Auburn, the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama-Huntsville, have established the Aerospace Consortium of Alabama to better serve the state and its growing aerospace industry. The institutions are working together to create opportunities for state-of-the-art research, share resources and specialized equipment, and offer greater outreach programs to students, […]
Auburn Engineering is teaching the next generation of plant engineers for the nuclear power generation industry. This fall, the college will add a 17-hour nuclear power generation systems minor to the curriculum, offering students a hands-on opportunity to understand the industry’s licensing, engineering and basic construction requirements, processes and techniques. […]
Auburn’s Baja SAE and Formula SAE student car teams showcased their latest models on March 12. Team members unveiled the 2011 vehicle designs in a rollout ceremony on campus that included breakfast, lunch, design presentations and an opportunity for guests to test drive the vehicles. The Baja SAE team will […]
When a natural disaster occurs, the world watches the devastation and responds as best it can. But, after the initial exposure, most of the world moves on from the catastrophe and a new event claims our attention — except for civil engineering faculty member Justin Marshall. In our Spring/Summer 2010 […]
Auburn Engineering was the only out-of-state engineering program recently featured in a special section of the October/November 2010 issue of The Georgia Engineer. The insert, “Building your Future in Engineering,” highlighted the state of Georgia’s engineering programs, such as Georgia Tech, Mercer University, Southern Polytechnic State University and the University […]
Donald Trump would be proud. Auburn’s Business-Engineering-Technology (B-E-T) program and the new Auburn Student Inventor’s Club recently hosted the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Invention2Venture (i2v) Apprentice Challenge workshop, a program that helps to equip students with entrepreneurial skills. It was the first event of its kind to […]
Civil engineering faculty member Ahjeong Son has been recognized with the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early CAREER Development Program award and a grant of more than $430,000, a recognition that speaks directly to the far-reaching impact and contribution of her work in environmental science and engineering. Her research focuses on […]
Guss Lott, an ’01 electrical engineering and physics graduate, designs virtual reality systems for insects and rats in order to study their brains – bridging the worlds of neuroscience and engineering. ’01 Electrical Engineering, Physics ’07 Biophysics Ph.D., Cornell University Instrumentation systems engineer Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm Campus […]
Operating lighter-than-air vehicles (LTAVs) in high altitudes can cause aerodynamic problems from turbulent flow environments that generate gusty and high magnitude winds. Roy Hartfield, faculty member in aerospace engineering, is investigating LTAV aerodynamics and studying their behavior to extend the range of radar, provide higher solar panel efficiencies and allow […]
Fuel ethanol is typically made from corn, but chemical engineering faculty member Y.Y. Lee and his team have been working to make ethanol from non-crop raw materials, such as agricultural residues, energy crops such as switch grass and hardwood and waste material that includes pulp mill sludges. While investigating a […]
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