Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

SAE Formula Team Places Second in Design Finals in CA Competition

The SAE Formula team had a good showing at the SAE west competition in Ontario, Calif., where they placed second in design and thrid overall. Read full story

Student Team Semifinalist in National Urban Challenge

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced that the SciAutonics/Auburn Engineering team will be among the semifinalists for DARPA's Urban Challenge. Only 53 of the competition's original 89 teams moved on to the next phase of the competition. The team is led by Robert Daily, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Read full story

AU Students Garner Awards

Rajesh Kitey, an Auburn graduate with a doctorate in mechanical engineering, has been selected as a recipient of this year's Carolyn Taylor Carr Outstanding Dissertation Award.

Volkan Ustun, doctoral student in industrial and systems engineering, recently received the Gene Newman Award for Excellence in Modeling and Simulation Research at the 2007 Modeling, Simulation & Gaming Student Capstone Conference.

Pallavi Chitta, a doctoral student in chemical engineering, recently won a second place award for her poster presentation at the 20th annual Filtrations and Separations Conference hosted by the American Filtration and Separations Society in Orlando, Fla. Read full story

Auburn Students Receive National Academy for Nuclear Training Scholarships

Two students in Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering have been awarded $2,500 scholarships from the National Academy for Nuclear Training. Awardees Marcus Coleman and Carla Jennings, juniors in chemical engineering, are both involved with the AT&T Minority Engineering Program. Read full story