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Series champion

Series champion

Robby Foley, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, can make a claim that few college students can: winning not just a car race, but a race series – the 2015 Battery Tender MX-5 Cup Skip Barber Mazdaspeed Pro Challenge. The series, which competes on tracks throughout North America, came with a […]

by × December 1, 2015 ×

Being centered

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has established a new interdisciplinary Center for Polymer and Advanced Composites. The center will focus on research, graduate education and collaborative outreach opportunities to advance economic growth in Alabama and the Southeast. With more than 20 years of experience in polymer research, Maria Auad, […]

by × December 1, 2015 ×

Paving away

After a successful reconstruction this summer, the National Center for Asphalt Technology has begun its sixth cycle of accelerated pavement testing. Major focus areas of the three-year cycle include pavement preservation and pavement recycling, as well as structural, surface and material studies. The first phase of the research cycle consists […]

by × December 1, 2015 ×

Conference credit

More than 125 professional engineers, 60 of whom were Auburn alumni, attended the 13th Annual Elements of Mechanical Engineering Conference hosted by Auburn University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. Held Oct. 4-5 in Opelika, Alabama, the conference provided a forum for interaction among practicing engineers, Auburn alumni and faculty in the […]

by × December 1, 2015 ×

Electrifying performance

Auburn Engineering alumna Sara Kouroupis is the nation’s top electrical engineering student. A 2015 electrical engineering graduate and Ellicott City, Maryland, native, Kouroupis was named the winner of the Alton B. Zerby and Carl T. Koerner Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Student Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics […]

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Enhancing education

Enhancing education

Dorothy Davidson, chair and CEO of Huntsville’s Davidson Technologies, has made a $5 million gift to the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering to renovate portions of Broun Hall, the home of electrical engineering. Her gift honors her late husband, Julian Davidson, a 1950 Auburn electrical engineering graduate and defense industry […]

by × December 1, 2015 ×

Student success

In October, Auburn faculty, staff and alumni filled the Shelby Center courtyards, engaged by the outstanding work conducted by students from all engineering disciplines. More than 150 graduate students presented their innovative research – from software forensics to biomass fuel production to curing agents for epoxy resin – during the […]

by × December 1, 2015 ×
Back to Bolivia

Back to Bolivia

Three years ago I was asked to accompany a group of students to report on their efforts to bring sustainable engineering to a remote village in the Altiplano of the Bolivian Andes. The village, Quesimpuco, was selected in part because of its remote location and the desire by Auburn students […]

by × December 1, 2015 ×
Celebrating commitment

Celebrating commitment

Thanks to a generous gift to establish the Diaco and Angela Aviki Endowed Fund for Excellence in the Department of Chemical Engineering, the atrium in Ross Hall has been named the Aviki Family Atrium. This fund will benefit the educational needs of students, the research efforts of faculty and the […]

by × December 1, 2015 ×
American ninja

American ninja

Deon Graham has earned his nickname “The Destroyer” through his physical prowess displayed on “American Ninja Warrior.” Graham, ’09 civil engineering, was one of the contestants featured this season on the action-packed show that quickly became a fixture among households across the nation. Graham stood out from among the 50,000 […]

by × December 1, 2015 ×