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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- NCAME supporting NASA with critical studies on additive manufacturing of novel alloys October 13, 2026Cost controls, construction timelines and technical improvements that center on additive manufacturing techniques are vital to NASA engineers designing today's rocket engines. The National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) is playing a crucial role in those endeavors.
- Putting AI to the test: Undergraduates make their mark in Auburn summer research program October 13, 2026Three computer science students, including two from Auburn, were part of a 10-week Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Distributed Research Experience for Undergraduates program hosted this summer by Computer Science and Software Engineering Assistant Professor Ali Ghanbari.