Material Engineering News Archive

06 2026

• 06/10/26 - Auburn University Board of Trustees approves 77-acre Research Park expansion to accommodate future program growth

05 2026

• 05/26/26 - Chen appointed materials engineering program chair
• 05/08/26 - #GINNing Podcast: The Holy Grail of Catalysis

04 2026

• 04/17/26 - #GINNing Podcast: The Jeremy Henderson Experience

03 2026

• 03/30/26 - NSF backs Auburn-led research into rewriting rules of metallic materials

02 2026

• 02/13/26 - Auburn to construct world-class engineering lab, expand nation’s largest student-run makerspace
• 02/05/26 - Tiny Steps, Big Discovery: Auburn materials engineers make high-profile breakthrough in nanophotonics

01 2026

• 01/27/26 - Auburn Engineering jumps two spots to No. 18 in latest U.S. News online graduate program rankings
• 01/05/26 - American Chemical Society funds Auburn materials engineering research into ‘holy grail of catalysis’

November 2025

• 11/03/25 - Students' awesome research ideas celebrated at college's third AUSome Science in 60 Seconds

October 2025

• 10/15/25 - Auburn’s Grand Engineering Challenges combines fun and learning for K-6th grade students

September 2025

• 09/12/25 - Faculty, staff recognized at Engineering Research Awards banquet

August 2025

• 08/25/25 - NSF funds Auburn materials engineering research into combining light and matter
• 08/18/25 - Auburn Engineering researchers advance to Stage 2 of NIH/NCATS Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge
• 08/15/25 - #GINNing Podcast: All We Do Is Chen

July 2025

• 07/30/25 - Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s namesake and family commit $30 million to scholarships
• 07/24/25 - NSF highlights Auburn’s leading research in biomedical sensor technology
• 07/08/25 - Auburn mechanical engineering doctoral student spending summer developing flying cars
• 07/03/25 - College launches novel internet tool designed to foster research collaboration across multiple disciplines

June 2025

• 06/30/25 - Graduate School dean named as chair of Department of Mechanical Engineering

April 2025

• 04/08/25 - Chemical engineering student wins Graduate Engineering Research Showcase with study on hydraulic redistribution
• 04/08/25 - Auburn Engineering graduate programs earn high marks in recent U.S. News and World Report rankings

March 2025

• 04/03/25 - #GINNing Podcast: @KrazyKlementine

February 2025

• 02/17/25 - New Engineering Global Programs opportunity takes students to New Zealand

2025

• 01/28/25 - Pettus named executive director of Auburn University Applied Research Institute in Huntsville
• 01/24/25 - #GINNing Podcast: The Right Material
• 01/21/25 - Auburn Engineering ranks No. 20 in U.S. News online graduate program rankings, online computer science program moves up 10 spots
• 01/10/25 - Auburn materials engineering students have MXene research down to a fine art