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2020-21 Rankings and Data
National Rankings
Undergraduate program 29th among public universities1
Graduate program 41st among public universities1
Graduate Online Program 18th among all engineering colleges1
Graduate Computer Information Technology Program1 21st
23rd in undergraduate enrollment among all engineering colleges2
40th in tenured/tenure track faculty members among all engineering colleges2
1 U.S. News & World Report | 2 American Society for Engineering Education
2017 Enrollment Snapshot
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Engineering |
University |
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Undergraduate |
5,386 |
24,505 |
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Graduate |
1,116 |
6,232 |
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Total |
6,502 |
30,737 |
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21.5% female |
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12.5% underrepresented* *(Includes African American, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students, or students of two or more races, per the National Science Foundation.) |
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Enrollment and Graduates by Program
| Program | Fall 2020 Enrollment | ||
| Undergraduate | Masters | PhD | |
| Aerospace Engineering | 535 | 30 | 42 |
| Biosystems Engineering | 202 | 16 | 13 |
| Chemical Engineering | 534 | 15 | 75 |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | 545 | 64 | 60 |
| Computer Science & Software Engineering | 1,278 | 69 | 120 |
| Cybersecurity Engineering | 25 | ||
| Data Engineering | 6 | ||
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | 552 | 50 | 76 |
| Master of Engineering | 19 | ||
| Engineering Management | 87 | ||
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | 397 | 52 | 78 |
| Materials Engineering | 60 | 13 | 37 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1,173 | 57 | 85 |
| Polymer & Fiber Engineering | 1 | 8 | |
| Wireless Engineering | 27 | ||
| Pre-Engineering | 83 | ||
Faculty Snapshot
- 195 tenured/tenure track faculty
- 60 non-tenure track teaching/research faculty
- 31 postdoctoral researchers/fellows
Research Expenditures
$72.9 million
High Profile Research Areas
Funding awarded in 2020
- Transportation engineering: $24.3 million
- Autonomy and assured positioning, navigation and timing: $7 million
- Additive manufacturing: $11 million
- Micro and Nano Electronics: $4.5 million
Research Awards Highlights in 2020
United States Army – “Auburn Payload or ground-systems enhancement and evaluations (APOGEE)”
Mark L. Adams, Michael Hamilton (electrical and computer engineering) | Scott Martin, David Bevly (mechanical engineering) - $2,654,015
National Institute of Standards and Technology – “On The Structural Integrity Of Additive Manufactured Parts: Defect Criticality, In-Situ Monitoring, Post-Fab Non-Destructive Evaluation and Cyber Security”
Nima Shamsaei (mechanical engineering) - $2,625,000
Federal Aviation Administration – “Effect Of Machine &Machine-To-Machine Variability On Mechanical Properties Of Additive Manufactured Ma”
Nima Shamsaei, Hareesh Tippur, Jeffrey Suhling, Michael Ogles (mechanical engineering) | Steven Taylor (biosystems engineering) | Aleksandr Vinel, Daniel Silva Izquierdo (industrial and systems engineering) - $1,799,967.00
United States Navy through IntraMicron – “High Power, Thermally Compliant Battery System”
Bruce J. Tatarchuk (chemical engineering) - $1,194,756.00
National Academy of Sciences – “Quality Assurance Aspects Of Performance Related Specifications”
Randy C. West (National Center for Asphalt Technology) - $800,000
National Science Foundation – “Concurrent Multiscale Moving-Window Scheme For Shock Wave Propagation and Microstructural Interaction”
Vinamra Agrawal (aerospace engineering) - $408,164
Strategic Research Areas
- Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
- Biomedical and Health Systems Engineering
- Cybersecurity and Intelligent Sysyems
- Energy and Environment
- Infrastructure and Transportation
