Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

Marshall Teams With AU to Build 'Parking Garage' for Lunar Rover

If you had a brand new car, you wouldn't leave it parked outside in a bad storm, would you? Likewise, astronauts on the moon would prefer to park the lunar roving vehicle in some kind of shelter or "garage".

That's why scientists and engineers at the Marshall Center and engineering professors at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., are working on a concept for a lunar shelter that would protect rovers and other equipment from meteoroid strikes, radiation damage and extreme temperature swings. Read full story

AU, Masada to Convert Biomass Including Trash and Sewage to Ethanol

A $1 million per year research agreement to develop and evaluate promising alternatives for the production of ethanol, aviation and other fuels using waste and natural resources has been reached between Auburn University's Alabama Center for Paper and Bioresource Engineering and the Masada Resource Group LLC.

The project will involve AC-PABE and faculty experts from the Department of Chemical Engineering in collaboration with the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts at AU, which is dedicated to exploring broad solutions to energy concerns. Read full story

Software Developed at AU Supports Race-Conscious Admissions and School Placement Policies

Applications Quest, a timely new software package developed by Juan Gilbert, Total System Services distinguished professor at Auburn University, promises to solve one of the nation's most vexing civil rights problems - how to legally and equitably enact diversity programs. Read full story

AU Finds Success with Voting System

The Prime III voting system developed by students and faculty at Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has tested well on three separate attempts.

Therefore its designers are confident it will continue to impress participants and especially judges at the University Voting Systems Competition in Portland, Ore., next month. Read full story

Fortune 100 Firm First to Call AU Research Park Home

The Auburn Research Park has its first tenant.

Although the identity of the company is being kept under wraps for now, the company will break ground in October, Auburn University President Dr. Ed Richardson said, adding that it is a Fortune 100 company that conducts aerospace engineering research. Read full story

VP of Research Excited About Park's Possibilities

For some Auburn residents, the new Auburn Research Park might seem like nothing more than a sign and a bunch of orange barrels, but for Dr. Ralph Zee, it means so much more. Read full story

Randy West Named Director of the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University

Auburn University's National Center for Asphalt Technology has named Randy C. West, as director. West will lead the center, a joint effort between the National Asphalt Pavement Association Research and Education Foundation (NAPAREF) and Auburn University, which works to improve hot mix asphalt (HMA) performance through research, education and information services. Read full story