The College of Engineering and Computing is presenting a series of Forums on our Energy Future. The role of nuclear energy will be described and discussed in the first Forum, followed by Forums dedicated to coal, hydrogen, renewables, and energy conservation, respectively. Second forum will be Wednesday, May 14, 6:30 pm, at Florence-Darlington Technical College to discuss "The Place of Coal in Our Energy Future." more

Headlines




CEC announces scholarship program to fund tuition for SC students

College and state officials announced a first of its kind scholarship program on Wednesday, February 6 that will cover the difference between tuition costs and LIFE scholarships for in-state freshmen majoring in engineering and computing. Click here to read News story with photos | View video of the news conference

CEC announces faculty and staff award winners

  • John B. Bowles (CSE), Joseph M. Biedenbach Distinguished Service Award
  • David M. London (EE), Staff Distinguished Service Award
  • Christopher T. Williams (ChE), Samuel Litman Distinguished Professor Award
  • Csilla Farkas (CSE), Young Investigator Award
  • Xiadong Li (ME), Research Progress Award
  • John W. Van Zee (ChE), Research Achievement Award
  • Grigory Simin (EE), Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Award

CEC continues support of 2008 FIRST Robotics

CEC continued its long-running support of the FIRST Robotics competition March 27-29, 2008. Story with winners list | Photos

ChE professor awarded Humboldt Fellowship

Dr. Edward P. Gatzke has received a three-year Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to study in Germany. More

Looking for the most lucrative degrees? Look no further!

Once again, engineering and computing tops the list of the best salaries of jobs for grads! more

Research and Awards


Congrats to Dr. Rich Ray (CEE), recipient of a Fulbright US Scholars research award.

Congrats to Dr. Hanif Chaudhry (CEE), recipient of the 2008 Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award -- the most prestigious award ASCE gives in water resources.

Students and Organizations


Grad Student Day winners

  • Kevin Beard (ChE), 1st place, oral presentation, "Synthesis and structural analysis of improved fuel cell catalysts prepared by electroless deposition methods."
  • Sherif Abd El-Gawad (CEE), 3rd place, oral presentation "Numerical simulation of large scale gravity flows."
  • Casey Hetrick (ChE), 2nd place, oral presenation "Catalytic oxidation of m-dichlorobenzene over V2O5/TiO2 catalysts in the presence of steam."
  • Bin Ni (CSE), 3rd place, presentation "Coding-aware routing in wireless mesh networks."
  • Muhammad Qazi (EE), 2nd place, poster "Two dimensional signatures for molecular identification."
  • Alicia Ruvinsky (CSE), 2nd place, presentation "Understanding mixed societies: Playing humans against agents."

CEC supports our student athletes!

Our students participate in baseball, cheerleading, football, soccer, swimming, track and field and water polo. more



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Upcoming Events
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  • May 7: Deadline to turn in photos of students for May 10's graduation program
  • May 10: Graduation program and reception at Swearingen, 10 am
  • May 12: May session classes begin
  • May 29: Last day of May session classes
  • June 2: Summer I classes begin
  • June 17: Last day to apply for August graduation
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