Dedicated Donors
In addition to the Browns’ gift, more than 50 other alumni have donated $17 million toward the project.
In addition to the Browns’ gift, more than 50 other alumni have donated $17 million toward the project.
“Standing at the cape, to celebrating again 50 years later, it kind of puts a big lump in your throat when you think about it.”
Raucous celebrations on Earth were fading into the early morning hours of July 21, 1969, as Jim Odom stepped outside his Decatur home and cast his eyes toward Earth’s closest neighbor – the moon.
It wasn’t a joke. It was a promise.
Forget 2028, Vice President Mike Pence said during his March 26 Huntsville speech at the fifth meeting of the National Space Council — America would return to the moon within five years, not nine. It wasn’t a prediction. It was an order.
Michael Zabala, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will never forget scoring his first touchdown. It was Sept. 21, 2019, and he was in his living room recliner. The game had just started.
Seven outstanding alumni and ambassadors of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering were honored Friday, Sept. 13, in the newly constructed Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center by the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council for their distinguished professional careers.
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted eight individuals, including three Auburn alumni and one long-time donor, and honored a project during a ceremony at the Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge.
Learn more about the inclusion-focused initiatives making a difference in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
Auburn Engineering has taken the lead on the forefront of many areas, including transportation, structural engineering and cybersecurity.