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Clarkson University's Baja SAE Student Projects for Engineering Experience and Design (SPEED) team showcased its creativity and engineering skills on Saturday, Sept. 28, placing first in the Baja Cross competition and fourth overall. OktoBAJAfest is an exhibition race, hosted by Clarkson University and organized by Clarkson Baja Alumni, for student-built vehicles conforming to the rules of the Mini Baja series. Events like OktoBAJAfest provide invaluable hands-on learning experiences, allowing students to apply their classroom knowledge in real-world scenarios. These opportunities foster teamwork, problem-solving, and innovation - skills that are essential for their future careers. This event invites student Baja teams from across the U.S. and Canada to travel to Colton, NY to Clarkson's Seven Springs, an 85 acre property formerly used as a downhill and cross country ski location from 1974 to 1990. The property has a 250' vertical drop and is home to miles of mountain biking and Baja trails. This festival includes five separate events including short track, Baja cross (suspension and maneuverability), hill climb, technical inspection, and a final endurance race.

Clarkson University student teams participate in various college engineering design competitions through the University's SPEED (Students Projects for Engineering Experience and Design) Program. These competitions provide hands-on learning experiences, allowing students to apply their engineering knowledge in real-world scenarios while fostering teamwork, innovation, and problem-solving skills. Through the SPEED Program, Clarkson students continue to demonstrate their engineering expertise and commitment to excellence in design and innovation. The SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge is an engineering design competition that pushes students to reengineer snowmobiles to reduce emissions and noise without sacrificing performance. Competing snowmobiles are tested in various categories such as emissions, noise, fuel economy, endurance, acceleration, handling, cold start, and design. The goal is to create an environmentally friendly snowmobile suitable for use in sensitive areas like National Parks. These redesigned snowmobiles must be quiet, emit fewer unburned hydrocarbons, be cost-effective, and provide a comfortable ride, all while primarily functioning as touring snowmobiles on groomed trails. While modern snowmobiles already meet noise and emission standards, the challenge encourages teams to implement innovative solutions that further enhance performance. There are two categories in the Internal Combustion classification-gasoline and diesel. For the past eight years, the Clarkson team competed in the diesel category, achieving great success. However, with SAE's decision to eliminate the diesel class in 2025, the Clarkson team has transitioned back to the gasoline division and entered the newly established hybrid category. During the 2024 spring semester, the competition returned to the Keweenaw Research Center at Michigan Tech. Clarkson's team placed 8th overall, with notable finishes in the Technical Presentation (4th), Objective Handling (5th), and Noise (5th) categories. Pictured Left to right: Ben Larivee, Henry Swift, Nick Marsh, Brandon O'Neill, Patrick McCabe, Jessie Kavanagh, Josh Segal, Tucker Gabriel, Jeff Hansen, Mike Hewey, Eric Wirger, Zachary Lutzke

The Clarkson University Baja SAE team, now in its 46th year, had a remarkable 2024 season, competing in one SAE event and two non-SAE competitions. The team participated in races held in Williamsport, PA, Quebec City, QC, and their home event, the "OktoBAJAfest" at Clarkson's Seven Springs, organized by Clarkson Baja alumni. Baja SAE challenges students with real-world engineering design projects. Teams design and build off-road vehicles capable of withstanding tough terrain, water, and mud. The competition simulates the process of introducing a new product to the consumer industrial market, requiring students to manage every aspect-from design and manufacturing to promotion and financial support. In May 2024, Clarkson's Baja team entered the Baja SAE Pennsylvania race with a newly redesigned 4WD system, finishing 27th overall out of 107 teams. The team achieved a 21st place finish in the Hill Climb and 19th in the Suspension event. Earlier in February, at the EDN race in Quebec City hosted by Laval University, they finished 10th overall, with standout performances including 4th in Suspension and 8th in Acceleration. Then at the 2023 OktoBAJAfest, the team ran two cars, placing 3rd and 4th overall, with top finishes in the Hill Climb (1st and 2nd), Endurance (2nd), and Baja Cross (2nd). The team consists of 25-30 students from a variety of majors, demonstrating the collaborative and interdisciplinary spirit that defines the Clarkson Baja SAE team. In picture Left to right and front to back: Ryan Truscott, Aspen Tripp, Lucas Ricci, Will Schlosser, Elijah Greenberg, RJ Jacobson, Clay Reagon, James Keach, Akari Harada, Luke Owens (driver), Jacob Cassi, Eli Thetford, Kaitlinn Campana, Taylor Clayton, Damon Brownell, Colin Harrison, Clark White, and Tristian Adrian

Jide Oyerinde, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PhD graduate student, won second place in the 2024 Fluxtrol Student Research Competition and a $1000 prize at the just concluded 29th IFHTSE2024/IMAT2024 World Congress. Jide's work focuses on the microstructural evolution in high-entropy alloys and its effect on their mechanical properties. His research supervisors are Prof. Ioannis Mastorakos, Prof. Philip Yuya, and Prof. Ajit Achuthan. He also serves as the president of Clarkson University's Material Advantage club. The International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) World Congress and International Materials Application & Technologies (IMAT) recently hosted the conference/exposition in Cleveland, Ohio. The Fluxtrol Student Research Competition is a mark of excellence in the field of thermal processing. This prestigious accolade, with a monetary value courtesy of Fluxtrol Inc., is bestowed upon student winners whose research is deemed by judges to be of extraordinary quality and impact. It is a testament to the high standards and innovative spirit of the field. The Fluxtrol Student Research Competition is a competition-based award and recognition program for young, innovative scientists/professionals seeking to encourage participation in the ASM International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering and to provide attractive offers and opportunities in the worldwide Thermal Processing community. Fluxtrol and ASM solicits abstract submissions based on thermal processing of metal/metal-containing components for this competition. Review/Format: This is a two-phase competition/award. Phase 1: students will prepare a poster highlighting their work and present it during a special poster session during IFHTSE World Congress 2024. The submitted posters will be evaluated by an international team of thermal processing professionals from both academia and industry. The student posters with the highest cumulative scores from the judges will be named semi-finalists, and the student authors will be invited to present their work orally in a special session during IFHTSE World Congress 2024. Phase 2: Semi-finalists selected from the poster session will then give an oral presentation. Presentations will be no more than 7 minutes in length, with 3 minutes for questions from the judges. Each oral presentation will be evaluated and scored for originality, experimental and research results, and presentation style. To be eligible, a researcher must be a student who is currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree at a University, Institute, or College (University) or is within one year of graduation but conducted the research while still enrolled at a University, having completed an aspect of thermal processing research.

Clarkson University's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering recently held its annual MAE Award, and the MAE Awards Committee has announced Sandeep Khadka as the winner of the department's 2024 award for Best Graduate Student Research Paper. This award is given in recognition of exemplary graduate student led research published in the 2023 calendar year. In making the selection for this award, the faculty committee considered both the quality of the paper itself and the importance of its findings to its field. Khadka was lead author on a paper titled, "Laves Phase and Equiaxed Grains Formation in Directed Energy Deposited AlCuFeNiTi High Entropy Alloy." The article was published in Journal of Alloys and Compounds, which is one of the top ranked journals in its field. The work describes an innovative approach to additive manufacturing employing high entropy alloys, which is a class of metals in which five or more elements are combined in nearly equal proportions. The resulting material demonstrated an equiaxed grain morphology, which is typically difficult to achieve in an additively manufactured high entropy alloy and results in superior mechanical properties and thermal stability.

Graduating senior Autumn Lennon of Beacon, N.Y., received the Frederica Clarkson Award during Clarkson University's spring 2022 commencement ceremony on May 14. She was selected for the $1,000 award by a vote of the full University faculty based on her scholarship and promise of outstanding achievement. The award was established in 1921 as a bequest in the will of Frederica Clarkson, sister of Thomas S. Clarkson, for whom the University is named. This award and the Levinus Clarkson Award are traditionally given to the two top students in the graduating class. Lennon, a member of the Honors Program, earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. She was a presidential scholar for all of her semesters at Clarkson and graduated with a 3.9 GPA. She served as the President of the Clarkson Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for three years, served as an ambassador of the Honors Program, and enjoys volunteering for the St. Andrews Food Pantry when home.

Students from Clarkson University were awarded bachelor's, masters and doctoral degrees this spring on May 11, 2024.

Students from Clarkson University were awarded bachelor's, masters and doctoral degrees this winter on December 16, 2023.

Students from Clarkson University were awarded bachelor's, masters and doctoral degrees this spring on May 13, 2023.

Students have been named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2024 semester at Clarkson University

Students have been named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2023 semester at Clarkson University

Students have been named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2023 semester at Clarkson University

Students have been named Presidential Scholars for the Spring 2024 semester at Clarkson University.

Students have been named Presidential Scholars for the Fall 2023 semester at Clarkson University.

Students have been named Presidential Scholars for the Spring 2023 semester at Clarkson University.

Major General Ray Shields, the Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership.

Read about some of the new students who will attend Clarkson University as members of the Class of 2025.

Read about some of the new students who will attend Clarkson University as members of the Class of 2023.

Read about some of the new students who will attend Clarkson University as members of the Class of 2024.

For the first time ever Air Force ROTC cadets are receiving real-time instruction from a fully qualified Air Force instructor pilot, remotely.

Clarkson Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Craig Merrett led a team of students in Clarkson University's mechanical and aeronautical engineering program to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)'s premier conference, SciTech. SciTech is the largest aerospace engineering conference in the world, where industry, academia, and government agencies meet to discuss current trends and deliver technical presentations. This year, SciTech was held in Orlando, Florida. The trip was funded by the Sung P. Lin Endowed Fund for Aeronautical Engineering.