Robert Jackson

Mechanical Engineering
Albert Smith Jr. Professor
3418E Wiggins Hall
334.844.3340
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Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Wear
Surface Fatigue
Surface Engineering
Tribology
Friction

In The News

Mechanical engineering professor selected as editor of prestigious tribology journal

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)'s Tribology Division recently tapped Rob Jackson, Albert Smith Jr. Professor of mechanical engineering, to helm its prestigious Journal of Tribology.
Kitchen to Car: USDA backs BSE professor's method for producing eco-friendly biolubricants from waste cooking oil

High triglycerides — bad for your heart, good for your engine (and your environment).  That's the (general) idea behind a novel method to produce eco-friendly biolubricants from waste cooking oil (WCO) to serve as base oil in automotive lubricants developed by Hossein Jahromi, an assistant research professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering. And it's a good one. 
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. 

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.”

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.

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. 

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.
Auburn Engineering faculty member named fellow of tribology society

Robert Jackson, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named a fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, joining an elite group of 179 engineers and scientists from around the world.