Building for Tomorrow
Auburn is taking another giant step as the Southeast’s leader in structural engineering research and instruction through the construction of a $22 million Advanced Structural Testing Laboratory.
Articles by: Austin Phillips
Meaning Business
It’s been nearly 50 years since Joe Forehand last attended a higher education class, but the 71-year-old decided this year that it was time to go back to school. Just not in the way you would think.
Alabama’s transportation leader for more than 60 years
The Department of Civil Engineering organized and developed the Annual Alabama Transportation Conference for 62 years.
Asteroid exploration
Masatoshi Hirabayashi, assistant professor in aerospace engineering, is part of two on-going asteroid exploration missions.
International impact
Auburn University international alumna and Fulbright scholar Basima Abdulrahman, who recently founded Iraq’s first sustainable architecture consultancy, co-chaired the World Economic Forum’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland.
Regions names McCrary as new chairman
Charles McCrary was named the new chairman of the board of Regions Financial Corp. and Regions Bank.
SEC Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year
Recent aerospace engineering graduate Sam Cerio was named the Southeastern Conference Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year for gymnastics.
Frank Cilluffo named McCrary Institute Director
Auburn University has taken another step forward as a leader on the national stage of cybersecurity with the naming of globally renowned cyber expert Frank Cilluffo to direct Auburn’s Charles D. McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security. Cilluffo is a member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and the […]
Honoring a legacy
David Dixon, ’76 civil engineering and member of The Dixon Foundation board of directors, has been selected by the Civil Engineering Advisory Board as its first emeritus member. After graduating from Auburn, Dixon earned his master’s in the same discipline from Stanford University in 1977, and then went to work […]
Auburn’s first Astronaut Scholar
Aerospace engineering senior Mike Wietstruk is the first Auburn University student to receive the merit-based scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and was one of 50 students from 36 universities across the nation to be awarded. Along with receiving the prestigious award, he also became a member of the Astronaut […]
