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NSF Career Award Winners
Promising Young Researchers in Science and
Engineering
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Andrew T. Duchowski
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Tracking Human Eyes to Improve Computer
Graphics
 Dr.
Andrew T. Duchowski’s NSF CAREER award supports education
and research concerning eye tracking — a technology
used to measure eye movements. By studying patterns of visual
attention — how individuals scan computer displays,
Web pages or environments in virtual reality — Duchowski’s
research will have significant impact on the steadily growing
areas of perceptually based computer graphics and human-computer
interaction. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from
Texas A&M University in 1997 and joined Clemson’s
computer science department in 1998.
Stephen H. Foulger
Associate Professor, School of Materials
Science and Engineering
Enhancing Photonics
The
results of Dr. Stephen H. Foulger’s research could
have significant implications for the field of photonics,
an optical communications technology that melds light with
electronics. Foulger is studying plastic, synthetic opals
to determine if it is possible to guide and direct light
through these man-made stones. This could lead to the development
of new materials and methods to enhance the photonics field,
which has paved the way for high-speed Internet communications.
He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1996 and worked as a polymer scientist with
Pirelli Cables & Systems before joining Clemson’s
School of Materials Science and Engineering in 1999.
Scott M. Husson (PECASE Winner)
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Creating New Ways to Reduce Drug Costs
and Protect Water Supplies
Dr.
Scott M. Husson received the PECASE Award for his work on
Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) surfaces, a chemical
and engineering innovation paving the way for a wide range
of applications, including low-cost drug screening, biochemical
separations and real-time monitoring of water supplies against
biochemical contamination. Molecular imprinting imparts “memory” to
synthetic polymers. Armed with this memory, MIP surfaces
differentiate among molecules in mixtures and bind target
molecules from the mixture. Husson earned his Ph.D. in 1998
from the University of California-Berkeley before joining
Clemson’s chemical engineering department.
Nader Jalili
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Making Small Motors with a Big Impact
Dr.
Nader Jalili is using nanotechnology, the science of building
and manipulating materials as small as a single molecule,
to create miniature devices that cause movement, such as
tiny motors, microscale robotic systems and biomedical applications
that could assist with surgery and more effective drug delivery.
Jalili is creating these new structures from nanotubes — tiny,
tube-shaped carbon or other compositions that have the natural
ability to move when energized. He earned his Ph.D. from
the University of Connecticut in 1998 and joined Clemson’s
mechanical engineering department in 2000.
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