Auburn alumna Susan Story, ’82 industrial and systems engineering, has been recognized with the prestigious Institute of Industrial Engineers’ Captain of Industry award honoring leaders in business, industry and government. Story is president and CEO of Southern Company Services. She joined Southern Company in 1982 as a nuclear power plant engineer. She has served in numerous capac-ities with increasing responsibilities, including executive vice president of engineering and construction services, and vice president of supply chain management, as well as vice president of real estate and corporate services at Alabama Power. Story was inducted into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2010 and was named the 2010 Woman of the Year by the Girl Scout Council of the Florida Panhandle.
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- Auburn Engineering students combine to win $30,000 in Tiger Cage Student Business Idea Competition final round April 2, 2025Liam Heary, a sophomore in computer science and software engineering, and Vincent Visser, a sophomore in industrial and systems engineering, won second and fourth place, respectively, in the university's largest student entrepreneurship event
- Elementary school students learn basics of prototyping through Auburn Engineering egg drop April 2, 2025More than 50 kindergartners through fifth-graders recently descended upon Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium for this year’s egg Drop event, hosted by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
- Army partners with Auburn to close capability gaps in light tactical vehicles April 1, 2025One of the main motivations for establishing the Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI) in Huntsville in 2022 was to take Auburn Engineering's commitment to national defense to the next level. Mission accomplished.