Engineering well represented at Auburn Research Symposium
4/2/26 8:40 AM
The annual research symposium drew nearly 500 students and postdoctoral researchers, who presented their work before faculty and peers.
Large-scale advanced systems supporting NCAME qualification efforts toward Army AM adoption
4/1/26 11:00 AM
The U.S. government is expecting big things out of Auburn's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence — literally.
NSF backs Auburn-led research into rewriting rules of metallic materials
3/30/26 2:00 PM
Structured metals can be really strong at high temperature — a good thing. Or they can be somewhat pliable at room temperature — also a good thing. But they can't be both. That's just how the game is played... for now.
#GINNing Podcast: The Reliability of Cheney Curls
3/14/26 8:00 AM
Let's just say that when it comes to reliability problem-solving and data analysis — and extra-curricular leadership — this mechanical engineering senior curls a lot of weight.
#GINNing Podcast: Stick We Did
3/6/26 2:00 PM
Mechanical engineering honors senior Dalton Robinson sat down with the #GINNing gang to discuss his Auburn journey, his future plans and Auburn's chances at once again sticking it to Princeton and the rest of the also-rans at the American Society of Naval Engineers' annual Promoting Electric Propulsion Competition.
Auburn Applied Research Institute to host Huntsville tech tour, showcase next-generation 3D carbon fiber composites printing
2/26/26 9:00 AM
Luke Boyer, lead principal research engineer for the Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI), was pretty sure the institute’s latest acquisition would attract the right attention from the right folks in Huntsville. He was right.
AUTRI receives $1.9 million to study smart tire technology for highway safety
2/23/26 1:30 PM
Auburn University’s Transportation Research Institute receives $1.9 million from FMCSA to test RFID-enabled smart tire technology aimed at preventing commercial truck blowouts and improving highway safety.
Auburn to construct world-class engineering lab, expand nation’s largest student-run makerspace
2/13/26 12:50 PM
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will begin construction this spring on a world-class laboratory designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, creativity and industry-relevant research in advanced manufacturing that will also expand the Design and Innovation Center, commonly known as the makerspace.
Two Auburn engineers advance to Feb. 27 Tiger Cage semifinals
2/13/26 9:30 AM
Ethan Page, a recent graduate in mechanical engineering, and Joseph Rusk, a junior in electrical and computer engineering, are among 11 remaining teams in the annual student business pitch competition
Tiny Steps, Big Discovery: Auburn materials engineers make high-profile breakthrough in nanophotonics
2/5/26 8:00 AM
Researchers in Auburn's Materials Research and Education Center are revolutionizing the discipline of nanophotonics one small step at a time — literally.
#GINNing Podcast: Hailing Haley
1/30/26 8:00 AM
From solid fuel rockets to medical sockets, mechanical engineering GTA Haley Duncan Evans is designing her future one interdisciplinary project at a time.
Auburn Engineering jumps two spots to No. 18 in latest U.S. News online graduate program rankings
1/27/26 7:20 AM
The latest ranking marks six consecutive years in the top 20 and a full decade in the top 25.
Department of Mechanical Engineering launching speaker series
1/20/26 1:00 PM
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is launching a new speaker series to bring prominent faculty, researchers and subject matter experts from top-tier institutions across the country to the Plains.
#GINNing Podcast: Great Scot
1/16/26 1:30 PM
From excelling at XO Armor to impressing at NCAME, research engineer Scot Carpenter, '20 mechanical, is framing the future — one T at a time.
NCAME doctoral student sweeps ICAM 2025 student competition with fatigue modeling breakthrough
1/15/26 3:30 PM
Krista Dyer apparently brought a broom to the ASTM ICAM 2025 conference.
Auburn's Electronics Packaging Research Institute leading AI revolution in semiconductor packaging
1/9/26 3:00 PM
Pradeep Lall is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to take the guess-work out of the life expectancy of electronics. And to do it quickly.
#GINNing Podcast: Lead-free by Example
1/9/26 8:00 AM
She's zany. She's brainy. She's Elizabeth Gainey.
American Chemical Society funds Auburn materials engineering research into ‘holy grail of catalysis’
1/5/26 11:00 AM
Assistant materials engineering professor Konstantin Klyukin is after the holy grail.
NCAME grows applied research role in defense supply chain through Austal USA, Amaero partnerships
12/19/25 11:00 AM
Thanks to two new partnerships formed to address critical needs in the aerospace and maritime defense industries, Auburn University's reputation for rapid additive manufacturing research and development is speeding up and making waves.
College of Human Sciences honors Gates, Davis at 32nd annual International Quality of Life Awards in Washington D.C.
12/9/25 10:00 AM
In a setting that’s hosted some of the most significant moments in American and global history, the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium added another distinguished event to its storied list by hosting the College of Human Sciences’ 32nd annual International Quality of Life Awards (IQLA) on Monday, Dec. 8 in Washington, D.C.
Community, Research and Industry: How Jack Janik made the most of his Auburn journey
11/10/25 12:00 PM
Jack Janik’s time at Auburn was shaped by curiosity, collaboration and a growing passion for tribology — the study of friction, wear and lubrication. The graduate of the Honors College and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering credits Auburn with helping him discover his academic interests and prepare for a career in industry.
EPRI director presents on additive in-mold electronics at National Academy of Engineering symposium
11/7/25 8:00 AM
One of the heavyweights of next-generation electronics recently shared his vision for lightweight vehicles with the National Academy of Engineering.
Auburn Engineering students win third and fourth place at Halloween Pitch Competition
11/6/25 2:50 PM
The Halloween Pitch Competition, presented by the New Venture Accelerator and the Harbert College of Business, allowed students the opportunity to pitch their business ideas before industry professional judges.
Students' awesome research ideas celebrated at college's third AUSome Science in 60 Seconds
11/3/25 10:00 AM
Presented by the Council of Engineering Graduate Students, AUSome Science in 60 Seconds tasked students to create videos and explain their projects in one minute or less.
#GINNing Podcast: The Desk Job
10/31/25 3:38 PM
Get to know mechanical engineering junior Tyler Wilks, the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center's front-desk phenom, on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.
NextFlex partners with Auburn Engineering for new regional hybrid electronics node
10/29/25 4:00 PM
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will soon be an even more welcoming environment for research into harsh-environment electronics.
Auburn Engineering faculty receive NSF grant for undergraduate summer research program
10/23/25 3:00 PM
Auburn Engineering will host a 10-week NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates starting summer 2026, focusing on transport phenomena.
Auburn’s Grand Engineering Challenges combines fun and learning for K-6th grade students
10/15/25 3:00 PM
Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted more than 220 K-6th grade students Tuesday, Oct. 14, as part of its Grand Engineering Challenges event.
Mechanical engineering alumna to be honored with International Quality of Life Award
10/8/25 3:00 PM
For the first time in its 32-year history, the College of Human Sciences’ annual International Quality of Life Awards will take place in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8. This year’s celebration will blend the significance of an iconic city with an awards program dedicated to advancing well-being and improving quality of life around the world.
Auburn to host NextFlex workshop in aerospace and automotive electronics in Huntsville
9/26/25 11:00 AM
In the world of flexible hybrid electronics (FHE), few universities can flex like Auburn. And next month, they're taking the show on the road.
Auburn engineering seniors win nationwide summer internship competition
9/18/25 12:00 AM
Auburn engineering seniors designed a retrofit kit to make older military drones autonomous, winning Booz Allen’s national internship contest and earning job offers.
#GINNing Podcast: Kyle's Extra Mile
9/12/25 10:00 AM
Extra mile? Thy name is Kyle — Margelle Kyle, a Texas-hailing mechanical engineering honors student who's already wedded her passion for biomechanics with the Auburn Creed in order to meet a critical need.
Faculty, staff recognized at Engineering Research Awards banquet
9/12/25 9:15 AM
The awards recognize outstanding contributions that exemplify innovation, collaboration and real-world impact
The need for speed: DARPA awards NCAME up to $2.8M for transformative AM qualification research
9/5/25 11:00 AM
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has asked Auburn University to put the pedal to the powdered metal.
#GINNing Podcast: Penguin Protection
9/5/25 10:54 AM
This week, the #GINNing Gang sits down Iván Nail-Ulloa, a Chile-hailing mechanical engineering postdoctoral fellow (and pal to penguins everywhere) aiming to revolutionize the way safety professionals assess injury risk on factory floors and similar industrial settings.
Auburn Engineering researchers advance to Stage 2 of NIH/NCATS Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge
8/18/25 8:00 AM
Zihe Gao and Pengyu Chen created a cutting-edge imaging method for cancer detection that advanced to Stage 2 of the NIH/NCATS Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge.
Standout scholar-athlete to serve as Auburn Engineering graduate marshal
8/4/25 1:00 PM
As if it wasn't already a banner year for Mason Mathias...
Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s namesake and family commit $30 million to scholarships
7/30/25 4:30 PM
The namesake of Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and the Ginn Family Foundation has committed $30 million to the college to establish a new scholarship program, marking the largest single commitment to scholarships in Auburn University history.
#GINNing Podcast: Second-Hand Information
7/11/25 9:45 AM
Simply put, Peden Jones believes in the human touch — and the almost-human, too.
Auburn mechanical engineering doctoral student spending summer developing flying cars
7/8/25 2:00 PM
They promised us flying cars. Ehsan Vaghefi is trying to hold them to it.
#GINNing Podcast: Floyd the Racer
7/3/25 9:00 AM
Mechanical engineering sophomore Eliana Floyd grew up watching racing with her dad. She's been into cars for as long as she can remember. So, for her, just standing in pit lane would have made the hours in the Makerspace designing, cutting and clamping panels, bleeding brakes and slapping duct tape on the frame worth it. But to actually win a race — a national championship — at Talladega? That was more electric than the car itself.
College launches novel internet tool designed to foster research collaboration across multiple disciplines
7/3/25 8:15 AM
AUSME is a searchable, artificial intelligence-powered tool that transforms how researchers discover one another, form collaborations and pursue complex, cross-disciplinary challenges.
Graduate School dean named as chair of Department of Mechanical Engineering
6/30/25 12:55 PM
George Flowers has been named as the new chair of Auburn University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, according to an announcement by Mario Eden, dean of engineering.
Mechanical engineering doctoral student wows national tribology conference with electrical erosion research
6/27/25 4:00 PM
When it comes to better understanding and mitigating the causes of electrical erosion now regularly reported in electric vehicles (EVs), the leading tribology program in the nation has a new poster boy.
Industrial design, engineering students’ collaboration leads to groundbreaking medical device
6/25/25 8:00 AM
Students from Auburn’s Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design programs are solving real-life problems, and they recently witnessed the public unveiling of an innovative new surgical device they helped create.
#GINNing Podcast: Miss Autonomous
6/6/25 11:49 AM
The latest episode of the best podcast in higher education features a mechanical engineering doctoral student whose name over her past four years has practically become synonymous with autonomous — GAVLAB great, Stephanie Meyer.
Mechanical engineering graduate’s latest award reflects Auburn’s reputation as “Tribology U.”
5/29/25 9:00 AM
Jack Janik's career in the science of friction, wear and lubrication — tribology — didn't need any more traction. But the former Auburn mechanical engineering standout still just coasted to yet another kudo.
Defense, Auburn, Defense: Athletics-inspired Auburn Engineering startup expanding to support military
5/21/25 3:00 PM
A small project begun at Auburn in 2019 to quickly return injured Auburn football players to the playing field may soon return injured soldiers to the battlefield.
Auburn mechanical engineering graduate makes university history with dual thesis and dissertation awards
5/20/25 2:00 PM
Kyle Castellano enrolled at Auburn for graduate work in mechanical engineering hoping to keep pace with the university's rigorous academic standards. Two degrees later, it's officially safe to say that he succeeded — and set a new standard in the process.
NCAME hosts technology leaders for specialty workshop on advanced manufacturing
5/19/25 2:40 PM
Top minds recently convened at Auburn University for a series of conversations on how to overcome obstacles to the wider adoption of advanced manufacturing.