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 […]
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 […]
Jessica Dewberry is the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s undergraduate student recruiter, serving the college since July 2011. A 2009 graduate of Auburn University, she is constantly on the go, traveling to college fairs across the region in support of Auburn Engineering. With an engineering degree of her own, Dewberry […]
Linda Figg, a 1981 civil engineering graduate and president and CEO of FIGG Bridge Engineers, was recognized as a Woman of Distinction by Auburn’s Women’s Resource Center this February for her many professional and civic accomplishments. Figg has established new bridge technologies that are invaluable to the long-term viability of […]
Auburn Engineering received national visibility when faculty members Prabhakar Clement and Joel Hayworth in the Department of Civil Engineering were featured in National Geographic daily news to discuss finding traces of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the sands of Orange Beach, Ala., as recently as February. The researchers have […]
Auburn Engineering hosted its annual student recruitment open house, E-Day, in February. The event offers an opportunity for middle and high school students to chat one-on-one with engineering students and faculty members and learn about Auburn’s campus, engineering programs, research projects and organizations. Nearly 3,000 students from across the Southeast […]
Xinyu Que, doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, was selected for the George Michael Memorial HPC Ph.D. Fellowship at the 2011 Supercomputing Conference. The fellowship program honors exceptional doctoral students throughout the world and seeks to train the next generation of high performance computing scientists […]
Taylor Rawlinson, doctoral candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering, was selected as one of three students nationwide to spend a month in Japan researching the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that rocked the country last March. Rawlinson, who is concentrating his research in structures engineering, began work in […]
Saad Biaz, faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, and Gilbert Crouse, faculty member in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, have received more than $320,000 from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense to continue hosting an NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) on […]
Auburn Engineering has established a new minor in tribology and lubrication science — one of only a few programs in the nation focused on the contact, friction, wear and lubrication of surfaces. Tribology’s applications range widely, from bearings, engines and manufacturing, to human joint replacement, to nanotechnology, oil product chemistry, […]
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