Mario Eden

Chemical Engineering
Dean
Joe T. and Billie Carole McMillan Professor
1301C Shelby Center
334.844.2064
Website

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Education

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark

Research Interests

Process Systems Engineering
Process Synthesis, Design, Integration and Optimization
Product and Molecular Synthesis/Design

In The News

Auburn Engineering ranks among the top 20 U.S. News online master's programs for fourth-consecutive year

The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is No. 19 in the 2024 U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online Master's in Engineering Programs rankings.
2023 in review: Top Auburn Engineering stories of the year

Auburn engineers accomplished great things in 2023, including exciting research projects and collaborations, welcoming a new dean, climbing the national rankings and more.
Student in mechanical engineering wins top prize, $2,350 at Graduate Engineering Research Showcase

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."
Auburn Engineering the only academic institution among Green Cross Award semifinalists

College recognized for advocating transformational research that doesn't push the boundaries of safety.
Auburn Engineering undergraduate programs ranked among U.S. News and World Report's Top 30 public institutions

Auburn Engineering's undergraduate programs climbed three spots in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
#GINNing Podcast: New Boss Level

As chemical engineering chair, Mario Eden led the department to its highest-ever U.S. News & World Report Graduate Program ranking; increased undergraduate enrollment to record numbers with incoming freshmen with ACT scores of 30 or higher for 11 years in a row; successfully added 17 tenure-track faculty members and two full-time lecturers during the past 10 years, including the department achieving the highest percentage of female full professors among any chemical engineering department in the country; increased philanthropic support of the program by millions of dollars; and successfully led the department through the national accreditation process in 2016 and 2022. Last month, he was appointed the new dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. But in terms of lasting impact, his latest distinction — #GINNing Podcast guest — stands alone.
Auburn University appoints Mario Eden as its new dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

Following a national search, Mario Eden, the Joe T. and Billie Carole McMillan Professor and chair of Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named as the 14th dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Interim Provost Vini Nathan.
Bioplastics research has large potential economic impact for state of Alabama

Chemical engineering researchers are utilizing an Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs grant to evaluate technology to turn organic agricultural waste into bioplastics.
Chemical engineering chair recognized among journal’s top cited authors

Chemical engineering department chair Mario Eden has been recognized as the author of one of the top 1% most cited articles by Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, a prominent chemical engineering journal.

Chemical engineering doctoral candidate contributes to COVID-19 test

As COVID-19 spreads throughout the United States and into Alabama, scientists on the research and development team at Assurance Scientific Labs in Birmingham, including Auburn chemical engineering doctoral candidate Richard Cullum, have devoted their undivided attention to developing a reliable test for the virus as quickly as possible.