Post Tagged with: "Auburn Engineering"

Climbing the ranks

It’s that time again, and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has increased in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings to 30th among public universities offering doctoral programs in engineering and 53rd overall. “These rankings are among the highest in the history of the College of Engineering … […]

by × November 6, 2012 ×
On the surface

On the surface

Several sections on the National Center for Asphalt Technology’s (NCAT) Pavement Test Track have been reconstructed in preparation for the track’s fifth research cycle, which will explore ways to stretch transportation dollars. Track sections are sponsored for three-year cycles by state highway agencies and private industries, which have both specific […]

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Securing a virtual world

Securing a virtual world

HOW MUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION DO YOU HAVE STORED ON THE INTERNET? Think about how many times you have entered your phone number, address and even your social security number into an online bill payment, application or form. Auburn Engineering is responding to a crisis facing the United States – the […]

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Seeing things (inside) clearly

The College of Engineering held a dedication ceremony this summer for the three-story, $21 million, 45,000-square-foot MRI Research Center that houses 7 Tesla and 3 Tesla scanners — two of the most powerful research and clinical scanners in the world. Both scanners are housed on the first floor of the […]

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Young gun

Young gun

Mark Spencer, a 2000 computer science and software engineering graduate, was recently named a recipient of one of the university’s 2012 Young Alumni Achievement Awards. The award, sponsored by the Office of Alumni Affairs, was created in 2011 to recognize extraordinary accomplishments by members of the Auburn family who are […]

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Computing for first

Yuan Tian, doctoral student in computer science and software engineering, earned first place at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) student research competition grand finals for her research, “Smart-IO: System-Aware Two-Level Data Organization for Efficient Scientific Analytics.” She accepted her award at a banquet held in San Francisco on June […]

by × November 6, 2012 ×