Department Highlights

Aerospace: Materials studies lead to early faculty career awards

Aerospace: Materials studies lead to early faculty career awards

Two assistant professors in the Department of Aerospace Engineering were recently awarded prestigious early career awards for their research.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Sushil Adhikari, Wendiam Sawadgo and Hossein Jahromi.

Biosystems: Protecting oceans and lakes from phosphorus runoff

For Auburn’s Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts (CBB), things are coming up roses… and ryegrass.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Chemical: Reimagining sustainable development of plastic materials

Chemical: Reimagining sustainable development of plastic materials

Mismanaged micro- and nano-plastics can threaten the health and environment.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Shiqiang Zou, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE) and Michael Perez, associate professor in CEE, are collaborating with the University of South Alabama on a three-year, $1.3 million project to upgrade geotextiles to filter excessive nutrients from stormwater runoff into the Gulf Coast ecosystem.

Civil and Environmental: Safeguarding the Gulf Coast ecosystem

Stormwater runoff from urbanized areas flows directly into streams, creeks, rivers, lakes and oceans, carrying excessive pollutants including nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Tin Nguyen

Computer Science and Software: Combating cancer subtype misdiagnoses with data science

More than 40,000 patients across the nation could die each year as a result of misdiagnoses — with 37.8 percent of those related to cancer, a British Medical Journal study revealed. A diagnosis, followed by treatment, for one cancer subtype might not be suitable for another.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Electrical and Computer: Exploring security solutions for semiconductor supply chains

Electrical and Computer: Exploring security solutions for semiconductor supply chains

Rapid advancements in the semiconductor industry have enabled the broad adoption of electronics into multiple sectors of society, including commercial, industrial and defense spaces, often improving quality of life while increasing business efficiency. That’s the good news.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Peter Liu, left, received an NSF CAREER award to support his research into deep learning's application in predicting fatigue performance in additive manufacturing.

Industrial and Systems: Predicting additive manufacturing fatigue through deep learning

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is turning to Peter Liu, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering, in the form of a $500,000 CAREER Award meant to generate new insight into defect formation relevant to fatigue performance of parts manufactured through laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) and uncover the synergistic impacts of multi-scale factors on fatigue fractures.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Materials: Synthesizing 2D materials for novel energy applications

Materials: Synthesizing 2D materials for novel energy applications

The National Science Foundation awarded Konstantin Klyukin, assistant professor of materials engineering, $1.2 million through its Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future program, which funds research into “novel materials to address grand societal challenges.”

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Mechanical: Auburn Institute’s FHE reputation underscored with multiple winning additively manufactured electronic proposals

Mechanical: Auburn Institute’s FHE reputation underscored with multiple winning additively manufactured electronic proposals

If you’re trying to gauge Auburn’s preeminence in harsh environment electronics resiliency development and flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) research, look no further than the latest project call of the NextFlex National Manufacturing Institute.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Aerospace: Improving flight stability through collaborative research

Aerospace: Improving flight stability through collaborative research

Vrishank Raghav, associate professor of aerospace engineering, is part of a three-year, $600,000 Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) grant to better understand how bio-inspired surface texturing of aircraft wings can ensure smooth flight.

by × December 11, 2023 ×