Dean Mario Eden
As we close the chapter on another academic year, I can’t help but look back and be extremely proud of all that our students, faculty, staff and alumni have accomplished.
In February, we received the exciting news that our own Alice E. Smith, the Joe W. Forehand Jr. Distinguished Professor of industrial and systems engineering, was elected for induction into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). She is the first full-time engineering faculty member at Auburn University to be inducted into the NAE, and is being recognized for her advancements in computational intelligence as applied to modeling and optimization of complex systems. Her work in this area ranks among the best in the world, so her election into the NAE comes as no surprise to those who work alongside her every day. Her career has been filled with accomplishments as a researcher, author and educator, and she has been a catalyst in helping the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering continue its upward trajectory as one of the best in America.
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