Our Alumni ...
- 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
