Throw out the old rules of manufacturing. Additive manufacturing – more commonly known as 3-D printing – is changing the game, thanks in part to the Auburn Engineering researchers making it happen. Although 3-D printing has been around for decades, technological advancements have led to new interest in this technology […]
The Federal Transit Administration has awarded Auburn University $1.5 million to test and assess components used in low or no-emission public transit buses. Auburn was one of only two universities selected for competitive funding in the federal Low and No-Emission Component Assessment Program, also known as LoNo-CAP. Auburn and Ohio […]
Have you ever looked at algae growing in a pond and wondered if it can fuel your car? Probably not. But this is a serious question for Brendan Higgins, assistant professor of biosystems engineering. Higgins is part of Auburn University’s team of researchers studying scalable energy conversion science and technology. […]
Materials engineering doctoral student Armin VahidMohammadi won first place in the Materials Research Society’s Science as Art competition for his depiction of an engineered nanomaterial as Lord Voldemort, the villain from the “Harry Potter” movie series. Using a scanning electron microscope, VahidMohammadi was examining particles of an engineered nanomaterial when […]
Auburn Engineering students were honored with top prizes at Auburn’s “This is Research: Student Symposium 2017.” Undergraduate first-place winners in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics category were Jennifer Kaczmarek of chemical engineering for her oral presentation and David Hall of chemical engineering and Ethan Hofer of materials engineering in […]
Joining the faculty of Auburn was a no-brainer for Tao Shu. Even as a doctoral student at the University of Arizona, he knew of Auburn’s national reputation in wireless engineering. Knowledgeable of that, he jumped at the opportunity to join Auburn Engineering as an assistant professor of computer science and […]
Counterfeiters, beware. Ujjwal Guin has you in his sights. No, he’s not a member of the Secret Service, which is responsible for investigating counterfeit currency. He’s an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and the focus of his research is how to detect counterfeit integrated circuits and prevent them […]
Professor Oladiran Fasina has been named the head of the Department of Biosystems Engineering. Fasina came to Auburn as an assistant professor in 2002. He was named an associate professor in 2007 and a full professor in 2012. He served in 2016 as the College of Agriculture’s interim associate dean […]
For Greg Harris, the Auburn Engineering experience has come full circle. A 1981 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Harris returned in 2016 as an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering and director of the Southern Alliance for Advanced Vehicle Manufacturing. During the past 35 years, he […]
Graduate students Sarah Gustitus, civil engineering, and Mehul Barde, polymer and fiber engineering, won the top prizes at Auburn Engineering’s first Finish in 5 competition. Sponsored by the Council of Engineering Graduate Students, the competition consisted of five-minute, rapid-fire research presentations. A panel of faculty judges scored each presenter on […]
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