A team of undergraduate students from Auburn University’s Department of Biosystems Engineering won first place in the student design competition at the 14th annual meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society. The team consisted of three undergraduate students from biosystems engineering including Jesse Blanton, Olivia Elliott and Ryan McGehee, as well as partners from State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University. The competition focused on designing methods for coastal erosion control in a model hydraulic flume. The students were tasked with creating a model breakwater system that reduces wave energy on a shoreline using natural materials. The winning team used sand and a shredded wood mulch to create their model that absorbs wave energy and bested the nine other teams in the competition.
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- Students’ awesome research ideas celebrated at college’s second AUSome Science in 60 Seconds April 25, 2024AUSome Science in 60 Seconds, a research-based competition in its second year presented by the Council of Engineering Graduate Students, tasked students to create videos and explain their respective projects in a minute or less. Winners were announced during an awards ceremony on Thursday, April 25.
- ASME and CDCR assistant director honored by AU Involvement April 25, 2024This year’s Involvement Awards were a big hit for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Among those winning awards were The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Apryl Mullins, assistant director for corporate relations in the Auburn Engineering Office of Career Development and Corporate Relations (CDCR).
- New 3D printing course adding layers of hands-on experience April 25, 2024A new introductory course held in the state-of-the-art 11,000-square-foot makerspace on the ground floor of the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center is giving Auburn engineering students solid layers of experience with 3D printing.