A 2013 benchmarking report from SUTD on “Engineering Design Centres” shows that CEDAR is one of the leading institutes in the US across multiple metrics. The report is shared here (SUTD Benchmarking Presentation).
In summary, the top US Design Research Centers and Labs that were part of the benchmark analysis included:
- CEDAR @ Clemson University
- d.school @ Stanford University
- Centre for Design Research @ Stanford University
- Segal Design Institute @ Northwestern University
- Berkeley Institute of Design @ University of California -Berkeley
- BEST Lab @ University of California – Berkeley
- Krasnov Institute for Advanced Studies @ George Mason University
- The Integrated Design Innovation Group @ Carnegie Mellon University
- MADLab @ University of Texas
- Design Engineering Lab @ Oregon State University
- Complex Engineered System Design Lab @ Oregon State University
- D-Lab @ MIT
- Engineering Design Research Lab @ CalTech
The study compared these groups in different dimensions. CEDAR rankings (among US schools compared) are shown below (NOTE: 2013 rankings).
- Youngest of research groups and labs (History)
- Number of Undergraduate Projects – #1
- Dedicated Lab Space – #1 (tied)
- Number of Active Research Projects – #2 (tied)
- Number of Publications – #2
- Number of Patents – #2
- US8651156B2: Honeycomb structures for high shear flexure
- US8609220B2: Shear compliant hexagonal meso-structures having high shear strength and high shear strain
- US8999480B2: Chiral honeycomb meso-structures for shear flexure
- US8688421B2: Method to design honeycombs for a shear flexible structure
- Number of Combined Projects – #3
- Number of Staff – #3 (tied)
- Number of Leveraged Grants – #3
- Number of Faculty – #6
Other notable numbers (updated 2017):
- Number of PHD graduates @ Clemson: 18(GMF)
- Number of MS Thesis graduates @ Clemson: 46 (GMF)
- Number of MS (non-thesis) graduates @ Clemson: XXX
- Number of Diploma graduates from other universities @ Clemson: 32 (GMF)
- Number of externally funded projects @ Clemson: XXX
- Total funding of research supported @ Clemson: XXX
- Number of graduate courses in design taught by CEDAR faculty @ Clemson: 9
- ME 6550: Design for Manufacturing
- ME 6710: Computer-Aided Engineering Analysis and Design
- ME 6740 (pending): Additive Manufacturing
- ME 8700: Advanced Design Methods
- ME 8710: Engineering Optimization
- ME 8720: Design Automation
- ME 8730: Research Methods to Study Collaborative Design
- ME 8740: Optimization through Integration
- ME 8750 (pending): Engineering Informatics
- Number of alumni in academia: 11
- Farhad Ameri (Associate Professor @ Texas State)
- Benjamin Caldwell (Assistant Professor @ LeTourneau University)
- Mo Chen (Assistant Professor @ Nanjing Tech University)
- James Gibert (Assistant Professor @ Purdue University)
- Jaehyung Ju (Associate Professor @ Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
- Shraddha Joshi (Teaching Assistant Professor @ Carnegie Mellon University)
- “Jeff” Ma (Associate Professor @ St. Louis University)
- Jonathan Maier (Lecturer @ Clemson University)
- Beshoy Morkos (Assistant Professor @ Florida Tech)
- Rahul Renu (Assistant Professor @ Francis Marion University)
- Chiradeep Sen (Assistant Professor @ Florida Tech)