The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering recently achieved a milestone – receiving accreditation status from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) for its Occupational Safety and Ergonomics and Occupational Injury Prevention programs. This is the first year the program has achieved this level of accreditation according to Sean […]
E-Day, Auburn Engineering’s annual student recruitment open house held in February, saw its largest turnout to date with more than 3,000 students, parents and teachers gathering on campus to learn about the College of Engineering. The event offered middle and high school students the opportunity to tour engineering facilities, as […]
Chris Bartel, Jacob Clary and Alex Roman, seniors in chemical engineering, as well as Zack Coker, a 2013 graduate in software engineering, have been named 2014 graduate research fellows by the National Science Foundation. Alex Wolff, a senior in aerospace engineering, received an honorable mention. The students, who were recognized […]
The ErgoDivas, Auburn University’s ergonomics team, took top honors among 36 teams from across the U.S. and the world to win the 7th Annual Ergonomics Design Competition. The competition consisted of teams assessing ergonomic hazards in assigned work tasks and identifying solutions to those hazards. The event was divided into […]
Mechanical engineering seniors Jourdan Beaumont, Bradley Boyett, Taryn Greene, Robert Northup, Shawn Roades, Jacob Sparkman, Ryan Whitmore and Katie Zoladz placed fourth out of 46 college teams competing in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge held at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville this spring. The competition focused […]
Arianna Tieppo Rappo, a doctoral student in chemical engineering, was one of 10 students recently honored as a university-wide 2014 Outstanding Doctoral Student by the Graduate School and the Graduate Student Council. Honorees were nominated by their departments throughout campus, and a committee of graduate faculty members selected the winners. […]
A senior design team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering was one of 20 teams from engineering and military colleges invited to participate in the 2014 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) University Design Challenge . . . and the Auburn team bested the competition with ease. Students Morgan Allison, John […]
A long-standing company in Nashville gives new meaning to the words “Auburn Family.” Lee Company, one of only a few fourth-generation family-owned businesses, is a heating and air-conditioning company that started in 1944 in Leon Lee’s basement. With only one man and one truck, Leon grew the company and created […]
After more than 10 years of dedicating herself to recruiting and retaining under-represented engineering students at Auburn University, Shirley Scott-Harris retired as the director of the Alabama Power Academic Excellence Program in May. Harris was responsible for implementing the academic support program that assists engineering students in their transition and […]
Engineering’s 100 Women Strong held its first leadership and development conference in March, offering female engineering students opportunities for networking, mentoring and professional growth. Members of 100 Women Strong came to campus to lead various breakout sessions, with Dorothy S. Davidson, chairman of the board and CEO of Davidson Technologies, […]
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