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Building for Tomorrow

Building for Tomorrow

Auburn is taking another giant step as the Southeast’s leader in structural engineering research and instruction through the construction of a $22 million Advanced Structural Testing Laboratory.

by × June 4, 2019 ×
Farms, Fuel and the Future: Biosystems celebrates century of success

Farms, Fuel and the Future: Biosystems celebrates century of success

The headlines that ran in newspapers across the region in January 1924 said it all…

by × June 4, 2019 ×
Meaning Business

Meaning Business

It’s been nearly 50 years since Joe Forehand last attended a higher education class, but the 71-year-old decided this year that it was time to go back to school. Just not in the way you would think.

by × June 4, 2019 ×
Alabama's transportation leader for more than 60 years

Alabama’s transportation leader for more than 60 years

The Department of Civil Engineering organized and developed the Annual Alabama Transportation Conference for 62 years.

by × June 4, 2019 ×
Virginia Davis (center), alumni professor in Chemical Engineering, recently won a $342,502 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the factors influencing the attitudes of minority youth in underserved communities toward science and engineering.

Dynamic Diversity: Tapping Potential

It’s probably safe to call Virginia Davis an outreach superstar.

by × June 3, 2019 ×
Leader of the Pack

Leader of the Pack

In 2001, then Dean Larry Benefield set out on a course to dramatically improve the engineering educational programs at Auburn University. Samuel Ginn, ’59 industrial engineering, answered the call by donating $25 million and putting the college on an upward trajectory that continues to this day.

by × June 3, 2019 ×
Jakita Thomas (right) knows firsthand just how underrepresented women of color are in the computing discipline. Her research on the subject aims to break down the barriers these women face.

Dynamic Diversity: Closing the Gap

Jakita Thomas’ passion for research on diversity in computing is rooted in her own experiences in the field.

by × June 3, 2019 ×
Dynamic Diversity: Easy Choice

Dynamic Diversity: Easy Choice

If you get Kevin Nixon talking about the best decision he made during college, it’s hard to get him to stop.

by × May 31, 2019 ×
Inspire. Innovate. Transform.

Inspire. Innovate. Transform.

Auburn University is on the move with a drive to inspire, innovate and transform in its community, the state of Alabama and throughout the nation and world. We are doing so by elevating research that offers real-world solutions, taking student leadership to new heights, expanding our role as a partnership […]

by × December 18, 2018 ×
The Next Dimension in Manufacturing

The Next Dimension in Manufacturing

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 […]

by × December 14, 2018 ×