Huntington Ingalls Industries, formerly Northrup Grumman Shipbuilding, has created an endowed scholarship for students in the department. Located in Pascagoula, Miss., the firm established the Huntington Ingalls Industries Scholarships in 2010 as part of a university-wide program for first-time scholarship endowment donors to Auburn University. The company created the scholarship in an effort to attract quality graduates to work with composite materials.