Capt. Doug Gordon, ’91 electrical engineering, show his Auburn pride on the USS North Dakota where he serves as commanding officer of the 377 foot long Virginia-class nuclear submarine. The ship is the newest to be delivered to the Navy and was commissioned on Oct. 25, when it officially joined the naval fleet. It is the first in a series of Virginia-class submarines, and will operate over the course of the next 33 years without a need to refuel.
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- Auburn Engineering earns U.S. News and World Report top 35 undergraduate public ranking for 15th-consecutive year September 23, 2025Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering was again recognized as a national leader in higher education, ranking among the nation’s top 35 public institutions in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs for a 15th-consecutive year.
- Student in CSSE awarded Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholars Program fellowship September 22, 2025Daniel Benjamin, a doctoral student in computer science and software engineering, is the department’s first Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholars Program fellow.
- #GINNing Podcast: Drone Zone September 19, 2025On the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education, aerospace doctoral student Harris Putra drones on and on about the subject he knows best.