Convenient Convenience
Mechanical engineering seniors Mit Patel and Daniel Mazur walked across the stage in December. They don’t have anything lined up. They haven’t received any offers. They’re not even in the job market.
They’re adding to it.
Recent Articles
Wave of the Future
Zac Young wakes each morning prepared to slay dragons. The recent graduate in mechanical engineering isn’t armed with a sword, shield or helmet. Instead, he’s gifted with determination to tackle problems, never-ending curiosity and a tiny gadget that might just be the next big thing in the utilities industry.
Safer Medical Imaging — One Nanoparticle at a Time
In the world of diagnostic imaging, physicians often turn to magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, to diagnose a wide variety of diseases and conditions. For patients suspected of certain conditions, such as inflammatory or infectious diseases, an MRI contrast agent is used to help improve diagnostic accuracy. Unfortunately, the chemical makeup of the most common contrast agents currently on the market — gadolinium-based contrast agents — can have potential long-term toxicity risks in the bodies of individuals with poor kidney function, which affects a population of nearly 2 million patients globally.
Micron-Sized Manufacturing: The Smaller the Better
The life of a faculty member mirrors that of an entrepreneur. Always in pursuit of their next idea, faculty spend their time outside of the classroom applying for funding and then putting that funding to work in the lab or in the field. Crossing from one world into the next wasn’t that much of a stretch for Bruce Tatarchuk.
A New Warrior in the Fight Against Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension kills roughly 15,000 Americans each year. A researcher at Auburn University, however, has a potential solution.
The Game Changer
Fall Saturdays have gotten complicated for Michael Zabala, founder and chairman of XO Armor.
It’s My Job: Akash Shettannavar
“Auburn’s industrial and systems engineering program was a great fit for me as it offered the occupational safety and ergonomics (OSE) graduate certificate along with industrial and systems engineering courses.”
Be the Creed: Susan Story
“To create a great company culture, everything comes back to the issue of respect for every single person,” said Susan Story, ’81 industrial engineering and former president and CEO of American Water, the largest water utility in the United States.
FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS: FALL 2021
Sabit Adanur, mechanical engineering professor, was awarded a grant from the State of Alabama ADECA-ARDEF program for a project titled “Design, Fabrication and Testing of Novel Medical Facemasks to Prevent COVID-19.”
Meet The Makers
The big engineering school in Texas had a cool space. Just not cool enough for Ethan Peat.
