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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- #GINNing Podcast: Family Tradition September 18, 2026Hudson Hager’s Auburn roots run deep. His great-grandfather graduated from the university in the 1950s and his parents met on campus and are both proud alumni. Throw in a grandparent, aunts and uncles who attended the university, and it’s obvious he was born for this. When he’s not in civil engineering classes or at the […]
- Civil and Environmental Engineering professor seeks to make water service restoration safer, faster September 16, 2026Jose Vasconcelos, professor of water resources in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is developing models to help utilities restore drinking water service more quickly and safely after repairs.
- Assistant professor of chemical engineering earns $1 million NSF grant to develop biohybrid robots that sense touch through living neurons September 16, 2026Jean-Francois Louf is exploring how engineered devices can communicate with living nerve cells