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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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Students from Clarkson University were awarded bachelor's, masters and doctoral degrees this winter on December 17, 2022.

Students have been named Presidential Scholars for the Fall 2022 semester at Clarkson University.

Students have been named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2022 semester at Clarkson University

Clarkson University awarded nearly 800 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees to students from 31 states, 19 countries and 59 New York state counties at its spring 2022 commencement in May. (An additional 189 students received degrees this past winter and summer.)

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.

Students have been named to the Dean's List for the Spring 2022 semester at Clarkson University

Students have been named Presidential Scholars for the Spring 2022 semester at Clarkson University.

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.

Graduating senior Kristen A. Goebel of Victor, N.Y., received the Levinus 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 by University founders Elizabeth and Frederica Clarkson in memory of their brother, Levinus, and was first awarded in 1909. This award and the Frederica Clarkson Award are traditionally given to the two top students in the graduating class. Goebel, a member of the Honors Program, earned a bachelor of science degree in computer science and mathematics. She was a presidential scholar for all of her semesters at Clarkson and graduated with a 4.0 GPA. She is a member of the Pi Mu Epsilon math honor society. During her time at Clarkson, Goebel has earned the Philip "Pinky" Ryan Memorial Award, the Hamlin/Darraugh Computer Science Outstanding Senior Award, the R. Gerald Bradshaw Award for Mathematics, and the Pi Mu Epsilon Sophomore Award for Mathematics.

Students from Clarkson University were awarded bachelor's, masters and doctoral degrees this winter on December 18, 2021.

Students have been named to the Dean's List for the fall 2021 semester at Clarkson University

Autumn Lennon '22, of Beacon, N.Y., a civil engineering major, and member of Clarkson's Honors program has received the Women and Minorities STEM Scholarship from the Atkins Foundation. The Minority Scholarship Program was created to help students financially pursue their higher education dreams in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM). The scholarship is worth $4000 to help cover tuition-related expenses for the 2021-2022 school year. Autumn is the President of the Clarkson Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), serves as an ambassador of the Honors Program, and enjoys being a part of the Clarkson Union Board. She will graduate in May 2022 and will start working for Kimley-Horn on the Transportation Planning and Traffic Operations Design Team in Fort Worth, Texas. "By awarding this scholarship, the Atkins Foundation recognizes not only Autumn's exemplary performance in the classroom but her significant leadership contributions to the Clarkson community. In her three short years at Clarkson, I have observed Autumn's embodiment of the Clarkson values of growth, teamwork, vision, diligence, service, caring, diversity, and integrity," said Prof. Steve Wojtkiewicz (CEE).

Students have been named Presidential Scholars for the Fall 2021 semester at Clarkson University.

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

Students have been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2021 semester at Clarkson University

Students have been named Presidential Scholars for the Spring 2021 semester at Clarkson University.

Clarkson University awarded nearly 750 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees to students from 26 states, 19 countries and 52 New York state counties at its spring 2021 commencement in May. This ceremony also recognized the 280 August and December 2020 graduates.

Students graduated from Clarkson University on December 31, 2020.

Graduating senior John (Jack) Garrett of Marblehead, Mass., was awarded the Levinus Clarkson Award during Clarkson University's spring 2021 commencement ceremony. He was selected for the $1,000 award by a vote of the full University faculty based on his scholarship and promise of outstanding achievement. The award was established by University founders Elizabeth and Frederica Clarkson in memory of their brother, Levinus, and was first awarded in 1909. This award and the Frederica Clarkson Award are traditionally given to the two top students in the graduating class. Garrett earned a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering with a concentration in electrical power engineering, and minors in sustainable energy systems engineering, project management, and mathematics. He was a presidential scholar for all of his semesters at Clarkson and graduated with a 3.95 GPA. Garrett is a member of Clarkson's academic, leadership, mathematics, engineering, and electrical engineering honors societies, was the vice president and electrical engineering lead for the Formula Electric SPEED team, and helped establish the IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) student branch at Clarkson. Garrett also received the John W. Estey Outstanding Scholar Award from the IEEE Power and Energy Society for IEEE Region 1, one of only seven recipients across the U.S. and Canada.