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Auburn is home to the first field-installed, clinically approved whole-body Terra.X 7 Tesla MRI scanner, expanding the window for cutting-edge research and public use.
Recent Articles
Light Up the Band
The story of how Auburn Engineering helped light the way for the Auburn University Marching Band’s grand prize in the 2023 Metallica Marching Band Competition.
Free Bird
Aerospace engineering associate professor Vrishank Raghav let his curiosity run free while watching a pregame flight at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Now, he’s studying the flight patterns of birds to learn how they fly seamlessly despite changing weather patterns. Vrishank Raghav was enjoying his first experience at Jordan-Hare Stadium on a fall […]
Doc
Mechanical engineering professor David Dyer is retiring after the longest Auburn career of any faculty member in university history. The man they call Doc reflects on how things on the Plains have changed over the past 59 years — and how some never have. There’s no real secret. He liked […]
Auburn being Auburn: Engineering students tirelessly work to improve quality of lives in Guatemala, Bolivia
Families of tiny Saloj, Guatemala, prayed for this day.
The Award Goes To…
This year’s Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inductees from Auburn are Tim McCartney, ’80 civil (class of 2023); Nicole Faulk, ’96 and ’99 mechanical; Maj. Gen. James Livingston, ’62 civil; and Charlie Miller, ’80 civil.
Aerospace: Improving flight stability through collaborative research
Vrishank Raghav, associate professor of aerospace engineering, is part of a three-year, $600,000 Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) grant to better understand how bio-inspired surface texturing of aircraft wings can ensure smooth flight.
Biosystems: Researchers reimagine controlled environment agriculture
While controlled environment agriculture (CEA) can potentially improve access to local, nutritious fruits and vegetables on a yearly basis, the greenhouse gas emissions associated with greenhouse production is five times higher than field-grown produce.
Chemical: Biomedical research is making a difference in patient outcomes
Researchers in the Department of Chemical Engineering are delving into some of the world’s most challenging health issues.
With the goal of improving patient outcomes through personalized medicine and expanding access to medical advances to the developing world, they are backed by some of the biggest funding agencies in the industry.
Civil and Environmental: Exploring subsurface hydrogen storage to reduce CO₂ emissions
Lauren Beckingham, W. Allen and Martha Reed Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering, received her latest Early Career honor from the Department of Energy (DOE), which awarded $749,999 toward her research into subsurface hydrogen storage.
