Dean's Message

Time flies.

It’s hard to believe this academic year has come to a close, along with my first year serving as dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

But what a year it’s been.

In January, we signed the single largest prime research contract in Auburn University history designed to help the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center boost its increasing modernization efforts.

In March, the Food and Drug Administration approved our new Terra.X 7 Tesla MRI machine, the first fieldinstalled, clinical parallel transmit scanner in the world. This cutting-edge technology will expand our research, emphasizing cardiovascular, orthopedic and brain imaging.

From Auburn to Huntsville to Washington D.C., our footprint and impact continues to grow across the nation. We recently entered into an agreement with the Space Development Agency (SDA) that will allow our Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville to become a base of technical support operations for the SDA, the sole arm of the U.S. Space Force operating in Alabama. In addition to logistical support, the partnership will provide opportunities for collaboration between the SDA and the Auburn University Applied Research Institute located within the Huntsville facility.

This year, we also surpassed record enrollment, scholarships and research, including more than $90 million in new awards and grants.

Auburn Engineering is chartering a course for the future that continues to set records and provide the best student-centered engineering experience in America.

War Eagle!

Mario R. Eden