Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Seminars
Ginn Distinguished Lectures
Kuo Discusses Relationship between Teaching and Research
Way Kuo, university distinguished professor and dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, discussed the relationship between teaching and research performance in a seminar that was part of the Ginn Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Read full story
Departmental Lectures
Thurston to discuss decision making in the design process
Deborah L. Thurston, interim head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, presented a seminar on the engineering decision making process. The lecture summarized a a decision-based approach to engineering design and product development, using three elements: expanding the traditional scope of analysis to include issues such as manufacturing cost, operations, environmental impact, the business model, etc.; formulating a design optimization problem articulating an objective function, decision variables and constraints; and developing a systems analysis of the results of the first two elements. Read full story
Dann Reviews Learning Styles and ALICE Educational Software
The Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, along with Auburn's Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, hosted Wanda Dann, associate professor, Department of Computer Science, Ithaca College, and senior researcher, Entertainment Technology Center & Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Dann's lecture was part of a series sponsored by the Auburn's Women's Initiatives, Auburn's Women's Studies Program and Pearson Education. Read full story
Baird Discusses Ethical Issues in Nanotechnology
Davis Baird, dean of the honors college at the University of South Carolina and director of the nanoscience and technology studies group in the USC NanoCenter, recently discussed the ethical and societal issues of nanotechnology. His lecture covered an introduction to nanotechnology ? what it is, why it is interesting, and what types of products may result from the technology. Baird covered some of the difficulties of understanding images of the nanoscale and included a survey of the issues raised by nanoscience, including environmental health and safety issues, equity issues, privacy issues, legal issues and concerns about the rate of technological change. Read full story
Fulbright Scholar Discusses Railway Operations in Zimbabwe
Charles Mbohwa, a Fulbright Scholar from Zimbabwe at Georgia Tech, recently presented a seminar titled, "Operating a Railway System Within a Challenging Environment: Experiences of National Railways in Zimbabwe." Read full story
Burton Discusses Katrina and Rita Emergency Response
Terry Burton, a senior environmental scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), delivered a lecture, "The Environmental Protection Agency: Journey to Katrina," as part of the Environmental and Water Research Program, sponsored jointly by CH2MHILL in Montgomery, Ala., and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University. Read full story
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