Happenings: Spring 2022
The latest news from around the college.
Articles by: Cassie Montgomery
25 Years of Academic Excellence
It’s reminiscent of the famous phrase, “if you build it, they will come.” In this case, however, the “it” represents community and a vital student support network.
Be the Creed: Vinita Shinde
Vinita Shinde knew she wanted to be a researcher from an early age. She had even narrowed down her field of study by the time she was 12, thanks to the example set by her father.
Faculty Highlights: Spring 2022
Notable faculty achievements from across the college.
Happenings
Auburn Engineering posts banner year for research in fiscal year 2020 ‘Mount Rushmore’ of cyber experts discuss importance of public, private partnerships Ashurst named director of Auburn Engineering’s Design and Innovation Center Samuel Ginn College of Engineering earns national Top 30 […]
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.
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.”
Department Highlights Fall 2021
Auburn University is committing unprecedented levels of support for research across the Auburn campus, bolstering engineering research programs that have long been on the ascendancy. These departmental highlights offer a snapshot into the groundbreaking research being performed by Auburn Engineering faculty.
A Family Within the Auburn Family
This is what the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has become for so many Black students in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
