A two-semester senior design project has concluded with six mechanical engineering students seeing stars. Constructed with nearly 20 hand-machined parts, seniors Mike Ciuzio, Dylan Gouletas, Chris Hewitt, Zach Karamallakis, Michael Keyser and Maggie Murphy have built a Newtonian reflecting telescope. The device will allow star gazers to not only view astronomical objects, but also photograph them using automated, controlled tracking.
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- Graduate School dean named as chair of Department of Mechanical Engineering June 30, 2025George Flowers has been named as the new chair of Auburn University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, according to an announcement by Mario Eden, dean of engineering.
- Mechanical engineering doctoral student wows national tribology conference with electrical erosion research June 27, 2025When it comes to better understanding and mitigating the causes of electrical erosion now regularly reported in electric vehicles (EVs), the leading tribology program in the nation has a new poster boy.
- #GINNing Podcast: Testing the Waters June 27, 2025Hear chemical engineering sophomore Sydney Watwood detail how Auburn's chapter of Engineers Without Borders is facilitating the philanthropic ambitions she's had since sixth grade.