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April 2005
POTSDAM — Clarkson University's 2005 FIRST Robotics team, along with 1,000 other teams from around the world, is currently hard at work designing and building a remote-controlled robot as part of this year's international robotics design competition "Triple Play." Each year, participating FIRST teams are given design instructions the first week in January and have six weeks to build a robot that meets strict size and weight guidelines and performs a set of designated tasks while competing against other robots in sporting-like events. See Press Release TOP
PLATTSBURGH — The State University of New York College at Plattsburgh has introduced a new major in the Center for Earth and Environmental Science. The major, environmental studies, will let students explore the human dimensions of the environment in the context of a program that integrates the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. See Press Release TOP
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Thomas C. Young |
POTSDAM — Clarkson University President Tony Collins announced that Thomas C. Young has been appointed University Provost. Young will oversee the development and enhancement of Clarkson's academic programs and research endeavors. He will work closely with the University deans and center directors to implement Clarkson's long-range planning initiatives and engage the University's constituents in these initiatives as they unfold. See Press Release TOP
National Science Foundation Awards
POTSDAM — John Moosbrugger and Kathleen Issen of Clarkson University are the recipients of an $83,000 NSF grant for a three-year program focusing on the theme Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Materials Systems and Materials Processing. Detail TOP
POTSDAM — Alireza K. Ziarani of Clarkson University is the recipient of a $75,739 NSF grant to research signal processing for auditory system investigations. Detail TOP
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Anja Mueller |
POTSDAM — Clarkson University Professor of Chemistry Anja Mueller is working to improve heart valve replacement technology by creating a nonadhesive, medicated coating that will cover the artificial valves and prevent blood platelets and bacteria from sticking to heart valves installed in patients. See Press Release TOP
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Sergiy Minko |
POTSDAM — Smart materials are becoming a reality and one of the world's leading experts in the field is Sergiy Minko, who holds the Egon Matijevic Chair of Chemistry at Clarkson University. Minko's research explores responsive functional material based on self-assembly in polymer and colloidal systems. By studying the behavior of single molecules and the assembly of a few molecules, Minko explained, researchers are learning how nature assembles and reassembles molecules to achieve certain properties. See Press Release TOP
