Archive for May, 2018

Highest honors

Auburn Engineering students and alumni continue to receive some of the world’s most prestigious scholarships and fellowships. The following students received prestigious awards, honorable mention or finalist honors this year: Matthew Rogers, ’18 software engineering, became Auburn Engineering’s first Rhodes Scholar since 1949. Kasey Cooper, ’18 mechanical engineering, was also […]

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Patent no longer pending

Patent no longer pending

Robert Ashurst, the Uthlaut Family Associate Professor of chemical engineering, and Virginia Davis, Alumni Professor of chemical engineering, were awarded a patent for their research on “Microdevices and methods of manufacture.” Clemson University associate professor Chris Kitchens, a 2004 chemical engineering graduate from Auburn, is a co-inventor. Their work focuses […]

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NCAT staff additions and promotions

NCAT staff additions and promotions

The National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University is strengthening its team through several staff promotions and a new addition. Raquel Moraes, a materials scientist and chemist with nine years of research experience, joined NCAT as a postdoctoral researcher. She obtained master’s and doctoral degrees in civil engineering at […]

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Lessons from Legos

Lessons from Legos

The Tiger Motors Manufacturing Lab – more commonly known as the Lego Lab – has been imparting lean manufacturing wisdom to Auburn Engineering students since 2011. But these days, the lab is pulling double duty by sharing operational manufacturing lessons with a growing number of automotive professionals. The lab has […]

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Student entrepreneurs from Yellow Card Financial place second at national competition

Student entrepreneurs from Yellow Card Financial place second at national competition

Yellow Card Financial, a cryptocurrency startup of two Auburn University students, recently took second place at the Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards National Finals in Dallas. Justin Poiroux, a junior in computer science, and Chris Maurice, a senior in finance, earned $5,000 in the field of 26 teams. Yellow Card provides […]

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Auburn University professor appointed as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

Auburn University professor appointed as IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

Alice E. Smith, the Joe W. Forehand/Accenture Distinguished Professor with a joint appointment in industrial and systems engineering and computer science and software engineering, was chosen as an IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Distinguished Lecturer for a three-year term beginning in 2018. Smith is one of only 15 current IEEE Distinguished […]

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Excellence and achievement

Each spring, the college honors outstanding students, faculty and alumni who embody the ideals of excellence that define Auburn Engineering. We are proud to recognize the academic accomplishments of our students, the dedication of our faculty and the professional success of our alumni. The following students, faculty and alumni were […]

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Passing of a pioneer

Passing of a pioneer

Louise Torbert Huskey ’46 died Feb. 10 in Auburn. Huskey was the first woman to earn a degree in civil engineering from Auburn University, or Alabama Polytechnic Institute, as it was then known, in May 1946. She worked a total of 37 years for the State of Alabama, first at […]

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