Department of Aerospace Engineering

From left, Praveen Ayyanathan, Patrick Eid and Austin Miranda at the AIAA Greater Huntsville Section awards banquet.

Aerospace engineering students shine at AIAA Greater Huntsville Section awards ceremony

Dustin Duncan | 07/10/25

Two aerospace engineering students earned top honors at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Greater Huntsville Section’s annual awards banquet on May 20.

AUSME compiles publicly available research data — including faculty publication records, citation metrics, co-author networks and academic backgrounds — into interactive, easy-to-navigate profiles.

College launches novel internet tool designed to foster research collaboration across multiple disciplines

Joe McAdory | 07/03/25

AUSME is a searchable, artificial intelligence-powered tool that transforms how researchers discover one another, form collaborations and pursue complex, cross-disciplinary challenges.

John E. Cochran Jr., professor and department head emeritus of aerospace engineering, was named Konrad Dannenberg Educator of the Year at the 71st Greater Huntsville Section Annual Awards Ceremony. Pictured from left are Joe Majdalani, honors and awards director, Cochran, Jackie Dannenberg and Bob Tramel, section chair.

Aerospace professor emeritus named AIAA 2025 Konrad Dannenberg Educator of the Year

Dustin Duncan | 06/26/25

Auburn University’s John E. Cochran Jr., professor and department head emeritus of aerospace engineering, has been named the 2025 Konrad Dannenberg Educator of the Year by the Greater Huntsville Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

gloved hand shown in laboratory experiment setting

Recipients named for Auburn’s 2025 Research and Creative Works Internal Awards

06/25/25

The Research Support Program and the Creative Work and Social Impact Scholarship Funding Program provide a competitive internal funding source to support faculty in refining projects before competing for larger, external awards.

From left, Chris Raj, Katherine Clemmons and Ayden Kemp presented their project, “Dynamic Ecosystems for Mars Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) Testing, Evaluation, and Reliability (DEMETER),” taking home the top prize out of 14 finalist teams from academic institutions across the nation.

Auburn Engineering team wins NASA's RASC-AL Competition

Dustin Duncan | 06/18/25

A team of aerospace engineering graduates took top honors in NASA’s 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition Forum, where undergraduate and graduate teams competed to develop new concepts for operating on the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Auburn University has established a new graduate certificate in space systems within the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, beginning fall 2025.

Auburn University to offer space systems graduate certificate in fall 2025

Dustin Duncan | 06/16/25

Auburn University has established a new graduate certificate in space systems within the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, beginning fall 2025.

Aerospace engineering junior awarded Astronaut Scholarship

06/12/25

Junior Eirik Mulder earned the award which recognizes outstanding students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who show exceptional academic performance, ingenuity and potential to make meaningful contributions to their fields.

Patrick Eid is recognized with the first-place award and Mike Freeman prize in the graduate division at the 76th annual Southeastern Regional Student Conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Greensboro, North Carolina. Pictured from left are Patrick Porter, Clay Mowry, Eid and Kurt Polzin.

Aerospace engineering students earn top honors at AIAA regional student conference

dzd0065@auburn.edu | 06/05/25

Auburn Engineering continued its streak of excellence at the 76th annual Southeastern Regional Student Conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), where three students brought home awards.

#GINNing Podcast: Pooling Resources

Jeremy D Henderson | 05/30/25

Aerospace engineering, breast-stroke swimming junior Olivia Dinehart recently sat down with the #GINNing gang to discuss how she stays afloat in Auburn's academic deep end.

#GINNing Podcast: To Air is Human

Jeremy D Henderson | 05/16/25

Assistant aerospace engineering professor and licensed pilot Nicoletta Fala is investigating the attitudes of altitude.

Auburn aerospace engineering students sit in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 aircraft simulator at the Delta Aircrew Training Center at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Auburn aerospace engineering students gain experience with flight simulator at Delta Training Center

Dustin Duncan | 05/02/25

Nearly 60 aerospace engineering students recently visited the Delta Aircrew Training Center at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as part of a flight dynamics course.

Russell Mailen (left) and Vrishank Rahgav (right)

Two engineer faculty honored as Outstanding Graduate Mentors

04/28/25

Russell Mailen, associate professor, and Vrishank Rahgav, associate professor, both in aerospace engineering were recognized as Outstanding Graduate Mentors

Two students receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

04/24/25

Two Auburn students have won National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) for graduate study.

Ayden Kemp, a senior in aerospace engineering and an honors student, swept the 2025 Sigma Gamma Tau (SGT) Undergraduate Awards, winning the South Central regional and the Harry H. Hilton national award.

Aerospace engineering senior sweeps 2025 Sigma Gamma Tau undergraduate awards

Caitlyn Griffin | 04/22/25

Ayden Kemp, a senior in aerospace engineering and an honors student, swept the 2025 Sigma Gamma Tau (SGT) Undergraduate Awards, winning the South Central regional and the Harry H. Hilton national award.

From left to right, Katherine Clemmons, Ayden Kemp, Chris Raj and Kai Gutjahr pose for a photo when finishing second in Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Capstone Design Showcase in April. Dean Hendrix, associate dean for undergraduate studies and program assessment, is to the far right.

Aerospace engineering students named finalist at NASA RASC-AL Competition

Caitlyn Griffin | 04/16/25

A team of Auburn aerospace engineers was named a finalist at the 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition among 13 teams from other institutions.

Auburn University Provost Vini Nathan announced the names of faculty awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2025.

Eight Auburn Engineering faculty members named to 2025 promotion, tenure list

Joe McAdory | 04/15/25

Auburn University Provost Vini Nathan announced the names of faculty awarded promotion and tenure for 2025.

Graduate Engineering Research Showcase winner Tori Phillips, left, with Maria Auad, the college's associate dean for graduate studies and faculty development.

Chemical engineering student wins Graduate Engineering Research Showcase with study on hydraulic redistribution

Joe McAdory | 04/08/25

More than 150 students participated in the 12th Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, held April 3 in the Brown-Kopel Center.

Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs were ranked No. 6 overall in the Southeastern Conference and, once again, No. 1 in the state.

Auburn Engineering graduate programs earn high marks in recent U.S. News and World Report rankings

Joe McAdory | 04/08/25

U.S. News and World Report, which ranks graduate programs nationally each spring, designated Auburn Engineering No. 33 among public institutions when its annual list was released Tuesday, April 8.

To compete, students were given 40 minutes to plan, sketch and build a contraption that would, hopefully, protect the egg inside once it’s dropped from a stadium ramp.

Elementary school students learn basics of prototyping through Auburn Engineering egg drop

Austin Phillips | 04/02/25

More than 50 kindergartners through fifth-graders recently descended upon Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium for this year’s egg Drop event, hosted by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

The Auburn University Rocketry Association visited Children's of Alabama in Birmingham for the third consecutive year to spend time with patients an afternoon of heartwarming smiles and lifelong memories.

Auburn rocketry club brings hands-on fun to young patients at Children’s of Alabama

Dustin Duncan | 04/01/25

Returning to Children's of Alabama in Birmingham for the third consecutive year, the Auburn University Rocketry Association (AURA) arrived in their signature orange, blue and white floral-patterned shirts for a more interactive event with patients at the hospital.

Ari Goldman, aerospace engineering doctoral student (left) and David Scarbrough, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering (right) stand in front of the MARLEN engine, the third generation of subscale RDREs.

Aerospace engineering doctoral student works to advance rotating detonation rocket engines

Dustin Duncan | 03/24/25

An aerospace engineering doctoral student is focused on improving wave dynamics in rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs), a compact and high-efficiency propulsion system that could reduce the size, weight and cost of future launch vehicles in space.

#GINNing Podcast: There's Something About Mary

Jeremy D Henderson | 03/17/25

A word of advice to the Louisiana State University: Make your campus a little more walk-able, or continue losing out to the best student-centered — and pedestrian-centered — engineering education experience in America, like you did with aerospace engineering undergraduate researcher extraordinaire Mary Ferguson.

External NewFueled by curiosity: Auburn engineering student uses Makerspace to design, test jet engines

02/18/25

Brandon Barnett, a senior in aerospace engineering, used his skills and classroom knowledge to build a functional jet engine in the Makerspace on campus.

New Engineering Global Programs opportunity takes students to New Zealand

Dustin Duncan | 02/17/25

A new study abroad program through Engineering Global Programs will take Auburn Engineering students to the South Pacific, immersing them in the environmental landscapes of New Zealand.