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Auburn Engineering is one of the nation's top producers of NASA engineers and scientists and has graduated four astronauts - T. K. Mattingly, Jim Voss, Jan Davis, and Clifton Williams - and three directors of Kennedy Space Center - Richard Smith, James Kennedy and Forrest McCartney
Three members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering are Auburn engineers - John Junkins, Oliver Kingsley and Philip Lett
Kirk Newell designed and developed the self-cleaning electric range oven; alumnus William Bynum pioneered the engineering breakthroughs that revolutionized the South through air conditioning
Philip Lett designed and developed the U.S. Army's M1A1 main battle tank, the most successful combat weapon of its kind in history
More than 40 percent of State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame members are Auburn graduates
According to Forbes magazine, Auburn University has produced more CEOs for the nation's best small companies than any university in the South and ranks fourth nationally in this category
More than two dozen Auburn graduates serve as CEOs of the nation's top corporations; others lead major government agencies
More than 100 graduates serve on the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council acting as advisors in all aspects of the college, from curriculum and accreditation to communications to student recruitment