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“I believe in education, which gives me the knowledge to work wisely and trains my mind and hands to work skillfully…”

“I believe in education, which gives me the knowledge to work wisely and trains my mind and hands to work skillfully…”

Two Auburn Engineering students are fulfilling the Auburn Creed through the successful creation and launch of their inventions for the annual Business Plan Contest for Engineering Inventions, sponsored by Auburn’s Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management. Haitham Eletrabi, doctoral student in civil engineering, and Matthew Phillips, senior in aerospace engineering, placed first […]

by × July 9, 2014 ×

Decade of success

On April 24, the Department of Polymer and Fiber Engineering celebrated 10 years at Auburn University, following a name change from textile engineering to better reflect the evolving industry. The department hosted an open house for alumni, faculty, staff and students which included tours of the processing lab, composites lab […]

by × July 8, 2014 ×
From the dean

From the dean

As a typical engineer, my natural tendency is to use quantitative metrics in evaluating the performance of a system. This is particularly true when I consider the tremendous progress that our college has made in the area of research, and the impact that our graduate programs are making even beyond […]

by × December 5, 2013 ×
5 Minutes With… Steve Duke

5 Minutes With… Steve Duke

After serving 17 years in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Steve Duke is eagerly embracing his new role as the college’s associate dean for academics. After graduating from Georgia Tech, and working in Texas, Duke moved to Illinois where he earned his master’s and doctorate in chemical engineering. He moved […]

by × December 4, 2013 ×
Into the Lab: Aerospace

Into the Lab: Aerospace

Andrew Sinclair, associate professor of aerospace engineering, is studying the relative motion dynamics of satellite formations in elliptical orbits. Sinclair, along with Ryan E. Sherrill, aerospace engineering ’13, has been working in collaboration with faculty member Subhash Sinha in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Auburn alumnus Alan Lovell, aerospace […]

by × December 4, 2013 ×
Into the Lab: Biosystems

Into the Lab: Biosystems

Biosystems engineering assistant professor David Blersch is researching the potential of using controlled algae cultivation for improving the quality of natural waters. Blersch is using various reactor designs to cultivate naturally-occurring algae at high growth rates to absorb pollutants from impaired waterways. Regular harvest of the algae removes the pollutants […]

by × December 4, 2013 ×

Into the Lab: Chemical

Jin Wang, Buddy Redd associate professor of chemical engineering, has been awarded a $400,000 National Science Foundation grant to examine and model cellular changes in yeast. The project, “An Integrated Systems Engineering Approach to the Modeling of Cellular Dynamics and Bioreactors,” will focus on studying and then modeling cellular changes […]

by × December 4, 2013 ×

Into the Lab: Civil

Civil engineering professor James Davidson and his students are currently using advanced modeling and simulation techniques to analytically characterize the blast resistance of a new construction form – foam insulated concrete sandwich panels – so that building design methodologies and criteria can be developed. Davidson began working in the area […]

by × December 4, 2013 ×

Into the Lab: Computer Science and Software

Jeffrey Overbey and Munawar Hafiz, faculty members in computer science and software engineering, are among those selected to take part in a new partnership with Google. As the recipients of a Google Faculty Research Award, Overbey and Hafiz will study advanced software development tools that will improve the design and […]

by × December 4, 2013 ×

Into the Lab: Electrical and Computer

Prathima Agrawal, Samuel Ginn professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center, and Shiwen Mao, McWane associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, have received one of two best paper awards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2013 International Conference […]

by × December 4, 2013 ×
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