November 17-22, 2019 - Dr. Sosolik and graduate student Patrick Johnson traveled to Matsue, Japan for the 23rd International Workshop on Inelastic Ion-Surface Collisions (IISC-23)

November 5, 2019 - Our work on 3D-printing of an ion beam deflector is accepted for publication in Vacuum.

October 8, 2019 - Our collaboration with Dr. Marler's group on charge exchange of noble gas ions is accepted for publication in Atoms.

July 25, 2019 - Summer REU students Martin "Scott" Driggers, Matt Myers and Luke Strohbehn presented their work as poster at the annual end-of-summer REU symposium

May 13-16, 2019 - Dr. Marler and Dr. Sosolik co-host the Southeast Laboratory Astrophysics Community Meeting at the Clemson University Madren Conference Center

April 4, 2019 - Graduate student Patrick Johnson presented a poster at the Graduate Research and Discovery Symposium here at Clemson University.

November 23, 2018 - Our work on multicharged ion irradiation of polycarbonate is accepted for publication in Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids.

Oct. 12-13, 2018 - Dr. Sosolik hosts the Fall 2018 Meeting of the South Atlantic Coast Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (SACS-AAPT) here on campus

July 27, 2018 - Summer REU and RET participants Ayobami Ojo, Rob Sheffield and Paige Drisgula present their work at the SURE poster session.

April 26-27, 2018 - Dr. Dave Weiss visits from Penn State University and gives a colloquium entitled "Quantum Computing with Maxwell's Demon".

April 17-18, 2018 - A.J. Miller presents his work entitled "Vacuum Applications of 3D Printed Materials and Devices for Ion Beam Physics" at the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Posters on the Hill event in Washington, DC.

April 9-11, 2018 - Dr. Sosolik and other members of the atomic and laboratory astrophysics groups attend the NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop at the University of Georgia

April 6, 2018 - Dr. Sosolik gives a talk at the University of Virginia entitled "Ion-Solid Interactions: Probing Energy and Charge Exchange for Singly-to-Multiply Charged Ions"

March 2-3, 2018 - Dr. Sosolik attended the Spring 2018 Meeting of the South Atlantic Coast Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (SACS-AAPT) at Dalton State College in Dalton, GA.

Nov. 16-18, 2017 - Dr. Sosolik attended the 84th Annual Southeastern Section of the APS Meeting and gave an invited talk entiteld "Probing Ion Irradiation Effects with Buried Interface Devices".

Nov. 2-3, 2017 - Dr. Sosolik attended the AtomDB Workshop at the University of Georgia.

Oct. 22-23, 2017 - Summer REU work by A.J. Miller, "Detection of Hot Electrons Excited Across a Schottky Barrier by Singly Charged Ions" presented at Council on Undergraduate Research’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium in Washington, DC.

Sept. 17-22, 2017 - Dr. Sosolik attended the 22nd International Workshop on Inelastic Ion-Surface Collisions (IISC-22) in Dresden, Germany.

July 27, 2017 - Summer REU and RET participants A.J. Miller, Rob Sheffield and Sean Vick present their work at the SURE poster session.

May 18, 2017 - Dr. Jens Dilling visited from TRIUMF and gave an AMO/EBIT seminar on the latest research at TITAN.

May 11, 2017 - Dhruva Kulkarni graduates from the SINS group. Congratulations!

March 27, 2017 - Dr. Hajime Tanuma visited from the Tokyo EBIT and gave an AMO/EBIT seminar entitled "Charge exchange spectroscopy of multiply charged ions for industrial and astrophysical applications".

March 13, 2017 - Dr. Michael Fogle visited from Auburn University and gave an AMO/EBIT seminar.

Feb. 18-21, 2017, Dr. Sosolik attended the AAPT Winter Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

Oct. 6, 2016, Dr. Sosolik gives a physics colloquium at the University of Georgia entitled "Unlocking the Potential of Multiply-Charged Ions".

September 8, 2016 - Dr. Phillip Stancil visited from UGA to give an EBIT seminar and colloquium on charge exchange with highly charged ions

August 4, 2016 - Endu Srinadhu graduates from the SINS group. Congratulations!

July 22, 2016 - Summer undergraduate researcher Andrew Shore presents his poster at the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) poster session

November 18-21, 2015 - Graduate student Dhruva Kulkarni and summer REU student Luke Lyle attended the 82nd Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section (SESAPS 2015) in Mobile, AL.

October 18-23, 2015 - Dr. Sosolik attended the 21st International Workshop on Inelastic Ion-Surface Collisions (IISC-21) in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.

July 6-9, 2015 - Dr. Sosolik attended the Advanced Laboratory Physics Association's Immersion at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

Oct. 12-17, 2014 - Graduate student Dhruva Kulkarni attended the Dynamics, Interactions and Electronic Transitions at Surfaces Conference (DIET 14) in Pacific Grove, CA.

October 7, 2014 - Dr. Sosolik and the now operational CUEBIT laboratory were profiled in the latest issue of Glimpse magazine.

August 8, 2014 - Radhey Shyam graduates from the SINS group. Congratulations!

May 18-23, 2014 - Dr. Sosolik and graduate students Daniel Field, Dhruva Kulkarni, and Endu Srinadhu attended the EBIST 2014 Symposium in East Lansing, MI.

April-May, 2013 - DREEBIT, GmbH delivered and installed the equipment for the new CUEBIT laboratory.

February 9-13, 2013 - Dr. Sosolik traveled to Dresden, Germany to complete testing and preliminary training on the EBIT and beamline for the CUEBIT laboratory.

November 8-9, 2012 - Graduate students Endu Srinadhu and Daniel Field successfully completed their Ph.D. topic defenses. Congratulations!

Oct. 28 – Nov. 2, 2012 - Graduate student Radhey Shyam attended the American Vacuum Society International Symposium and Exhibition in Tampa, FL and gave a talk entitled, "Capturing Ion-Solid Interactions with MOS Structures".

September 16-21, 2012 - Recent graduate student Dr. Russell Lake attended the 19th International Workshop on Inelastic Ion Surface Collisions in Frauenchiemsee, Germany.

May 24-25, 2012 - Dr. Sosolik traveled to Boston, MA to take factory acceptance test for the new metal evaporation system that will be installed in the CUEBIT laboratory.

May 11, 2012 - Russell Lake graduates from the SINS group. Congratulations!

Feb. 27 – March 2, 2012 - Graduate student Radhey Shyam attended the APS March Meeting in Boston, MA and gave a talk entitled "Capturing Ion-Solid Interactions with MOS Structures".

Oct. 19-22, 2011 - Graduate students Daniel Field and Radhey Shyam attended the Southeastern Section APS Meeting in Roanoke, VA.

Nov. 13, 2010 - Dr. Sosolik gave a presentation on CUEBIT and laboratory astrophysics with highly charged ions at the Astro Dust Workshop held in Clemson, SC.

Oct. 22-27, 2010 - Dr. Sosolik visited DREEBIT, GmbH in Dresden, Germany to discuss designs for the new Electron Beam Ion Trap and beamline that will be in the CUEBIT laboratory.

Sep. 26-Oct. 1, 2010 IISC Workshop - Dr. Sosolik and graduate students Russell Lake, Jason Puls and Daniel Field attended the 18th International Workshop on Inelastic Ion Surface Collisions in Gatlinburg, TN.

Aug. 8-13, 2010 - Dr. Sosolik attended the 2010 Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry and gave a talk entitled "The Center for Ion Modified Materials Research: A New Highly Charged Ion-Based User Facility at Clemson University".

March 31, 2010 - Dr. Sosolik attended the 2010 Southeastern Laboratory Astrophysics Meeting on Dust and Ice: Their Roles in Astrophysical Environments and gave a talk entitled "Highly Charged Ion Astrophysics in the Laboratory: A New User Facility at Clemson University".

March 14-19, 2010 - Undergraduate researcher Eugene Livesey attended the APS March Meeting in Portland, OR.

February 2010 - NSF officially announces funding for our new laboratory – the Clemson University Electron Beam Ion Trap (CUEBIT) through an NSF-MRI-R2 award. See the Award Abstract.

January 2010 - Graduate student Russell Lake returns to the National Institute of Standards and Technology to use the Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) to complete his PhD work on highly-charged ion-surface impact measurements.

November 8-13, 2009 -Graduate student Russell Lake presented a poster at the 56th Annual Symposium and Exhibition of the American Vacuum Society in San Jose, CA.

October 30, 2009 - Graduate student Russell Lake successfully completed his Master defense/PhD topic defense. Congratulations!

September 25, 2009 - Our two Honors College students (D. Bergman and S. Cawthorne) both received grants to pursue their senior thesis projects.

August 8, 2009 - Dr. Matthew Ray graduates from the SINS group -- up next is an NRC postdoctoral position at NRL in Washington, DC. Congratulations, Matt!

July 30 - August 1, 2009 - Graduate student Matthew Ray traveled to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA to give a talk entitled "Energy Dissipation in Hyperthermal Ion-Surface Interactions".

July 17-20, 2009 - Graduate student Russell Lake attended the 21st International Symposium on Ion Atom Collisions at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.

July 16, 2009 - Graduate student Matthew Ray successfully completed the oral defense for his Ph.D. Congratulations!

June 25, 2009 - NSF approves supplemental funds to replace our vintage 1980s manipulator. Hurray and on to the design stage!

May 15, 2009 - Graduate student Russell Lake was awarded a COMSET graduate fellowship for 2009-2010.

April 19-23, 2009 - Dr. Sosolik and graduate students Matthew Ray and Russell Lake attended the Twelfth International Workshop on Desorption Induced by Electronic Transitions (DIET XII) held at Pine Mountain, GA.

Oct. 2008 - Feb. 2009 Graduate student Russell Lake works at the National Institute of Standards and Technology using the Electron Beam Ion Trap for highly-charged ion-surface impact measurements.

Nov. 15-21, 2008 Graduate student Russell Lake attends the SC08 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis as part of the South Carolina Computing Group Consortium.

Oct. 19-24, 2008 Graduate student Russell Lake attends the American Vacuum Society's 55th International Symposium and Exhibition.

Sept. 21-26, 2008 Graduate student Matt Ray and Dr. Sosolik attend the 17th International Workshop on Inelastic Ion Surface Collisions (IISC-17) in Porquerolles, France.

June 24 - July 4, 2008 Graduate student Russell Lake attends the 2008 Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting. His trip was sponsored by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. As part of this trip, Russell also did some collaborative work in the laboratory of Prof. Ib Chorkendorff at the Center for Individual Nanoparticle Functionality (CINF).

June 9 - July 18, 2008 HIgh school student Chris Raines works with the SINS group as part of the Summer Program for Research Interns.

May 1, 2008 Dr. Sosolik and Dr. Harrell (ECE) receive funding through the NASA-EPSCoR South Carolina Space Grant Consortium for their proposal "Ionization-on-a-Chip for Miniaturized Mass Spectrometry".

March 10-14, 2008 Graduate students Matt Ray and Russell Lake attend the 2008 American Physical Society March Meeting in New Orleans, LA.

Nov. 8-10, 2007 Graduate students Matt Ray and Russell Lake attend the 74th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society