Chemical Engineering News

#GINNing Podcast: Of Resins and Residences - 6/28/24 8:00 AM

Lucila Carias, a bioresin-backing GRA in the Department of Chemical Engineering from the plastic-producing province of El Salvador, is researching ways to 3D print — yep — houses.

Assistant professor in chemical engineering earns $110K grant - 6/21/24 4:05 PM

Jean-Francois Louf was awarded a two-year, $110,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for his project, "Freezing of polymer solution droplets."

Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs continued its upward trajectory in the annual rankings among public institutions, climbing 10 spots in the past five years.

Auburn Engineering graduate programs No. 31 among public institutions - 6/18/24 7:40 AM

Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs were ranked No. 5 overall in the Southeastern Conference and, again, No. 1 in the state.

photo of Shelby Center on Auburn's campus

Eight innovative projects receive 2024 internal awards - 6/11/24 11:00 AM

External NewsEight innovative projects have been named recipients of Auburn University’s internal research and creative works funding awards programs for 2024.

man types on an advanced manufacturing machine

Auburn expands support for advanced manufacturing - 6/11/24 9:00 AM

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will create an Analytical, Innovation and Manufacturing Laboratory to specifically foster workforce development, interdisciplinary collaboration and industry-relevant research and innovation aimed broadly at advanced manufacturing.

Thirteen Auburn Engineering graduate students, including chemical engineering's Glogina Boakye, are scheduled to participate in the Summer Series.

CPAC Summer Seminar Series kicks off June 10 - 5/30/24 3:35 PM

The seminar will feature one-slide lightning talks in Three-Minute Thesis format as well as longer oral presentations which will last approximately 10 minutes.

David, who joined the Auburn faculty in 2012, has served as an assistant professor, associate professor and was recently promoted to the rank of full professor.

David named associate dean for research - 5/29/24 7:45 AM

Allan David has been named associate dean for research for Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Dean Mario Eden.

#GINNing Podcast: Habbit Forming - 5/24/24 2:15 PM

Listen to chemical engineering visiting lecturer Nicole Habbit discuss Auburn's irresistible role in shaping her career on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, works with graduate student Aarsh Patel.

Professor to study microgravitational printing via parabolic flights - 5/1/24 7:52 AM

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani's project, In Space Dry Printing Electronics and Semiconductor Devices, recently received a $870,000 grant from NASA to pursue new manufacturing frontiers.

Pictured is the Shelby Center for Engineering Technology on Auburn's campus.

Graduate School honors 28 students from Auburn Engineering - 4/30/24 9:45 AM

More than 20 engineering graduate students were recognized at the annual Auburn University Graduate School awards ceremony, Friday, April 26, in the Melton Student Center Ballroom.

Auburn Engineering among co-sponsors at STEM state fair - 4/29/24 12:00 PM

More than 220 sixth- through 12th-graders answered these questions – and more — via poster presentations on April 13, and competed for nearly $15,000 in prizes, at the Alabama Science and Engineering Fair at Auburn University.

Aerospace senior Maggie Nelson sifts through pieces of recyclable polymers at the Center for Polymers and Advanced Composites.

NSF, NIST grants boost SGCOE's prominence in polymer sustainability - 4/26/24 9:00 AM

Ed Davis, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is the principal investigator for two new awards — one from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the other from the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) — aimed at educating future polymer researchers as well as recycling industry professionals on the growing importance and evolving challenges of polymer recycling.

Ayuba Akinpelu is researching how pressure forces influence the onset and progression of cardiovascular diseases, with a special focus on smooth muscle cells.

Chemical engineering student wins award to promote diversity in science - 4/22/24 3:20 PM

The fellowship embarks Ayuba Akinpelu’s research into how pressure influences the onset and progression of cardiovascular diseases, focusing on smooth muscle cells.

Auburn Engineering faculty named to 2024 promotion, tenure list - 4/8/24 1:00 PM

Auburn University Provost Vini Nathan recently announced the names of faculty awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2024, including 19 faculty in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

Chem-E car team members prepare Auburn's battery-powered vehicle to start, and then stop via a timed device.

Auburn Chem-E students make statement at AIChE regional conference - 4/1/24 7:00 AM

Not only did Auburn's Chem-E car capture the regional championship, but Auburn's Chem-E jeopardy team took second place and two students won individual poster presentation awards in the March 15-16 conference

Elizabeth Lipke, the George E. and Dorothy Stafford Uthlaut Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering (center), with Mike King (left), Chair of the AIMBE College of Fellows, and Joyce Wong, AIMBE President.

Professor in chemical engineering inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows - 3/29/24 12:30 PM

Elizabeth Lipke, the George E. and Dorothy Stafford Uthlaut Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering, was honored at a special ceremony on March 25 in Arlington, Virginia.

#GINNing Podcast: Pirouettes to Polymers - 3/15/24 8:00 AM

Cassandra Porter. Cassie Porter. Cass Porter. She goes by many names. And she has even more pursuits. She's a former professional ballerina. A current fossil hunter. And a day-jobbing assistant professor of chemical engineering. Curious? Well then join us as we pass through the walls of mystery surrounding this membrane manipulating maestro.

Jada Neal is among the university's 13 inaugural Matthews Scholars Program fellows, and the only fellow representing Auburn Engineering.

Senior in bioprocess engineering is college's only Matthews fellow - 3/4/24 10:00 AM

Jada Neal, an Auburn University Undergraduate Research fellow, is using biopolymers to find skin care solutions.

Assistant professor in chemical engineering earns $110K grant - 2/28/24 4:00 PM

Jean-Francois Louf was awarded a two-year, $110,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for his project, "Freezing of polymer solution droplets."

Auburn AIChE officers, from left to right, Sam Sessions, Tyler Lunsford, Della Kelly, Minjae Jung, McKinley Reese, Jessica Brouillette, Tyra Babbs, Jerin Thomas, Benjamin Gunasekaran, Harrison Edwards and Ishan Patel.

Auburn to host AIChE Southern Regional Conference March 15-16 - 2/19/24 9:00 AM

The 2024 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Southern Regional Conference brings together like-minded undergraduate students to learn from one another, put their skills to the test, and develop new ones.

Xinyu Zhang said project is designed to create a paradigm shift in opioid crisis management, offering tangible solutions that can reduce opioid misuse, enhance public safety, and inform effective policymaking.

Professor in chemical engineering developing portable opioid biosensors - 2/13/24 11:10 AM

Xinyu Zhang and a team of researchers are developing innovative, cost-effective and portable opioid biosensors capable of providing immediate and accurate opioid detection and monitoring.

Jingyi (Ginny) Zheng, Shuai Shao, Lauren Beckingham, Maria Auad and Nima Shamsaei

NSF award to significantly boost Auburn metal AM qualification research - 1/24/24 2:25 PM

A successful Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) proposal funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will soon significantly boost researchers at Auburn University's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) in model-assisted qualification for additive manufacturing (AM) by establishing microstructure-property relationships in AM metallic materials.

Entrants must record a video presentation using animation, simulation, diagrams, pictures, or even demonstrations explaining an overview of their respective study, but at a level where general audiences can understand. Each video must not exceed 60 seconds.

Registration under way for AUSome Science in 60 Seconds - 1/19/24 2:30 PM

Last spring’s AUsome Science in 60 Seconds research pitch competition was so successful, Auburn Engineering is hosting it again.

Elizabeth Lipke, left, the Mary and John H. Sanders Professor in chemical engineering, and Yuan Tian, a post-doctoral researcher in chemical engineering, won first place at this past August's Alabama Launchpad Cycle 2 concept stage finals.

Chemical engineering start-up nominated for prestigious Ignite Award - 1/16/24 12:20 PM

VivoSphere, a biomedical engineering start-up founded by chemical engineering researchers Elizabeth Lipke and Yuan Tian, has been selected as one of the most promising new ventures in the bio-diagnostics industry.

Bruce Tatarchuk, professor of chemical engineering and CEO/co-founder of IntraMicron, explains the importance that battery cooling has on pulse-powered systems.

Professor demonstrates high-power battery for next-generation defense - 12/12/23 3:15 PM

A revolutionary means to safely meet the extreme demands of pulse-power electrical systems was demonstrated on Dec. 7.

#GINNing Podcast: Stand up and holler for Lollar - 12/8/23 12:00 PM

A chemical engineering honors student with an appetite for undergraduate research? You can bet your bottom dollar you'll be hearing about Camylle Lollar.

Auburn Chem-E car team members competing in Orlando were, from left, Emma Kim (stopping team), Jeffrey Rice (faculty advisor), Katie Wolfe (design team), David Swafford (design team lead), Minjae Jung (stopping team lead), Jerin Thomas (safety lead), Ishan Patel (captain), Logan Phillips (power team lead), Greydon Franck (stopping team), Drew Arnold (power team), Saim Siddiqui (design team).

Chemical engineering student team wins international Chem-E car crown - 12/7/23 8:00 AM

Auburn’s 25-student Chem-E Car Team built an automated lead-acid battery-powered car, capable of stopping within a meter of its desired target.

Symone Alexander records high-speed video data of the slingshot spider extending and releasing its web at the Tambopata Research Center in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

Assistant professor earns grant to study tiny spider's exoskeleton - 11/30/23 8:45 AM

Symone Alexander earns NSF grant to further examine "ultrafast gripping and release mechanisms in slingshot spider legs."

William Nist had the opportunity to gain experience in various areas of paper machine, pulp mill and utilities operations.

Senior in chemical engineering named Vandegrift Co-op Student of the Year - 11/15/23 10:00 AM

Will Nist enjoyed his co-op rotations at Packaging Corporation of America's manufacturing facility in Valdosta, Georgia.

CPAC offers an array of research opportunities. Here, a self-folding polystyrene shape-memory polymer is placed beneath thermal energy from an infrared radiation lamp.

CPAC a melting pot for collaborative, multi-disciplinary research - 11/13/23 8:25 AM

Launched in 2015, CPAC offers researchers campus-wide 5,000-square feet of space in Gavin Laboratory, a plethora of equipment, and expertise.

Senior Anya McDaniel, left, is working toward a chemical engineering degree with specialization in biomedical engineering, while Collins Keith graduated in May with a chemical engineering degree with specialization in biomedical engineering.

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society awards have chemical engineering flavor - 11/6/23 7:20 AM

Anya McDaniel, now a senior, named Outstanding Undergraduate Student, while Collins Keith, who graduated in the spring, was named Outstanding Senior Scholar.

Chemical engineering graduate students Felix Mendoza, left, and Jacob Faulkner discuss upcoming research strategies with Center for Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing Director Bruce Tatarchuk.

Center for Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing creates innovative impact - 10/27/23 3:40 PM

Founded in 1996, the center continues to be a hub for innovation that impacts multiple industries.

Ryan Pollard won first place for oral presentation, honorable mention for poster presentation and Best in Show overall.

Student in mechanical engineering wins Best in Show at research showcase - 10/16/23 9:40 AM

Ryan Pollard, a first-year graduate student, earned 'Best in Show' honors for his oral and poster presentation, "A Kinematics-Based Approach to Future Joint Angle Prediction."

Abhinav Sannidhi is Nanoxort's research and development manager and the principal investigator on the Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant-winning project, “Novel size-changing, gadolinium-free contrast agent for magnetic resonance angiography.”

Startup with chemical engineering roots awarded $1 million NSF grant - 10/10/23 10:00 AM

Nanoxort, LLC, a biomedical startup, offers an MRI contrast agent that's safer and more reliable than traditional gadolinium

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's newly launched pilot program aims to help students take their engineering career to the Next Level.

Next Level program aims to develop career skills in students - 9/28/23 10:00 AM

The College of Engineering's newly launched pilot program, titled Next Level, aims to enhance career preparedness and to improve first destination satisfaction by focusing on formative career development in the classroom.

Emmanuel Winful, right, is the college's health and safety manager.

Auburn Engineering named Green Cross Award semifinalist - 9/25/23 8:20 AM

College recognized for advocating transformational research that doesn't push the boundaries of safety.

The 11th annual Graduate Engineering Research Showcase offers $8,250 in prizes.

Almost 200 registered for annual Graduate Engineering Research Showcase - 9/21/23 8:00 AM

Students will exchange ideas, hypotheses and fresh concepts between one another and faculty judges on Thursday, October 12.

The 2023 Auburn Alumni Engineering Council award winners included Distinguished Auburn Engineer Ed Yeilding, ’72 electrical engineering; Distinguished Auburn Engineer Pam Boyd, ’92 electrical engineering; Distinguished Auburn Engineer Richard Kretzschmar, ’90 and ’96 aerospace engineering; Outstanding Young Auburn Engineer Rodmesia Clarke, ’08 chemical engineering; Distinguished Auburn Engineer Metrick Houser, ’93 chemical engineering; Distinguished Auburn Engineer Mike Ogles, ’89 mechanical engineering, represented by his son Will Ogles; Outstanding Young Auburn Engineer Brandon Young, ’10 electrical engineering; Outstanding Young Auburn Engineer Christa Musgrove, ’07 mechanical engineering; and Superior Service Steve Duke, chemical engineering associate professor and the college’s former associate dean for academics.

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council honors 9 with college’s highest awards - 9/18/23 1:30 PM

Eight outstanding engineering alumni and one longtime faculty member of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering were honored by the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council during a ceremony Friday, Sept. 15, for their distinguished professional careers.

Auburn Engineering's undergraduate programs rank No. 3 among public institutions in the Southeastern Conference and No. 1 in the state.

Auburn Engineering undergraduate programs receive No. 30 public ranking - 9/18/23 12:00 PM

Auburn Engineering's undergraduate programs climbed three spots in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.

#GINNing Podcast: Clocks and Chemicals - 9/15/23 10:00 AM

When it comes to dialysis, chemical engineering doctoral student and Jordan-Hare Stadium play clock operator Matt Garnett definitely wants to delay the game.

Auburn Engineering professors Fa Foster Dai, J. David Irwin and Bruce Tatarchuk have been recognized as NAI fellows, while professor Jin Wang is an NAI senior member.

AU ranked by National Academy of Inventors among Top 100 U.S. universities granted utility patents - 9/14/23 7:00 AM

Auburn innovators earned 12 new patents in 2022

Fundamental and applied research in line with the pulp and paper industry’s research agenda are vital missions of the Center.

Center for Paper and Bioresource Engineering builds students into leaders - 9/13/23 4:15 PM

Within this program, students learn biosystems engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, process control and optimization, material engineering, mechanical engineering and more.

Chemical engineering researchers win $25,000 at Alabama Launchpad - 8/25/23 12:25 PM

Elizabeth Lipke, professor in chemical engineering, and Yuan Tian, a post-doctoral researcher, won $25,000 for their co-founded biomedical company VivoSphere

What can we learn from the movie iRobot, where human-like machines performed tasks and became a threat?

Artificial intelligence-themed film festival kicks off Tuesday, August 29 - 8/22/23 3:00 PM

Viewers will have the opportunity to view five movies, then learn from an Auburn University professor about what they witnessed and how it can be applied today… and tomorrow.

From left, Zhihua Jiang, the Auburn Pulp and Paper Associate Professor in chemical engineering, Symone Alexander, assistant professor in chemical engineering, and Selen Cremaschi, the B. Redd & Susan W. Redd Professor and chemical engineering chair.

Researchers in chemical engineering part of $4 million NSF grant - 8/18/23 2:50 PM

Symone Alexander, Selen Cremaschi and Zhihua Jiang are part of a four-year, $4 million multi-disciplinary collaborative study with researchers from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Michael Howard said, "The reason I became an engineer is because I like to solve problems."

Assistant professor in chemical engineering earns $430k NSF grant - 8/18/23 6:00 AM

Michael Howard is developing computer models to help scientists understand and design soft materials, from industrial fluids and consumer products to nanoparticles delivered to complex environments like the body.

Chemical engineering professors Jin Wang, left, and Peter He.

Chemical engineering professors collaborate on USDA, NSF-funded projects - 8/17/23 10:00 AM

Jin Wang and Peter He co-authored a pair of USDA and NSF studies that explore means to convert bio-gas into animal feed – creating a sustainable circular aquaculture industry – and remove methane from the atmosphere.

From left, Zhihua Jiang, the Auburn Pulp and Paper Associate Professor in chemical engineering, and Selen Cremaschi, the B. Redd & Susan W. Redd Professor and chemical engineering chair.

Researchers part of project to reduce paper mill carbon dioxide emissions - 7/20/23 12:45 PM

Selen Cremaschi, the B. Redd & Susan W. Redd Professor and chair of Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering, and Zhihua Jiang, the Auburn Pulp and Paper Associate Professor in chemical engineering, are co-principal investigators of the study funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

#GINNing Podcast: Ross Boss - 7/7/23 12:00 PM

There's a new chair over in Ross Hall. And we're not talking La-Z-Boy. Listen to Selen Cremaschi, the B. Redd and Susan W. Redd Eminent Scholar Chair Professor, discuss her new role in Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast below, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts by searching #GINNing.

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