To the Moon and Back, in 50 years
“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.”
Recent Articles
Development officer facilitates unprecedented number of gift commitments in a year
A member of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering development team, major gift officer David Mattox, ’05 marketing and ’08 MBA, worked with donors to help facilitate 43 committed proposals. The last time a development officer cultivated connections resulting in more than 40 gifts was in 2014 by Carole Ann Fowler, who served as a development officer for the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business at the time.
Auburn students ranked happiest in the country by Princeton Review
If you’re happy and you know it, you might be an Auburn student.
The game-changer
Bart Prorok, professor of materials engineering, calls it the game-changer.
One Giant Leap For Rocketry
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.
Robotic drone that cleans waterways takes top prize at Halloween Pitch Competition
“The judges felt they had the most innovative and impactful idea.”
The War Eagle Almost Landed
It wasn’t a joke. It was a promise.
Engineering a virtual experience for astronomy students
In an astronomy class, you might see stars and planets in textbooks or through video clips. However, Auburn University undergraduate students are elevating the Auburn experience and helping the next generation participate in their astronomy elective like never before. The Department of Physics worked with students from the Department of […]
Faculty Highlights: Fall 2019
Mark Adams, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, was awarded $3 million in funding from T2S Solutions for his research toward the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command. J. Brian Anderson associate professor of geotechnical engineering, was awarded a $222,802 grant from the Alabama Department of Transportation for […]
The Road Back to the Moon Goes Through Auburn
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.
