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.

Kristin McGhee

#GINNing Podcast: @KrazyKlementine

Jeremy D Henderson | 04/03/25

This double-degreed Auburn engineering apostle extraordinaire is supporting the team and living the dream.

Lake Marian in New Zealand

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.
Jonathan Pettus has been named executive director of the Auburn University Applied Research Institute. [Credit: UAH]

Pettus named executive director of Auburn University Applied Research Institute in Huntsville

Jeremy D Henderson | 01/28/25

Auburn University’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Economic Development has hired Jonathan Pettus as executive director of the Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI) in Huntsville, effective February 1.
Anna Carter

#GINNing Podcast: The Right Material

Jeremy D Henderson | 01/24/25

From the woods of Columbiana to the Costa da Caparica, junior Anna Carter is living the dream, Birdsonging her away around this great material world of ours one extra engineering mile at a time.

The new rankings mark five consecutive years in the Top 20 and nine consecutive years in the Top 25.

Auburn Engineering ranks No. 20 in U.S. News online graduate program rankings, online computer science program moves up 10 spots

Karen Hunley | 01/21/25

The new rankings mark five consecutive years in the Top 20 and nine consecutive years in the Top 25.

Yeonjin Baek poses in front of a display of "Flower Power," which won the grand prize in JEOL'S 2023 SEM Image Contest.

Auburn materials engineering students have MXene research down to a fine art

Jeremy D Henderson | 01/10/25

At this rate, Auburn may need to open its own "NanoArt" museum. Because the Department of Materials Engineering just keeps churning out masterpieces.

Bart Prorok

#GINNing Podcast: Mr. Materials

Jeremy Henderson | 12/20/24

He may work inside Wilmore Laboratories , but materials engineering program chair Bart Prorok does his thinking outside the box.

Ruha Tacey, a 2012 Auburn chemical engineering graduate who has gone viral on social media as a STEM advocating influencer, served as the keynote speaker for this year's MADE@AU event.

Auburn MADE event prepares students for an engineering experience

Austin Phillips | 12/06/24

Auburn MADE event prepares students for an engineering experience
Bart Prorok

Materials engineering program chair honored for wide-ranging work in experimental mechanics

Jeremy D Henderson | 11/14/24

Much of Bart Prorok's work in experimental mechanics is focused on micro and nanoscale mechanisms. But there's nothing small about his most recent achievement in the field.
Auburn Engineering has now increased its annual new research awards and contracts by more than 300% since 2018, when the college brought in $29 million.

Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has set a college record for new research awards and contracts for a fiscal year, closing FY24 with $117.7 million.

Austin Phillips | 11/11/24

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has set a college record for new research awards and contracts for a fiscal year, closing FY24 with $117.7 million.
Yaqub Adediji

Materials engineering doctoral student wins prestigious award for advancing PepsiCo climate goals

Jeremy Henderson | 10/18/24

Following his second Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps fellowship in as many years, Yaqub Adediji, a doctoral student in materials engineering, has been awarded the organization's 2024 Climate Corps Fellow Collaboration Award for helping PepsiCo achieve its ambitious climate goals.
Auburn Makersfest 2024 is offering $2,000 in prize money to any Auburn student who has developed a product, written a song, or composed a poem – anything that was created – during a competition meant to stimulate creative thinking.

Auburn Makersfest submissions due Oct. 18

Dustin Duncan | 10/08/24

Auburn Makersfest 2024 is offering $2,000 in prize money to any Auburn student who has developed a product, written a song, or composed a poem – anything that was created – during a competition meant to stimulate creative thinking.
Pengyu Chen

NIH awards another $1.9M toward Auburn Engineering’s transformative research into rapid immunodiagnostics

Jeremy Henderson | 10/03/24

Pengyu Chen, the Francis Family Associate Professor and Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellow in the Department of Materials Engineering, believes he'll soon be able to immediately unlock the secrets of your immune system with a single finger-prick. The National Institutes of Health continues to believe it, too.
Auburn Engineering’s undergraduate program also ranked fourth among the 13 public institutions in the Southeastern Conference and — again — No. 1 in the state.

Auburn Engineering undergraduate program ranked No. 30 among public institutions nationwide

Joe McAdory | 09/24/24

Auburn Engineering’s undergraduate program also ranked fourth among the 13 public institutions in the Southeastern Conference and — again — No. 1 in the state.

Phoebe Judkins, a student in civil and environmental engineering, talks with employers during a career fair hosted by the College of Engineering’s Career Development and Corporate Relations office in October 2023.

CDCR to host engineering career fair in September

Olivia Ballard | 09/16/24

The Career Development and Corporate Relations (CDCR) office will host an annual engineering career fair Sept. 23 and 26 in Brown-Kopel Grand Hall from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Dean Hendrix assumes the position of associate dean for undergraduate studies and program assessment effective Aug. 1.

Hendrix named associate dean for undergraduate studies and program assessment

Austin Phillips | 07/17/24

Dean Hendrix has been named associate dean for undergraduate studies and program assessment for Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Mario Eden, dean of engineering.
Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs continued its upward trajectory in the annual rankings among public institutions, climbing 10 spots in the past five years.

Auburn Engineering graduate programs ranked No. 31 among public institutions by U.S. News and World Report

Joe McAdory | 06/18/24

Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs were ranked No. 5 overall in the Southeastern Conference and, again, No. 1 in the state.
man types on an advanced manufacturing machine

Auburn expands support for advanced manufacturing

06/11/24

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will create an Analytical, Innovation and Manufacturing Laboratory to specifically foster workforce development, interdisciplinary collaboration and industry-relevant research and innovation aimed broadly at advanced manufacturing.
Auburn University President Christopher B. Roberts, Auburn Alumni Association Board of Directors President LuAnne L. Hart ’80, Parker Duffey ’06, John H. Watson ’60, Lester Howard Killebrew Sr. ’68, Carol Elsen Godfrey ’86, Gary R. Godfrey ’86, Gerald S. Leischuck ’64 and Chief Engagement Officer and Auburn Alumni Association Director Kurt Sasser ’11.

Four engineering alumni receive Auburn Alumni Association's Lifetime Achievement Award

06/10/24

The Auburn Alumni Association honored its 2024 class of Lifetime Achievement Award and Young Alumni Achievement Award recipients at a special ceremony on June 8. The Lifetime Achievement Awards honor distinguished members of the Auburn Family for extraordinary accomplishments in their personal and professional lives, as well as dedication to the university. Noteworthy recent graduates in the midst of their careers are recognized with the Young Alumni Achievement Award.
Vladislav Korostelev (center) poses with President Christopher B. Roberts (left) and Graduate School dean George Flowers (right) at the Graduate Awards Ceremony in April where he was named Outstanding Doctoral Student for the Department of Materials Engineering.

Materials engineering doctoral student wins GRSP award for hydrogen sensor research

Jeremy Henderson | 06/07/24

The kudos for materials engineering doctoral student Vladislav Korostelev keep coming.
David, who joined the Auburn faculty in 2012, has served as an assistant professor, associate professor and was recently promoted to the rank of full professor.

David named associate dean for research

Austin Phillips | 05/29/24

Allan David has been named associate dean for research for Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Dean Mario Eden.
Marisa Kelley

#GINNing Podcast: Materials Girl

Jeremy Henderson | 05/17/24

Marisa Kelley just graduated with a degree in materials engineering. She knows who Madonna is — and who Tom Petty is. In other words, she's basically a genius. (You're welcome, Florida.)