b'Leah Wiitablake .Oak View, California Materials Science and EngineeringBS, California State University, Fullerton Artis Brasovs . Gulbene, LatviaA Phenomenographic Analysis of Undergraduate Student Perceptions of theMS, University of LatviaGeosciences and Geoscience Careers Magnetic Nano- and Micro-Rods as Tools for Characterizing Materials Advised by Dr. D. Matthew Boyer Mechanical Properties: Fundamentals and ApplicationsLeah was awarded Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) in 2021 at both theAdvised by Dr. Konstantin G. Kornevcollege and University levels for her work with the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Geology at Clemson University. She went on to receiveArtis excelled both academically and athletically during his graduate journey. He was a an Outstanding TA Award in June with the National Association of Geoscience Teacherstwo-time intramural summer beach volleyball champion (20232024) and was named (NAGT) later that same year. Graduate Student of the Month in September 2024.Siddhartha Sarkar . Kolkata, IndiaEnvironmental Engineering and Earth Sciences BS, Vellore Institute of Technology; MS, North Carolina State UniversityPhilip Henrik Arve Greenville, South Carolina Laser Processing of Multi-Phase Ceramic CoatingsBS, Missouri University of Science and Technology; MS, Clemson University Advised by Dr. Kyle BrinkmanElectrochemical Techniques for the Treatment of Source-Separated Urine Miranda Pacific Stone .Marathon, New YorkAdvised by Dr. Sudeep Popat BS, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyPhil received the Thomas M. Keinath Water Environment Association Award andExploring the Compositional Limits of Y2O3-Al2O3-SiO2 Optical Fiberspublished two peer-reviewed articles. He plans to continue his current employment as aAdvised by Dr. John Ballatoprocess engineer at Garver.Miranda has presented four contributed talks and has been a part of six peer-reviewed Soheil Roudini .Kerman, Iran publications, with another under review.BS, Petroleum University of Technology; MS, Amirkabir University ofTianyi Zhou Central, South CarolinaTechnology; MS, Clemson University MS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; BS, Hefei University of TechnologyInterpreting Strain Caused by Transient Well Testing Enhancing Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells by Advanced Laser Processing for Advised by Dr. Lawrence C. Murdoch Superior PerformanceSoheil was honored with the Environmental Scholar Award in 2020 for his academicAdvised by Dr. Jianhua Tongexcellence and significant contributions to environmental engineering. He has four peer-reviewed publications, with two more currently under review, all in prestigious journals. His career plans are focused on working in the environmental industry. Mechanical EngineeringRachel Kaitlyn Uecker .San Antonio, Texas Tanuj Gupta Kanchanrup, NepalBS, Texas A&M University BTech, KIIT University; MS, University of North Carolina at CharlotteInvestigating Crystalline Rock Weathering in Distinct Climate and EcologicalDeformation Mechanism of Gold Nanoparticles Under Compressive Loading: Settings: Insights From Shallow Seismic Refraction Insights from Atomistic Modeling and Unsupervised Machine LearningAdvised by Dr. Brady Adams Flinchum Advised by Dr. Huijuan ZhaoTanuj won the Peoples Choice award in Clemson Universitys 2024 Science as Art Bryanna D. Wattier-Weisensee Broomfield, Colorado competition. He also participated in the 2024 iGRADS Symposium, and the 2022 BS, University of Northern Colorado; MS, Clemson University 3-Minute Thesis competition. He was elected Graduate Student Government senator Supporting Holistic, Informed Decision-Making Through the Complementarityfor the Mechanical Engineering Department in August 2022, and honoured as the of Life Cycle Assessment and Radiological Protection Outstanding GSG Representative for the Research Initiative committee in May 2023.Advised by Dr. Nicole Martinez and Dr. Lindsay Shuller-Nickles Minglei Lu Clemson, South CarolinaReid Fowler Williams Saratoga Springs, New York BS, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; MS, Shanghaijiaotong UniversityPhD, Clemson University Neural Operator and Physics-Informed Deep Learning Approaches for Inverse Biogeochemical Controls of Cesium-137 Migration in Surface Waters and NearDesign of Composites and Manufacturing ProcessesSurface Sediments at the USDOE Savannah River Site Advised by Dr. Zhen LiAdvised by Dr. Brian Powell Minglei got the 2nd place in the 2023 3MT competition, the 2nd place in the graduate poster competition in mechanical engineering. He has three peer-reviewed publications with another under review.24 25'