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Opelika-Auburn News, oanow.com 02-22-2013
College's annual 'E-Day' event draws prospective engineers to Auburn

Commonly known as E-Day, the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's annual open house event brings more than 2,000 middle school, high school and junior college transfers to Auburn’s campus to learn about engineering and technology

The War Eagle Reader 02-12-2013
Auburn helping NASCAR reduce rain delays

NASCAR's mighty new drying machines were developed in part by Auburn University's National Center for Asphalt Technology to reduce the time of track rain delays by 80 percent

WTVM 01-24-2013
Local take on sports and traumatic brain injuries

Studies show connections between sports-related concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries as well as degenerative brain diseases - researchers at Auburn University's MRI Research Center are taking steps to discover the link between head trauma and long-term brain damage

WSFA 02-01-2012
AU students build iPad app to teach healthy habits

Computer science and software engineering doctoral students Jonathan Lartigue and Russell Thackston have built an iPad app that uses virtual interactive games to teach kids healthy eating habits

Opelika-Auburn News, oanow.com 11-30-2011
Auburn professor creates drug-releasing contacts

An Auburn team of chemical and biomedical engineers led by Dr. Mark Byrne, a Daniel F. and Josephine Breeden associate professor in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, has developed a new method to deliver eye medications via contact lense

WTVM 10-04-2011
Bright future ahead of Auburn Engineer students

From computer science and software engineers creating iPad apps, to robotic lawnmowers and automotive manufacturing, reporter Katherine Kington takes a look into the College of Engineering

The War Eagle Reader 09-29-2011
Auburn electrical engineering grad stars in new National Geographic reality series

Travis Taylor, a 1991 electrical engineering alum, is the star of National Geographic Channel's new show, "Rocket City Rednecks." Taylor built his foundation in engineering at Auburn before starting a career with the Army, Department of Defense and NASA

al.com 08-24-2011
Auburn University engineering students fly a different kind of bird on campus

An Auburn engineering senior design project for faculty member Thad Roppel's class took flight around the new Auburn practice facility. The robotic bird, an ornithopter, got a rare chance to fly after being on display for two years

News 3 WRBL 07-18-2011
Fuel-saving science

Gas prices are in high gear this summer, so faculty member Peter Jones offers some fuel-saving tips

Atlanta Journal Constitution 06-08-2010
Auburn University to study spread of diseases in airline cabins

Tony Overfelt in the mechanical engineering department is looking the ability of microorganisms to survive in cabin air and on surfaces, studying the risk of contracting a communicable disease during airline travel through a $300,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration

Last Updated: Mar. 06, 2013