David Dixon, ’76 civil engineering and member of The Dixon Foundation board of directors, has been selected by the Civil Engineering Advisory Board as its first emeritus member. After graduating from Auburn, Dixon earned his master’s in the same discipline from Stanford University in 1977, and then went to work […]
Aerospace engineering senior Mike Wietstruk is the first Auburn University student to receive the merit-based scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and was one of 50 students from 36 universities across the nation to be awarded. Along with receiving the prestigious award, he also became a member of the Astronaut […]
NASA inspires the world with its mission of space exploration, scientific discovery and development of new technology. That’s why Auburn has partnered with NASA to employ 3-D printers that will build components for the next generation of spacecraft and even work onboard a spacecraft supporting a U.S.-led program for a […]
Each day, people rely on hundreds of GPS, navigation and timing devices and instruments to assist in everything from driving directions to counting steps. However, those devices are not completely accurate 100 percent of the time. But thanks to research being conducted within the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of […]
One of Auburn’s most iconic facilities has undergone an $18 million renovation that is building upon the past to help shape the future. The Gavin Engineering Research Laboratory – formerly known as the Textile Building – has been renovated into a state-of-the-art research facility thanks to gifts of $10.5 million […]
Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is constructing a $44 million student support facility that will further enhance the college’s vision of being the best student-centered engineering experience in America. Construction of the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center is made possible thanks to a $30 million gift from John […]
Six outstanding alumni and ambassadors of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering were honored in September at The Hotel at Auburn University by the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council for their distingushed professional careers. These alumni included three were recognized as Distinguished Auburn Engineers, two as Outstanding You Auburn Engineers and […]
The 2018 Auburn men’s basketball team, playing with only one senior on the squad, won its first SEC regular season championship in nearly 20 years and made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 15 years. Although the lone senior – Patrick Keim, ’18 industrial and systems engineering – […]
Students who frequent Broun Hall had a different experience this semester as the facility received a much needed upgrade through massive renovations and the creation of the Davidson Pavilion. The renovation was made possible thanks to a $5 million gift from Dorothy Davidson in honor of her late husband Julian, […]
From Hawaii to Nigeria and everywhere in between, Auburn Engineering students come from all over, while our faculty members bring expertise from universities across the country and world. JP Prislin: Kailua, Hawaii Hari Narayanan: Kerala, India Natalie Palmquist: Jackson Hole, Wyoming Mario Eden: Genner, Denmark Zhiyuan Chen: Hangzhou, China Jason […]
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