Major League hackers
More than 200 students from around the country convened at Auburn University in February to take part in AuburnHacks, the university’s first student-led technology competition.
Happenings
Digital bounty hunter
Nirmit Patel won’t call himself a bounty hunter. That’s too cheesy, he said. But he will accept his role in helping make Facebook safer – through bounty hunting, of course.
New technological leader
Jason Cuneo, a Huntsville-based cybersecurity specialist, has joined Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering as chief technologist of the Auburn Cyber Research Center.
A culture of safety
Growing up in a mining town in the West African nation of Ghana, Emmanuel Winful would often hear of miners returning from their pursuit of precious metals with injuries and even unexplained illnesses.
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.
Leading manufacturing innovation
America Makes, a national leader in additive manufacturing innovation, awarded ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence $1.2 million.
Additive manufacturing’s new destination
Nearly 250 additive manufacturing professionals from Canada to Singapore descended on Auburn in March for the ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence’s first-ever workshop .
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 […]
Auburn Engineer, Tennessee Governor
Bill Lee, ’81 mechanical engineering, will be sworn in as Tennessee’s 50th governor in January. The Republican businessman defeated former Nashville mayor Karl Dean by 20 points in the Volunteer State’s November 2018 election, receiving 59 percent of the vote to Dean’s 39 percent. The political outsider made a name […]
Three honored for innovation
Three Auburn Engineering faculty members were recognized for their research endeavors and mentorship in November at Auburn University’s annual faculty awards ceremony. The awards honor some of the institution’s most innovative teachers, researchers and scholars for their unique and distinguished contributions to advancing the university’s mission to inspire, innovate and […]
