{"id":8378,"date":"2021-12-16T19:58:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=8378"},"modified":"2021-12-17T22:39:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T22:39:18","slug":"department-highlights-fall-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=8378","title":{"rendered":"Department Highlights Fall 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\">Auburn University is committing unprecedented levels of support for research across the Auburn campus, bolstering engineering research programs that have long been on the ascendancy. These departmental highlights offer a snapshot into the groundbreaking research being performed by Auburn Engineering faculty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/stopping-the-spread.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/aero-deansreport-211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Aerospace Engineering: Stopping the Spread<\/strong><br \/>\nTo better understand the spread of infectious diseases, assistant professor Vrishank Raghav is considering the underlying turbulent flow physics at play.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/supporting-family-farms.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/bio-deansreport-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Biosystems Engineering: Supporting Family Farms Through Poultry Research<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch conducted at the National Poultry Technology Center helps Alabama&#8217;s family farmers with profitable decision-making tools.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/therapeutic-proteins.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/chem-deansreport-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Chemical Engineering: Personalized Medicine Through Therapeutic Proteins<\/strong><br \/>\nWith a research award, assistant professor Robert Pantazes is researching therapeutic proteins aimed at personalizing medicine to an individual&#8217;s needs<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/preventing-soil-piping.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/cee-deansreport-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Civil and Environmental Engineering: Preventing Soil Piping and Landslides<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant professor Jack Montgomery plans to evaluate the relationship between soil piping and landslides with a National Science Foundation CAREER award.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/dark-protein-families.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/csse-deansreport-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Computer Science and Software Engineering: Shedding Light on Dark Protein Families<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant professor Debswapna Bhattacharya investigates &#8220;dark&#8221; protein families with a significant award from the National Institutes of Health.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/quantum-age-encryption.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/ece-deansreport-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Electrical and Computer Engineering: Encryption for the Quantum Age<\/strong><br \/>\nIn partnership with the Army, associate professor Mark Adams is supporting efforts to establish secure military communications using small satellites.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/improving-technology-adoption-manufacturing.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/insy-deansreport-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Industrial and Systems Engineering: Improving Technology Adoption in Manufacturing<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing aims to become a resource for small and medium manufacturers throughout the country.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/flexing-research-muscle-electronics.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/mech-deansreport-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Mechanical Engineering: Flexing Research Muscle in Electronics<\/strong><br \/>\nMechanical engineering professor Pradeep Lall uses additive manufacturing techniques to blaze trails in the field of flexible hybrid electronics.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/next-generation-nuclear-technology.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/mat-deansreport-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Materials Engineering: Next Generation of Nuclear Technology<\/strong><br \/>\nAuburn Engineering will utilize a Department of Energy award to expand the university&#8217;s existing nuclear research infrastructure.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/deans-report-new\/features\/keeping-it-fresh.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/eng.auburn.edu\/images\/_deans-report\/2021\/wire-deansreport-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" \/><strong>Electrical and Computer Engineering: Keeping it Fresh<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant professor Yin Sun explores data freshness in his latest book, &#8220;Age of Information: A New Metric for Information Freshness.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auburn University is committing unprecedented levels of support for research across the Auburn campus, bolstering engineering research programs that have long been on the ascendancy. 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