Engineering Faculty Profile
Robert Jackson
Albert Smith Jr. ProfessorM.S. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Surface Fatigue
Surface Engineering
Tribology
Friction
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Two mechanical engineering professors named ASME Fellows
Mechanical engineering professors Robert Jackson and Jay Khodadadi were recently named fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a prestigious title awarded to an ASME member with 10 or more years of active practice and corporate membership who has demonstrated outstanding engineering achievements.
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Tribology professor honored for grease advancement
Robert Jackson, Albert J. Smith Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was recently awarded the Ralph Beard Memorial Academic Award by the National Lubricating Grease Institute. This award is given to candidates who have contributed “valuable work in the technical development of greases, grease tests or the promotion of grease usage.”
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Mechanical engineering trio wins Best Presentation at international symposium
Two mechanical engineering students and a professor of mechanical engineering recently won the Best Presentation Award at the International Tribology Research Symposium.
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Mechanical professor pens novel about quantum entanglement
For his recently released first novel "Ages of Entanglement," mechanical engineering professor Jackson didn't need know the answers to the 'how' of quantum entanglement — just its possibilities.
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Auburn’s first ‘Engineering as Art’ exhibit looks to showcase STEM’s creative side
For the next two weeks, the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will be giving Auburn's Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art a run for it its money.
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