Articles by: Dustin Duncan

Faculty Highlights Spring 2026

Faculty Highlights Spring 2026

Sabit Adanur, Sabit Adanur, professor of mechanical engineering, was elected to the Editorial Advisory Board of Textile Science and Research Journal (Estonia) in September 2025. Symone Alexander, Symone Alexander, assistant professor of chemical engineering, was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s China–America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. Hunter […]

by × May 14, 2026 ×
Be the Creed: Erin Garcia

Be the Creed: Erin Garcia

Erin Garcia Industrial and Systems Engineering Senior Lecturer At 12 years old, Erin Garcia didn’t just visit a Honda plant — she found a path that would shape her future. Years later, that same clarity guides Garcia, now a senior lecturer in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. But […]

by × May 13, 2026 ×
Be the Creed: Aidan Bosman

Be the Creed: Aidan Bosman

Aidan Bosman Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Research Assistant Aidan Bosman has always been drawn to water — from growing up in drought-prone Colorado to pursuing civil engineering research that addresses pressing environmental challenges. Now a graduate research assistant at Auburn University’s Stormwater Research Facility, he is applying that interest […]

by × May 13, 2026 ×
Aerospace: Assistant professor to study flow-induced vibrations of 3D structures

Aerospace: Assistant professor to study flow-induced vibrations of 3D structures

Nek Sharan, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, seeks to understand how 3D geometries vibrate when exposed to fluid flows.

by × December 6, 2025 ×
Civil and Environmental: Associate professor awarded federal grant to research geographically isolated wetlands

Civil and Environmental: Associate professor awarded federal grant to research geographically isolated wetlands

Frances O’Donnell, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, is partnering with NASA to study geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs) and their environmental impacts.

by × December 6, 2025 ×
Alice Smith, the Joe W. Forehand Jr. Distinguished Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, teaches her engineering economic
systems course in Shelby Center.

Head of the class

Alice Smith is the first full-time engineering faculty member to be inducted into the National Academy of Engineering

by × May 9, 2025 ×
Shiqiang Zou, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE) and Michael Perez, associate professor in CEE, are collaborating with the University of South Alabama on a three-year, $1.3 million project to upgrade geotextiles to filter excessive nutrients from stormwater runoff into the Gulf Coast ecosystem.

Civil and Environmental: Safeguarding the Gulf Coast ecosystem

Stormwater runoff from urbanized areas flows directly into streams, creeks, rivers, lakes and oceans, carrying excessive pollutants including nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Preparing for the Future

Preparing for the Future

ICAMS teams with Bird Inc. to prepare middle-schoolers for manufacturing careers.

by × December 9, 2024 ×
Aerospace: Materials studies lead to early faculty career awards

Aerospace: Materials studies lead to early faculty career awards

Two assistant professors in the Department of Aerospace Engineering were recently awarded prestigious early career awards for their research.

by × December 8, 2024 ×
Students and faculty pose for a photo in Barcelona before the La Sagrada Familia cathedral. As part of the international summer program through the Thomas Walter Center, students can spend four weeks in Spain and another four weeks in Germany, learning a blend of business and engineering principles for international product design.

Exploring the World

Engineering Global Programs provides students with opportunities to learn worldwide.

by × December 8, 2024 ×