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Aerospace engineering associate professor to track orbits in cislunar space

11/24/25 8:00 AM

Davide Guzzetti, associate professor of aerospace engineering, is developing new mathematical tools to map and track spacecraft in cislunar space under a three-year AFOSR grant.

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#GINNing Podcast: Streaming Service

11/13/25 4:00 PM

Aerospace engineering senior Cade May expounds on the implication of his revolutionary application of FlightStream software — and his plans for the future — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education. 

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Two Auburn engineering students receive USRA Distinguished Undergraduate Award

11/13/25 3:00 PM

Auburn engineering students Catherine Franco and Eirik Mulder have been named 2025 USRA Distinguished Undergraduates, marking Auburn’s first recipients of the award.

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Students' awesome research ideas celebrated at college's third AUSome Science in 60 Seconds

11/3/25 10:00 AM

Presented by the Council of Engineering Graduate Students, AUSome Science in 60 Seconds tasked students to create videos and explain their projects in one minute or less.

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Auburn Engineering faculty receive NSF grant for undergraduate summer research program

10/23/25 3:00 PM

Auburn Engineering will host a 10-week NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates starting summer 2026, focusing on transport phenomena.

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New graduate certificate strengthens Auburn’s space legacy

10/22/25 2:30 PM

Auburn University launches a new graduate certificate in Space Systems — an interdisciplinary program training the next workforce in the expanding space industry.

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Auburn’s Grand Engineering Challenges combines fun and learning for K-6th grade students

10/15/25 3:00 PM

Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted more than 220 K-6th grade students Tuesday, Oct. 14, as part of its Grand Engineering Challenges event.

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Aerospace engineering assistant professor to research modeling of fluid-structure interactions in high-speed flows

9/25/25 9:40 AM

Auburn researcher Nek Sharan earns NSF grant to develop advanced tools for modeling high-speed flows, improving aircraft, infrastructure and space tech.

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#GINNing Podcast: Drone Zone

9/19/25 2:10 PM

On the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education, aerospace doctoral student Harris Putra drones on and on about the subject he knows best.

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Auburn engineering seniors win nationwide summer internship competition

9/18/25 12:00 AM

Auburn engineering seniors designed a retrofit kit to make older military drones autonomous, winning Booz Allen’s national internship contest and earning job offers.

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Auburn Alumni Engineering Council honors 6 with college’s highest awards for 2025

9/15/25 2:45 PM

Five outstanding engineering alumni and one longtime staff member of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering were honored by the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council during a ceremony Friday, Sept. 12, for their distinguished professional careers and service to the college.

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Faculty, staff recognized at Engineering Research Awards banquet

9/12/25 9:15 AM

The awards recognize outstanding contributions that exemplify innovation, collaboration and real-world impact

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Auburn University appoints former Space Development Agency head as Director of Space Innovation

9/8/25 8:00 AM

Auburn University is reaching for the stars again with the announcement of the hiring of Derek Tournear, former director of the Space Development Agency (SDA), as its inaugural director of space innovation.

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Aerospace engineers developing hybrid-electric autonomous aircraft to cut aviation emissions

9/4/25 8:00 AM

Auburn University's aerospace engineering and Rune Aero develop hybrid-electric autonomous aircraft to cut emissions, boost efficiency, and transform sustainable air cargo transport.

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Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s namesake and family commit $30 million to scholarships

7/30/25 4:30 PM

The namesake of Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and the Ginn Family Foundation has committed $30 million to the college to establish a new scholarship program, marking the largest single commitment to scholarships in Auburn University history.

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Aerospace engineering students shine at AIAA Greater Huntsville Section awards ceremony

7/10/25 9:50 AM

Two aerospace engineering students earned top honors at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Greater Huntsville Section’s annual awards banquet on May 20.

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College launches novel internet tool designed to foster research collaboration across multiple disciplines

7/3/25 8:15 AM

AUSME is a searchable, artificial intelligence-powered tool that transforms how researchers discover one another, form collaborations and pursue complex, cross-disciplinary challenges.

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Aerospace professor emeritus named AIAA 2025 Konrad Dannenberg Educator of the Year

6/26/25 10:00 AM

Auburn University’s John E. Cochran Jr., professor and department head emeritus of aerospace engineering, has been named the 2025 Konrad Dannenberg Educator of the Year by the Greater Huntsville Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

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Recipients named for Auburn’s 2025 Research and Creative Works Internal Awards

6/25/25 10:00 AM

The Research Support Program and the Creative Work and Social Impact Scholarship Funding Program provide a competitive internal funding source to support faculty in refining projects before competing for larger, external awards.

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Auburn Engineering team wins NASA's RASC-AL Competition

6/18/25 8:00 AM

A team of aerospace engineering graduates took top honors in NASA’s 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition Forum, where undergraduate and graduate teams competed to develop new concepts for operating on the Moon, Mars and beyond.

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Auburn University to offer space systems graduate certificate in fall 2025

6/16/25 9:30 AM

Auburn University has established a new graduate certificate in space systems within the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, beginning fall 2025.

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Aerospace engineering junior awarded Astronaut Scholarship

6/12/25 3:50 PM

Junior Eirik Mulder earned the award which recognizes outstanding students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who show exceptional academic performance, ingenuity and potential to make meaningful contributions to their fields.

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Aerospace engineering students earn top honors at AIAA regional student conference

6/5/25 10:00 AM

Auburn Engineering continued its streak of excellence at the 76th annual Southeastern Regional Student Conference of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), where three students brought home awards.

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#GINNing Podcast: Pooling Resources

5/30/25 3:00 PM

Aerospace engineering, breast-stroke swimming junior Olivia Dinehart recently sat down with the #GINNing gang to discuss how she stays afloat in Auburn's academic deep end. 

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#GINNing Podcast: To Air is Human

5/16/25 10:00 AM

Assistant aerospace engineering professor and licensed pilot Nicoletta Fala is investigating the attitudes of altitude.

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Auburn aerospace engineering students gain experience with flight simulator at Delta Training Center

5/2/25 9:00 AM

Nearly 60 aerospace engineering students recently visited the Delta Aircrew Training Center at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as part of a flight dynamics course.

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Two aerospace engineering faculty honored as Outstanding Graduate Mentors

4/28/25 2:15 PM

Russell Mailen, associate professor, and Vrishank Rahgav, associate professor, both in aerospace engineering were recognized as Outstanding Graduate Mentors

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Two students receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

4/24/25 12:45 PM

Two Auburn students have won National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) for graduate study.

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Aerospace engineering senior sweeps 2025 Sigma Gamma Tau undergraduate awards

4/22/25 11:00 AM

Ayden Kemp, a senior in aerospace engineering and an honors student, swept the 2025 Sigma Gamma Tau (SGT) Undergraduate Awards, winning the South Central regional and the Harry H. Hilton national award.

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Aerospace engineering students named finalist at NASA RASC-AL Competition

4/16/25 11:00 AM

A team of Auburn aerospace engineers was named a finalist at the 2025 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition among 13 teams from other institutions.

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Eight Auburn Engineering faculty members named to 2025 promotion, tenure list

4/15/25 8:00 AM

Auburn University Provost Vini Nathan announced the names of faculty awarded promotion and tenure for 2025.

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Chemical engineering student wins Graduate Engineering Research Showcase with study on hydraulic redistribution

4/8/25 10:25 AM

More than 150 students participated in the 12th Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, held April 3 in the Brown-Kopel Center.

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Auburn Engineering graduate programs earn high marks in recent U.S. News and World Report rankings

4/8/25 7:46 AM

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.

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Elementary school students learn basics of prototyping through Auburn Engineering egg drop

4/2/25 9:35 AM

More than 50 kindergartners through fifth-graders recently descended upon Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium for this year’s egg Drop event, hosted by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

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Auburn rocketry club brings hands-on fun to young patients at Children’s of Alabama

4/1/25 10:30 AM

Returning to Children's of Alabama in Birmingham for the third consecutive year, the Auburn University Rocketry Association (AURA) arrived in their signature orange, blue and white floral-patterned shirts for a more interactive event with patients at the hospital.

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Aerospace engineering doctoral student works to advance rotating detonation rocket engines

3/24/25 2:20 PM

An aerospace engineering doctoral student is focused on improving wave dynamics in rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs), a compact and high-efficiency propulsion system that could reduce the size, weight and cost of future launch vehicles in space.

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#GINNing Podcast: There's Something About Mary

3/17/25 11:00 AM

A word of advice to the Louisiana State University: Make your campus a little more walk-able, or continue losing out to the best student-centered — and pedestrian-centered — engineering education experience in America, like you did with aerospace engineering undergraduate researcher extraordinaire Mary Ferguson.

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Fueled by curiosity: Auburn engineering student uses Makerspace to design, test jet engine

2/18/25 1:25 PM

Brandon Barnett, a senior in aerospace engineering, used his skills and classroom knowledge to build a functional jet engine in the Makerspace on campus.

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New Engineering Global Programs opportunity takes students to New Zealand

2/17/25 9:00 AM

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.

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The Auburn University Rocketry Association prepares competition rocket for success

2/13/25 9:00 AM

The Auburn University Rocketry Association (AURA) aims for new heights this year as it launches into competition season with newly designed rockets.

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#GINNing Podcast: Korac on the Track

2/6/25 4:00 PM

Auburn Creed? More like Auburn Speed.

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

1/28/25 3:30 PM

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.

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

1/21/25 7:30 AM

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

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Auburn rocket plume research to aid future spacecraft landings

1/15/25 2:30 PM

David Scarborough, an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University is working to reduce stress of spacecraft landings by studying thruster-induced plume-surface interactions (PSI) to better predict their outcomes.

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Auburn MADE event prepares students for an engineering experience

12/6/24 9:30 AM

Auburn MADE event prepares students for an engineering experience

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Auburn’s Advanced Propulsion Research Lab and Altair acquire $1.25M AFWERX contract to advance vortex rocket engines

11/25/24 8:20 AM

Auburn’s Advanced Propulsion Research Lab is teaming up with Research in Flight to improve the performance of cyclonic vortex engines that are being developed for use by the U.S. Air Force and commercial space companies such as Sierra Space.

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Aerospace engineering professor named AIAA Fellow

11/22/24 8:30 AM

Joseph C. (“Joe”) Majdalani, the Hugh and Loeda Francis Chair of Excellence in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Auburn University, was named an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow.

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Auburn Engineering secures record $117.7 million in new research awards and contracts for FY24

11/11/24 7:00 AM

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.

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Auburn alumni shine at AIAA Gala

11/6/24 9:00 AM

Two alumni from Auburn Engineering were recognized earlier this year by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

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#GINNing Podcast: Boom

10/18/24 12:00 PM

Word to your moms — Ben Bauldree came to drop bombs. Check out an explosive interview with the Auburn aerospace engineering alumnus and pickle pro on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.