Coulter School of Engineering Newsletter: July 2022

Message From the Dean

Golden Knights make a difference. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the stories featured below. Whether volunteering, improving the well-being of canines and humans through innovative safety tests, or elevating the body of knowledge in the fields of rocketry or biometrics, the Clarkson community embodies our values of caring, service and vision. I could not be more proud.

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

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Buckle Up, Fido

As they tackle real-world problems, Clarkson students come up with innovative solutions that will improve the lives of everyday people — or, in this case, dogs. For a class assignment, three engineering students collaborated with New York State Police to test seat belts for dogs. After all, our best friends deserve to be safe too.

It Is Rocket Science!

Members of the Clarkson University Rocketry Club propelled themselves to great heights this spring. After completing 10 successful rocket launches in May, seven of the aspiring rocketeers obtained Level 1 High Powered Rocketry Certification. While the club complements Clarkson’s new aerospace engineering program, anyone interested in rocketry is invited to join.

Twenty Years of ID Research

Happy 20th birthday to CITeR, the Center for Identification Technology Research! For two decades, Clarkson has been the home of this National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center, where scientists perform critical research in the increasingly important areas of identity science and biometric recognition.

Back in Service

The beginning of the pandemic upended the normal operations of almost every organization, including the Peace Corps, which had to recall volunteers from around the globe. Now the Corps is ready to get back out there, and civil engineering grad Jacquelyn Scibior ’16 will be among the first cohort to return to international service.