Coulter School of Engineering Newsletter: April 2023
Message From the Dean
A main focus of our mission in the Coulter School of Engineering is to benefit humanity — applying innovative technologies to solve problems that affect the well-being of people and our environment. The stories we share in this issue of our newsletter illustrate how our faculty and students are doing their part to fulfill this mission. Please enjoy reading about them and don’t hesitate to get in touch.
— Bill Jemison
Dean of the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering / Tony Collins Professor of Innovative Engineering Culture
Saving Winter Sports
The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent, especially in places like the North Country, where our winters are warming considerably. Not only will this affect livelihoods, but it will also impact sports — a major concern for those of us who live for hockey. Clarkson is doing its part to save winter through a new green hockey arena ice system.
A Beautiful Partnership
Micron Technology has awarded Professors Jihoon Seo and Alan Rossner a project to research the environmental sustainability of chemical mechanical planarization consumable manufacturing. On the heels of Micron’s announcement that it will invest $100 billion in a semiconductor fabrication facility in Upstate New York, this project looks like the beginning of a beautiful partnership.
A Knight Sweep
Snow and ice wasn’t the only thing taking Wisconsin by storm this February. Golden Knights swept top spots at this year’s SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge, winning first place in multiple categories with their diesel snowmobile. It’s a fitting farewell to the vehicle, which will be sunsetted as the team participates in the hybrid category next year.
PFAS Remediation
Because PFAS in the environment are so widespread, we’re going to need every method available to destroy them. At Clarkson, our researchers have already come up with a number of remediation strategies, and now we have one more. Professor Yang Yang has developed a transformative mechanocatalytic technology that can destroy solid PFAS.