Kevin Fisher of Honeoye Falls Graduates from Clarkson University Honors Program

2012 May 21

Thirty Clarkson University students graduated with a University Honors Program Degree during commencement on May 12.

Kevin Fisher, a chemical engineering major, from Honeoye Falls, N.Y., was among one of the students receiving this honor. Fisher graduated with great distinction and completed an honors thesis titled "Mechanisms Leading to Diamond-like Carbon Film Formation in Liquid Phase Electrical Discharges." After Clarkson, Fisher will begin a career at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory as a Rickover Fellow while also attending the University of Michigan where he will be pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering.

Clarkson's Honors Program is an intensive four-year curriculum built upon current and emerging problems in science, technology and society. The University admits a maximum of 40 new students to the Honors Program each year. All graduating students must complete an Honors Thesis, original research or scholarship of publishable quality, and the service requirement.

Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise. Of the 1,003 universities in Payscale's College Salary Report, Clarkson graduates have the seventeenth highest starting salaries.