AUBURN ENGINEERING NEWS
- Auburn Design Build Fly team finishes No. 9 globally, tops among SEC schools May 13, 2026Auburn Engineering’s Design Build Fly team finished No. 9 in the world and first among SEC schools after rebuilding its aircraft days before international competition in Wichita, Kansas.
- Rising senior in electrical and computer engineering wins first place, $75,000 at Alabama Launchpad pitch competition May 11, 2026Joseph Rusk, a rising senior in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, won Alabama Launchpad’s Cycle 1 2026 Technology Division finals on May 7 in Birmingham, securing the $75,000 top prize for his startup, The BreadBoard Company.
- #GINNing Podcast: The Holy Grail of Catalysis May 8, 2026Move over Dmitri Mendeleev and make room for Konstantin Klyukin, an assistant professor of materials and mechanical engineering. While the new Russian research machine may be in search of the holy grail of catalysis, it’s gonna have to wait 20 minutes for this next podcast.