{"id":9881,"date":"2024-05-20T01:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T01:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=9881"},"modified":"2024-05-22T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T16:29:58","slug":"be-the-creed-ayden-kemp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/?p=9881","title":{"rendered":"Be the Creed: Ayden Kemp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9973\" src=\"http:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2024\/05\/MAG_AydenKempHeadshots-2-of-2Revised-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2024\/05\/MAG_AydenKempHeadshots-2-of-2Revised-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2024\/05\/MAG_AydenKempHeadshots-2-of-2Revised-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2024\/05\/MAG_AydenKempHeadshots-2-of-2Revised-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ecm.eng.auburn.edu\/wp\/emag\/files\/2024\/05\/MAG_AydenKempHeadshots-2-of-2Revised-1-75x50.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>I believe in education, which gives me the knowledge to work wisely and trains my mind and my hands to work skillfully.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ayden Kemp embodied the Auburn Creed before he knew Auburn was the perfect place for him. Growing up in a military family full of aerospace engineers, he already knew what it meant to believe in work, hard work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Kemp graduated in May of 2024 with a biosystems engineering degree and will begin his master\u2019s degree in the same field this fall. He will also earn a second undergraduate degree in aerospace engineering in the spring of 2025. Kemp plans to continue this trend by finishing his biosystems engineering master\u2019s degree in the fall of 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Because he can\u2019t get enough Auburn, Kemp plans to obtain his doctorate in biosystems engineering afterward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI love Auburn. I love all the opportunities I have,\u201d Kemp said. \u201cIt just makes sense because if I stay here, then I can finish my Ph.D. in three to four years, as opposed to going somewhere else and needing four to five years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He\u2019s a Goldwater Scholar and an Astronaut Scholar, so what\u2019s next for Ayden Kemp? He wants to sustain life for humans in space while minimizing waste in spacecraft. His current research focuses on creating biofuels from waste materials \u2014 basically, rocket fuel from plastic and biomass.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A fourth-generation aerospace engineer and the son of a U.S. Air Force pilot, Kemp found that Auburn had unlimited opportunities to pursue all the dreams he could imagine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-3616447\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/267871\/13469949-the-scholar.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-3616447&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ayden Kemp embodied the Auburn Creed before he knew Auburn was the perfect place for him. 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