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Lessons from Legos

Lessons from Legos

The Tiger Motors Manufacturing Lab – more commonly known as the Lego Lab – has been imparting lean manufacturing wisdom to Auburn Engineering students since 2011. But these days, the lab is pulling double duty by sharing operational manufacturing lessons with a growing number of automotive professionals. The lab has […]

by × May 18, 2018 ×
Student entrepreneurs from Yellow Card Financial place second at national competition

Student entrepreneurs from Yellow Card Financial place second at national competition

Yellow Card Financial, a cryptocurrency startup of two Auburn University students, recently took second place at the Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards National Finals in Dallas. Justin Poiroux, a junior in computer science, and Chris Maurice, a senior in finance, earned $5,000 in the field of 26 teams. Yellow Card provides […]

by × May 18, 2018 ×
Auburn University professor appointed as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

Auburn University professor appointed as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

Alice E. Smith, the Joe W. Forehand/Accenture Distinguished Professor with a joint appointment in industrial and systems engineering and computer science and software engineering, was chosen as an IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Distinguished Lecturer for a three-year term beginning in 2018. Smith is one of only 15 current IEEE Distinguished […]

by × May 18, 2018 ×

Excellence and achievement

Each spring, the college honors outstanding students, faculty and alumni who embody the ideals of excellence that define Auburn Engineering. We are proud to recognize the academic accomplishments of our students, the dedication of our faculty and the professional success of our alumni. The following students, faculty and alumni were […]

by × May 18, 2018 ×
Passing of a pioneer

Passing of a pioneer

Louise Torbert Huskey ’46 died Feb. 10 in Auburn. Huskey was the first woman to earn a degree in civil engineering from Auburn University, or Alabama Polytechnic Institute, as it was then known, in May 1946. She worked a total of 37 years for the State of Alabama, first at […]

by × May 18, 2018 ×
Faculty highlights: Fall 2017

Faculty highlights: Fall 2017

Civil engineering faculty J. Brian Anderson, associate professor of geotechnical engineering, and Jack Montgomery, assistant professor of geotechnical engineering, received a $180,240 grant from the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration for their research on geosynthetic reinforced soil-integrated bridge systems.         Sanjeev Baskiyar and […]

by × November 16, 2017 ×
Getting closer

Getting closer

After months of demolition and site preparation, contractors began work on the highly anticipated 142,000-square-foot Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center in September. The building is scheduled to open in May 2019. Meanwhile, renovations to Broun Hall with the creation of the Davidson Pavilion are wrapping up. The project will be […]

by × November 16, 2017 ×
International platooning

International platooning

The college joined the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center in October to conduct a live demonstration of autonomous vehicle technology traveling across the border between the U.S. and Canada. The capabilities of truck platoons were showcased traveling down Interstate 69, going east across the Blue Water […]

by × November 16, 2017 ×

New tools of the trade

Materials engineering faculty Tony Overfelt and Bart Prorok have been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for their additive manufacturing research. Their research study, “Layer-by-Layer X-ray Computed Tomography of Additive Manufacturing,” will examine the use of X-ray computed tomography, also known as a […]

by × November 16, 2017 ×
Umphress named director of Auburn Cyber Research Center

Umphress named director of Auburn Cyber Research Center

David Umphress, COLSA Corporation Cyber Security and Information Assurance Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, has been named director of the Auburn Cyber Research Center. Umphress has been a member of the Auburn faculty since 1999. His career spans nearly 40 years in various software and […]

by × November 16, 2017 ×