
Through EUREKA! honors students conduct
with those of a highly selective small
research with some of Clemson’s top faculty.
college. Here’s a snapshot of the 2014
Depending on the nature of the research project,
freshman honors class:
some participants work with a faculty member in
one-on-one mentored relationships. In other cases,
• 299 students
EUREKA! participants may be part of a research
• 1436 average SAT
team involving faculty, graduate students and other
• 32 average ACT
undergraduates.
Some of the benefits of EUREKA! include
•
mentors made up of a faculty adviser and that
•
•
clemson.edu/cuhonors
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•
The Calhoun Honors College was part of Showers’ path to
success, offering her opportunities to meet not only fellow
honors students, but also the professors who ushered
her through some of her most meaningful undergraduate
experiences.
Starting with the EUREKA! summer research program the
summer before her freshman year, Showers garnered several
research opportunities through Clemson’s bioengineering
department. Those experiences helped her land a series of
Like a lot of Clemson students, bioengineering major
and Calhoun Honors College graduate Kate Showers
loves hiking, running, swimming and the color
orange.
adviser’s graduate students and associates,
• Top 3.1 percent, average high
school class rank
connecting with a family of academic
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Major: Bioengineering
Class of 2015
sciences and engineering.
top-notch internships.
After participating in a Creative Inquiry project on ultrasound
imaging for rotator cuff diagnosis, she gained acceptance
into the Research Experience for Undergraduates program at
the prestigious Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering
at the University of Washington in Seattle.
learning an advanced skill that will contribute
She also just happened to enjoy spending her undergraduate years
toward reaching your academic goals,
researching pressure sensors that work with ultrasound technology. The
“I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Clemson,” Showers
an opportunity to stand out early for Rhodes,
goal? To characterize soft-tissue injuries, such as rotator-cuff injuries,
says. “The Calhoun Honors College has enriched my
Goldwater, Fulbright and other major
and improve patient outcomes from surgery while preventing unnecessary
experience by allowing me to meet, live and study with some
scholarships and
operations.
amazing students!”
the chance to get a jump on making Clemson
your new home!
Find out more about honors.
clemson.edu/cuhonors
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Find out more about housing and Living-Learning Communities.
clemson.edu/housing-dining
RiSE by the numbers
What if your freshman year on campus
felt a little more like home? Familiar faces.
Friendly spaces. Open doors and helpful
mentors. What if your first class on your
first day were full of people you’d already
met? And finding a study group were as
simple as stepping outside your residencehall room door?
RiSE is a co-ed residence hall where students
enjoy a high rate of success, academically and
socially:
• Final grades in introductory math, science
and engineering classes are two to nine
points higher for RiSE students compared
to non-RiSE students.
• RiSE students log more study hours than
the average Clemson student.
• RiSE students are twice as likely to interact
with faculty outside the classroom and to
be involved with their resident community
This is what it looks and feels like to be part of Residents in
programs.
Science and Engineering (RiSE), the largest Living-Learning
Community on campus. Beginning in the 2015-16 academic
• 85 percent of RiSE residents report that
year, RiSE will nearly double in size, spanning two buildings –
RiSE impacted their access to faculty
Lever Hall and Byrnes Hall.
outside the classroom.
• RiSE residents have higher retention rates
than non-RiSE CES students. More than 85
percent of RiSE students are still in CES by
their junior year, compared to 83 percent
for non-RiSE students.
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Clemson’s nationally recognized
Living-Learning Communities cater to
a variety of academic needs, interests,
backgrounds and more.
Air Force ROTC
Army ROTC
Calhoun Honors College
Call Me MISTER®
Civics and Service House (CASH)
Community for Undergraduate
Business and Behavioral Sciences
(CUBBS)
Clemson IDEAS (Innovation, Design,
Entrepreneurship for Students)
LIVE AND
LEARN
RiSE is unique. It incorporates a staffing model to support
students with a coordinator, faculty director, graduate
Clemson University Design
Community (CUDC)
assistant and team of 20 tutors and 36 resident assistants
Cultural Exchange Community (CEC)
who will serve nearly 700 students this year.
CONNECTIONS
FIRST
Residence hall-wide events like ski trips and whitewater rafting provide ready-made social activities, while built-in study
groups provide academic support during the all-important
freshman year.
The result? RiSE is a co-ed residence hall where CES students
enjoy a high rate of success, academically and socially.
Health, Education, and Human
Development Leader Scholars
(HEHD)
Leading for our Environment and
Future (LEAF)
Moore Scholars
Professional Golf Management (PGM)
Special programs and
services unique to RiSE
include
“The staff and professors care about you and want to see
•
bioengineering major who called RiSE home last year. “Being
Sophomore Year Experience
surrounded by other engineering and science majors definitely
TIGER Den
helps with school work and my busy schedule.”
Wellness
in-hall tutoring seven days
a week,
•
weekly programs to
support academic
success and professional
development,
you succeed,” says Alex Harrison, a rising sophomore and
Residents in Science and Engineering
(RiSE)
Women in Animal and Veterinary
Students are just as likely to pull an all-nighter with their
fellow engineering classmates and RiSE residents as they are
to spend the day tailgating and cheering on the Tigers.
Sciences (WAVS)
Women in Science and Engineering
Residence (WISER)
•
exam study sessions,
•
weekly e-newsletters,
“Academically, I don’t think I could have made it through
•
in-hall faculty director,
freshman year without RiSE,” says Jessica Kende, a materials
•
clustered courses with
science and engineering major minoring in architecture who
fellow residents and
just finished her freshman year as a RiSE resident. “There
local CES Academic
is always someone to ask for help because many people are
the housing office as soon as possible.
Advising Center.
taking similar classes. Not only will you definitely know people
Space is limited, but the possibilities
in your class, but you meet more people in your dorm, and it
are endless!
•
Interested in joining RiSE or another
Living-Learning Community? Visit
clemson.edu/ces/rise, then contact
is really easy to form study groups.”
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Living on Campus 15»
A MINOR
THING
Prospective students can learn more about Clemson engineering and set up a department-specific
tour by visiting
clemson.edu/ces/psu.
Clemson offers more than 70 minors and hundreds of major-minor combinations to help you pursue special interests and complement your chosen field.
Accounting
Entrepreneurship
Nonprofit Leadership
Adult/Extension
Education
Environmental Science
and Policy
Nuclear Engineering and
Radiological Sciences
Aerospace Studies
Equine Industry
Packaging Science
students a year and has dual-education
Agricultural Business
Management
Film Studies
Pan African Studies
programs with several four-year
Financial Management
Park and Protected Area
Management
institutions across the Southeast. Dual-
Philosophy
to study two or three years at one
Physics
institution and complete their B.S.
Plant Pathology
degrees at Clemson University. Transfer
Political Science
students interested in engineering
Precision Agriculture
disciplines at Clemson are admitted
Psychology
into general engineering and must
Public Policy
complete a common freshman-year
Recreational Therapy
curriculum before being admitted into
Religion
an engineering baccalaureate program.
Agricultural
Mechanization and
Business
American Sign Language
Studies
Animal and Veterinary
Sciences
Food Science
Forest Resource
Management
Gender, Sexuality and
Women’s Studies
Genetics
Anthropology
Geography
Architecture
Geology
Art
Global Politics
Athletic Leadership
Great Works
Biochemistry
History
Biological Sciences
Horticulture
British and Irish Studies
Human Resource
Management
Business Administration
Chemistry
Cluster
Communication Studies
Computer Science
Crop and Soil
Environmental Science
Digital Production Arts
East Asian Studies
Economics
Education
English
Entomology
International Engineering
and Science
Legal Studies
Management
Management Information
Systems
Mathematical Sciences
Microbiology
Military Leadership
Modern Languages
Music
Natural Resource
Economics
Russian Area Studies
Science and Technology
in Society
Dual-Education Programs
CES enrolls more than 100 transfer
education programs allow students
Transfer students interested in science
disciplines will go directly to those
departments.
Screenwriting
Sociology
CES has dual-education programs with
Spanish-American Area
Studies
the following institutions:
Sustainability
Charleston Southern University
Theatre
Coastal Carolina University
Travel and Tourism
Converse College
Turfgrass
Erskine College
Urban Forestry
Francis Marion University
Wildlife and Fisheries
Biology
Furman University
Women’s Leadership
North Georgia College
Writing
North Greenville College
Accreditation
Anderson University
Lander University
Presbyterian College
Wofford College
The Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree
programs in bioengineering, biosystems
engineering, chemical engineering, civil
engineering, computer engineering,
electrical engineering, industrial
engineering, environmental engineering,
materials science and engineering,
and mechanical engineering are each
accredited by the ABET Engineering
Accreditation Commission. The B.S. program in computer science is accredited by the ABET
Computing Accreditation Commission, abet.org.
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ENGINEERING AN ANSWER
Study Abroad
• There are about 60 faculty-led study abroad
programs each year, plus hundreds of other
options for students.
• 1,471 total students studied abroad
in 2013-14, 269 from the College of
Engineering and Science.
• Students can participate in Clemson
exchange programs at more than 70
colleges and universities in 38 countries
worldwide.
• 95 percent of seniors have taken part in an
internship, a research project, study abroad
or other student engagement opportunity.
Until recently, the women of Cange, Haiti, spent all day
every day hauling buckets of water on their heads up an
800-foot incline, just so that their village of more than
8,000 could have water to drink.
Medha Vyavahare graduated in May with a degree
Haiti, a nation recently afflicted by natural disasters and disease outbreaks,
including cholera, ranks among the lowest for clean water availability. Only 46
percent of the island nation’s population has access to potable water.
Clemson students were determined to make a difference and pursued the
in bioengineering. If you ask her, one of the most
rewarding parts of her Clemson experience was the
five months she spent studying in Paris during her
junior year.
design and construction of water-delivery systems for these remote villages.
In addition to the experience of traveling internationally,
They started in 2009 with the town of Cange. Since then, 375 students have
Vyavahare earned 15 hours of coursework abroad,
participated in the outreach effort, including eight interns who have each stayed
in the country for seven months to a year.
primarily toward her minor in business administration.
“There is always a way to fit study abroad into your
Cange’s outdated water system that was built for a maximum of 2,000 residents,
coursework plans,” Vyavahare says. “Especially
but serves a population of 8,000 and has no water treatment center, was
for some of the more rigid majors in science and
swimming with harmful pathogens. Not only have Clemson’s teams considered
engineering, I think it’s important to know that there
how to create a facility with enough power to pump water to and throughout the
city, they have devised a way to filter and purify the water. A combination of UV
disinfection and cartridge filtration has made the water fresher than ever.
are so many program and location options.”
One of her faculty-directed program trips included
visiting the European Commission headquarters in
Once started, the program quickly spread to other disciplines and now involves
Brussels, Belgium, meeting with prominent members
30 majors across the University: When engineering students needed someone
of the European Commission cabinet and learning
STUDY ABROAD
The Travel Experience
• Ranges from three
Study-abroad
Students have three main
Third-party providers/
Exchange Programs:
to write pamphlets, they recruited other students who were majoring in English.
weeks to a complete
opportunities are available
ways to study abroad:
independent study:
Exchange agreements
The project receives funding from multiple sources, so students majoring in
semester abroad
for all CES students,
Clemson screens and
with institutions around
finance handle the money.
recommends programs
the world give Clemson
for individual students. If
students the chance
“A project like this lets students see how a project works in the real world,”
travel abroad experience is the opportunity to meet
to study at an overseas
says Barbara Speziale, the director of Creative Inquiry, a Clemson program that
other international students and travelers.
• International
engineering and
science minor
• Global E3 (Global
Engineering
Education)
offering courses directly
related to most majors,
minors or cultural
interests. Opportunities
are affordable, with many
options costing the same
or less than in-state
tuition rates at Clemson.
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Faculty-led programs:
Several CES professors
lead summer study abroad
programs. Students enroll
in classes at Clemson,
but they study around the
world at sites pertinent to
their studies.
there’s a place you’d like
to go, you’ll probably find
university, and “in
a study abroad program
exchange,” a student from
there.
the overseas university
studies at Clemson.
about current and future developmental trends within
Europe as a whole. Students often say the most rewarding part of their
sponsors the Haiti work. “You need to bring in expertise from many different
fields to tackle any problem.”
“I learned so much about myself in the process of
getting to know others,” Vyavahare says. “I gained a
Physicians in Cange say that the clean water has cut their patient load in half.
whole new appreciation for how socially and culturally
Clemson students also gained something: a true, lasting appreciation of other
unique individuals can be.”
cultures.
Learn more about studying abroad by visiting
clemson.edu/studyabroad.
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Find out more about mentoring programs.
clemson.edu/admissions/mentoring.html
Teaming up for success!
PEER
For more than 20 years, Programs for
Educational Enrichment and Retention
(PEER) has offered an award-winning
approach to student support — one that gives
underrepresented students in CES a place to
discover academic and professional success.
PEER helps students develop the skills they’ll
need to be excellent engineering and science
majors. Effective study skills, time-management
techniques and insights from current, successful
CES majors are all available through PEER.
Along the way, PEER also provides:
• Opportunities to make lifelong friends
• Mentoring for minority freshmen from
minority upperclassmen
• Personal counseling
• Study and time-management skills
• Career planning assistance
clemson.edu/ces/peer
WISE
Science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM): These are the fields of
study driving the future of our nation and our
world. Research shows that girls are much more
likely to pursue STEM occupations if they see
and spend time with other women who have been
successful in those fields.
That’s what Women in Science and Engineering
(WISE) is all about, providing programs and
Kwasa Heath
Before she became a woman in engineering, Kwasa Heath
was a girl in engineering — a girl who constructed buildings
from Legos® and learned math by counting the money in her
Barbie® cash register, among other things.
As a part of the Women in Science and Engineering Program (WISE), Heath had
an opportunity to appear on live television and talk to viewers of the local NBC
services that put you in touch with other female
affiliate about toys that encourage girls to explore STEM fields: science, technology,
STEM majors or other women in your field of
engineering and mathematics. Learning while playing is an important part of sparking
study. WISE promotes:
girls’ interest in science and engineering, she explained to the morning anchor of
• Academic and moral support
• Connections with other women in the major
“Your Carolina.” “I didn’t really know I was learning,” she told the viewing audience,
standing alongside WISE program director, Serita Acker.
• Study hall and study groups
WISE is an organization at Clemson University designed to help and support females
• Tutoring
in engineering and science majors. From mentoring and networking, to test banks and
clemson.edu/ces/wise/
tutoring, WISE offers unlimited resources and information.
Now, as an industrial engineering student involved in the WISE program, Heath devotes
time not only to pursuing her college degree, she also mentors other young female
The thing that I enjoy
most is seeing other
females become excited to
pursue a STEM field and
knowing that I was able to
have a part in that.
— Kwasa Heath, Rock Hill, SC,
Industrial Engineering, Class of 2017
Clemson University ranks 15th among the nation’s
universities in graduating African-American students in
engineering, according to a survey by the magazine Diverse:
Issues In Higher Education.
Clemson’s Academic Success Center (ASC) is designed
to help students stay in school and maintain their
scholarships. Housed in a 35,000-square-foot space, the
ASC provides supplemental instruction, academic coaching
and tutoring.
More than 50 percent of freshmen use the ASC during
their first semester, and the University consistently reports
retention rates of greater than 90 percent among those who
use the ASC.
clemson.edu/asc
The Center for Career and Professional Development
offers a variety of services and partnerships with
employers, faculty and staff, all designed to empower and
employ students, including providing access to internships
and for-pay cooperative education opportunities. Clemson’s
career services program ranks fifth in the nation.
(Princeton Review, 2015)
career.clemson.edu
college students who share similar aspirations and interests.
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Academic Success 21»
THE WHEEL DEAL
Student Organizations
and Clubs
If you ask junior materials
science and engineering major
Patrick Smith about his ideal
career, he answers by saying
something that combines his
affinity for engineering with
his love of competitive cycling.
Coming to Clemson has meant
an opportunity to connect
the two in a truly unique and
fulfilling way.
use, are now a regional attraction, drawing
interest from up and down the East Coast.
Research on the benefits of student
organization membership suggests
“Materials science and engineering is an
that actively involved students perform
important discipline in the development
better academically, are more satisfied
of better components for competitive
with their college experience and
cyclists,” Smith says. “I’ve had good
are more likely to graduate. Clemson
support at Clemson. I had to work closely
offers a wide variety of student clubs,
with faculty responsible for the management
but if your particular passion isn’t
of Clemson’s experimental forest to get
represented yet, you can even start
approval for the design and building of the
your own club!
new trail.”
The process of bringing these trails
to Clemson had the added benefit of
connecting Smith with Upstate industry
Being involved in the University’s cycling
officials who not only enjoy cycling, but who
club has helped him connect, not only with
also sponsor it. Sunbrella (textiles) is now
like-minded students, but also supportive
a corporate sponsor of the cycling team, for
faculty and industry officials.
example, and Smith enjoys riding with the
company’s vice president of operations, also
Other CES Professional Clubs and Student
Chapters include:
Alpha Omega Epsilon sorority
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
As a freshman, only two members of the
a Clemson alum. He hosted the USA Cycling
Association of Computing Machinery
University’s Cycling Club were mountain
Southeast Collegiate Cycling Conference
Biomedical Engineering Development
bikers like Patrick. Two years later, thanks to
championship cyclocross race on campus.
his involvement and that of others, mountain
And he landed a spot on a local competitive
Clemson University Geology Club
bikers make up half of the group of about
team, Team Greenville Health System.
Engineering World Health
30, and the club has since completed
Society
Formula SAE
construction of a series of “gravity trails”
“There are great opportunities for outdoor
in the Clemson Experimental Forest. These
recreation here,” says Smith. “There really
downhill mountain biking courses, which
is something for everyone!”
were designed for public and competitive
Institute of Industrial Engineers
Material Advantage
National Society of Black Engineers
Society of Asian Scientists and
Engineers
Society of Hispanic Professional
Engineers
Get involved
Clemson offers more than 400 student clubs and organizations
Rides in the fall with the leaves crunching
under the tires are the best!
— Patrick Smith, Class of ’16 materials science and engineering
major with a concentration in inorganic, minoring in art
«22 Undergraduate Research
For more information visit
clemson.edu/campus-life/student-orgs.
Get experience
More than 50 pre-professional, research and service-learning clubs are available for CES undergraduate students.
Get competitive
Competitions for CES students abound, including:
• Concrete Canoe Team
• Steel Bridge Team
• Formula SAE
• Mini Baja
• Many other competitions affiliated with professional societies and clubs
Society of Women Engineers
Structural Engineers Association of
Clemson University
Student Affiliates of the American
Chemical Society
Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honors
Society
Professional Clubs and Organizations 23»
Career Bound
There are around 80 to 90 employers
worldwide who participate in the
cooperative education program as
teaching partners for CES students. After Graduation
Approximately 35 to 40 percent of
eligible CES students participate in the
cooperative education program.
Clemson engineering and science graduates find
Clemson alumni are the most engaged
and supportive in the nation. Clemson
ranks No. 1 among “Colleges That
Pay You Back, Best Alumni Network,”
Princeton Review, 2015.
best graduate schools in their fields.
positions at some of the world’s top companies and
government agencies and are accepted to some of the
Companies, government agencies and schools include:
3M
Ohio State
Accenture
Princeton
BASF
Martin ColorFi
Top Employers
Baxter Medical
Merck
Beginning with attending Clemson’s career fair, these
BMW
Michelin
businesses are some of the top employers of CES
Ceramtec
Microsoft
Cognis
Milliken
Continental Tire
NASA
Delta Air Lines
Naval Research Labs
DHEC
Nicca USA
Dow Chemical
Novelis
Duke Energy
FedEx
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
Galey & Lord
Omega Environmental
Above all, his Clemson connection has given Pollock the support and confidence he’s
General Electric
O’Neal
needed to find success. He’s gone on to do post-doc work at Penn State, continuing
Harris Corp.
Pfizer
his record of success.
IBM
Scripps Research Institute
Ingersoll
Shaw Industries
“The environment that the people of CES create is one of encouragement and
Intel
SPAWAR
camaraderie, but it’s also one of constructive challenge,” Pollock concludes. “A part
Kimberly Clark
Sun Chemical
of the Clemson Family: That is really the perfect way to describe what it is like to be
Kohler
Texas Instruments
a member of CES.”
Kosa
Timken
Mack Molding
Unifi
MIT
Velcro
N.C. State
WestPoint Stevens
DESTINATION: SUCCESS
grads:
BMW
• 46 CES grads currently employed
• Known as one of the “top five employers
providing quality engaged learning experiences
for Clemson co-op students”
Duke Energy
• 371 CES grads currently employed; regular
Career Fair attendance
• One of the top 10 employers of Clemson grads
• Regularly posts internship and full-time jobs to
Clemson JobLink
Fluor
• 166 CES grads currently employed
Chris Pollock earned a B.S. in chemistry from Clemson’s
College of Engineering and Science in 2009, before making
his way across the Atlantic to continue his education. A
Clemson degree paved the way for a Ph.D. in physical
inorganic chemistry, which he pursued at world-renowned
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in
Mülheim, Germany.
• One of the top five employers of Clemson grads
While he was at Clemson, Pollock earned the Norris Medal, which recognizes
GE
the University’s best all-around student. But if you ask him, his undergraduate
• 179 CES grads currently employed
experience was much broader than a degree received or an award earned, largely as
• 32 CES students did co-op with GE in 2014, and
11 are on co-op with GE currently
Michelin
• 168 CES grads currently employed
• Recruits interns at Clemson frequently
a result of research he conducted in two labs.
“I learned different skills from each of the labs I worked in, but perhaps most
importantly, I discovered that I enjoyed both inorganic chemistry and biochemistry,”
Pollock says.
His senior year at Clemson, Pollock applied to seven graduate schools, all of which
accepted him. The synthesis of the two disciplines and a wide selection of potential
SCANA
graduate advisers led him to choose Cornell. When his Cornell adviser got a job offer
• 87 CES grads currently employed
from the Germany-based Max Planck Institute, however, he chose to follow her and
There are so many wonderful
opportunities available at Clemson
just waiting to be taken advantage
of and so many people to help on
the journey. Now is the chance to
broaden your horizons!
— advice to incoming CES freshmen from Chris Pollock,
2009 CES graduate and Norris Medal winner
Graduate Schools include:
UC-Berkeley
Stanford
Case Western Reserve
University
Tulane
Clemson
University of Minnesota
Cornell
University of North Carolina
Georgia Tech
University of Tennessee
Johns Hopkins
University of Virginia
Purdue
Vanderbilt
Rice
Virginia Tech
University of Florida
her research. He has plans to pursue a career in academia or with a national lab.
«24 Alumni
Find out more about our Career Center.
clemson.edu/career
General Engineering 25»
Find out more about Clemson admissions.
clemson.edu/admissions/undergraduate
Clemson on the map.
Conveniently situated on the shores of
Hartwell Lake, in the foothills of the Blue
Ridge Mountains, Clemson University sits at
the center of the Upstate of South Carolina,
a beautiful, temperate place to live all year
long. Clemson University is just minutes
from burgeoning Greenville, while even
Connect with us.
If you’re ready to start your adventure with
Clemson’s College of Engineering and Science,
then visit us at clemson.edu/admissions/undergraduate,
more metropolitan hubs such as Atlanta,
where you can fill out an online application.
Charlotte, Myrtle Beach and Charleston
There, you’ll find information, admission
are just a few hours’ drive, making them
requirements and application timelines that
popular destinations for weekend trips.
will help guide you through the application and
acceptance process.
Involved.
Clemson students say one of the biggest
Admission to the College of Engineering and
challenges they face is deciding how to
Science is highly competitive. Students who are
spend their free time because there are so
accepted to this program typically have taken
many clubs and groups to join.
a rigorous college preparatory curriculum that
There are cultural pursuits aplenty,
shows an emphasis on math and science courses.
including more than 75 performances a
year at the Brooks Center for the Performing
Arts. From Broadway plays to nationally
DESTINATION: CLEMSON
There is more to the Clemson
experience than superior academics,
which is a big part of what makes
us such a sought-after university to
attend. With broad opportunities to
grow personally and professionally,
our students leave this place better
people and better citizens of a global
community.
«26 All About Clemson
Clemson is a place where students can
discover, innovate, enjoy life and apply
new knowledge and skills — all of which
combine to create students who are
capable of making a lasting impact on
the rest of the world.
acclaimed comedians and musicians,
there’s something to suit every taste
throughout the year.
For sports lovers, Clemson also has
something for every season, including NCAA
Here are some of the factors that we consider
when reviewing freshman applicants:
• Class standing
• Standardized test scores (SAT or ACT)
• High school curriculum
• Grades
• Choice of major
Division I football, basketball, golf, soccer,
cross country, tennis, track and field, rowing
To be considered for transfer admission,
and volleyball. The question is not, “What is
candidates should have the following:
there to do?” It’s, “What do I choose!”
Happy.
Clemson has a reputation for being
• One year of college study (30 semester- or 45
quarter-hours of transferable work)
• A cumulative grade point average of 2.5
one of the friendliest campuses in the
and above on a 4.0 scale (2.7 and above for
nation, with some of the most satisfied
engineering majors; 3.0 is preferred)
students anywhere. Clemson ranked No.
• Credit for freshman-level courses in English,
2 among colleges where “their students
science and mathematics for the intended
love these colleges,” and Clemson ranks
major at Clemson University
third nationally for having the “happiest
students,” according to the 2015 Princeton
Review.
All About Clemson 27»
TAKE THE TOUR
The Class of 1944 Visitors Center —
located on Alumni Circle, adjacent to
the Alumni Center — offers a variety
of informational services including
guided tours, audiovisuals, general/
referral information, departmental
contacts and publications about the
University and surrounding areas. A
tour app is available by download or
on lendable electronic devices. Visit
clemson.edu/visit to verify specific
tour dates and times that coincide
with your visit. Group tours may be
scheduled upon request.
Scheduling
CES Tours
A campus tour is a great chance for you
and your family to learn more about
the programs and facilities available to
undergraduates.
We offer structured afternoon tours on
select Fridays in the fall and spring for
those considering engineering majors.
Prospective science students may arrange
an individual appointment with faculty
from their area of interest.
To schedule tours of the College of
Engineering and Science, visit
clemson.edu/ces/tour.
For more information
On the Web: clemson.edu/admissions/
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