Electrical and Computer Engineering News

Shiwen Mao

Wireless engineering professor earns SEC's Faculty Achievement Award
3/21/23 3:00 PM

Shiwen Mao is the college's fourth recipient of this honor.
Paula Marino

Engineering alumna to deliver spring commencement address
3/21/23 2:55 PM

Southern Company Senior Vice President Paula Marino will address the Auburn University spring 2023 graduates, the university announced today. The Auburn alums will deliver remarks to nearly 5,000 graduates and their families during commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, in Neville Arena.
Katie Day hosts the Auburn Engineering Instagram series "Brown-Kopel Locals."

#GINNing Podcast: Today is the Day
3/10/23 12:00 PM

You probably know her from Auburn Engineering's hit Instagram series "Brown-Kopel Locals." But she does a lot more than tote a tiny mic.
Click the image above to register for Engineer Together Day.

Upcoming Engineer Together Day to highlight college's DEI efforts
3/2/23 9:00 AM

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee will host Engineer Together Day on Wednesday, March 15 in the Brown-Kopel Center.  

Left to right, members of the NPHC executive board Kaitlyn Reedy, Seandria Smith, Albert Franklin, and Zoey Cunningham.

National Pan-Hellenic president stands out as prominent student leader
3/1/23 9:00 AM

Zoey Cunningham, a senior electrical engineering, spent two years on the National Pan-Hellenic Council before running for president of the organization.
Christian Brodbeck

Brodbeck named Director of Research Engineering Operations
2/28/23 8:00 AM

To reflect his growing and evolving role in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Christian Brodbeck, who has served the college as research engineer since 2006, was recently named director of research engineering operations.
An E-Day participant holds engineered heart tissue while visiting the Department of Chemical Engineering's E-Day booth.

Annual E-Day Open House welcomes 3,500 visitors to campus
2/24/23 2:00 PM

Auburn Engineering hosted more than 3,500 attendees on Friday, Feb. 24 for E-Day, the college's annual open house event.
Allyson McKinney

#GINNing Podcast: The radar on the radar
1/26/23 12:00 AM

Why is Allyson McKinney the bee's knees? Because her company's technology can find the bee's knees. From like 15 meters away. Traditional radar? Traditional radar can barely identify a full grown human being from that distance. So it's no wonder that the SoloPulse founder and CEO was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for manufacturing and industry. Talk about creatin' a buzz.
This is the seventh-consecutive year that engineering’s online program has ranked in the Top 25.

Auburn Engineering No. 16 among online graduate programs
1/24/23 6:00 AM

The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering came in at No. 16 in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online Engineering Graduate Programs 2023 rankings, climbing one spot from last year. This is the seventh-consecutive year that engineering’s online program has ranked in the Top 25.
“Co-op at Auburn has given me the hands-on job experience I never would have received otherwise” — Jared Jones

Senior in electrical engineering named co-op student of the year
1/23/23 12:00 PM

Jared Jones was a co-op student at Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics for three semester and interned at Dynetics last summer.
Lydia Mitchell

#GINNing Podcast: Lockheed Lydia
1/13/23 3:00 PM

Lydia means "native of Lydia." But mechanical and electrical engineering senior Lydia Mitchell isn't from ancient Greece. She's from Gordo. And she's the latest guest on the award-winning #GINNing Podcast — for very good reason.
Masoud Mahjouri-Samani

Assistant professor in EE will co-chair two laser application conferences
1/9/23 8:10 AM

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani will co-chair the International Society for Optics and Photonics' Nanoscale and Quantum Materials Conference in San Francisco later this month and the International Conference on Laser Ablation in Crete, Greece, in 2024
Stanford researchers examined a database of more than 180,000 scholars worldwide.

22 scholars ranked among the world's top two percent of cited researchers
1/5/23 2:50 PM

Stanford University's study examined a database of more than 180,000 researchers worldwide
Interim Dean of Engineering Steve Taylor recognizes the college's student marshal, Jacob Blanding. during December graduation ceremonies in Neville Arena. [Credit: Adam Sparks, Opelika-Auburn News]

#GINNing Podcast: Marshal Matters
12/23/22 12:00 AM

Friends, if you want a podcast that sticks the landing. Then you want a podcast with Jacob Blanding. (Emphasis on the sticks.)
Auburn University biosystems engineering department chair Oladiran Fasina and poultry science department chair Bill Dozier, both principal investigators on the Institute for Rural Partnership project, visit the processing plant at the university’s Miller Poultry Research and Education Center.

Engineering part of $28 million grant to meet rural challenges
12/16/22 5:25 PM

Auburn University is one of three universities sharing a $28 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, or NIFA, to establish an Institute for Rural Partnership to research the causes and conditions of challenges facing rural areas.
Shiwen Mao is director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center at Auburn University.

Professor in wireless engineering named editor-in-chief at IEEE journal
12/13/22 7:00 AM

Shiwen Mao, director of Auburn's Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center, begins his assignment at the Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking journal on Jan. 1.
Auburn University President Christopher Roberts, left, and KITECH President Nak Kyu Lee sign the historic memorandum of understanding between the institutions Tuesday.

Auburn signs research agreement with Korean Institute of Technology
12/6/22 2:00 PM

The agreement includes the establishment of research and/or automotive technology support offices and laboratories, the creation of joint research projects and the exchange of technical information, periodic training symposia and consulting.

Jacob Blanding's internship at Chevron in Pascagoula, Miss., helped prepare him for career endeavors.

Graduation marshal credits college's ECE program for career preparation
12/5/22 7:20 AM

Jacob Blanding served as an engineering tutor and will soon begin work at Dynetics in Huntsville, Alabama
Janet Moore

#GINNing Podcast: At Auburn, student services just means Moore
12/2/22 12:00 PM

In 2019, Janet Moore, assistant dean for engineering student services, was named the National Academic Advising Association's Outstanding Academic Advising Administrator. Find out why on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.
Student research videos must be no longer than 60 seconds.

$2,200 up for grabs in upcoming student research video competition
11/30/22 10:45 AM

Auburn Engineering's first AUsome Science in 60 Seconds competition offers up to $2,200 in cash and prizes to the best – and most concise – student researchers, graduate and undergraduate, on video.
Auburn University hosts the South's BEST Regional Robotics Championship for the 20th time, Dec. 3-4 at Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum.

Auburn hosts South's BEST Regional Robotics Competition Dec. 3-4
11/22/22 10:00 AM

Students from four states will bring their creations and design plans to Auburn for the 20th consecutive year.
From left, graduate student Josh Hovanes, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering Ujjwal Guin, and graduate student Yadi Zhong.

Researchers in ECE win IEEE Best Paper Award
11/18/22 11:00 AM

Researchers in electrical and computer engineering at Auburn University have shown that data — sometimes sensitive information — is not lost when static random access memory is powered off. Instead, data written to SRAM chips is permanently stored and can be partially retrieved.
The institute will be housed out of Auburn’s Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville, hosted by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering with oversight by the College of Engineering and the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Auburn University Board of Trustees approves Applied Research Institute
11/11/22 11:15 AM

The Auburn University Board of Trustees approved a proposal Friday to form an Applied Research Institute that will represent an aggregation and culmination of various defense, aerospace, national security and biotech efforts at Auburn University. The proposed institute will serve as a hub to coordinate, organize and market these many efforts to Auburn's external constituents.
Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus grand opening.

Auburn opens doors to Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville
10/25/22 12:00 PM

Auburn University expanded its footprint and opened its doors to a new facility in Huntsville on Tuesday with the grand-opening celebration of the Research and Innovation Campus.
Admiral Michael Rogers is a 1981 Auburn University alum.

Grand Challenges in Cybersecurity: A Discussion with Admiral Rogers
10/25/22 11:00 AM

Students, faculty with an interest in cybersecurity are encouraged to attend
Graduate Engineering Research Showcase overall winner Shiva Nageswaran with, from left, Steve Taylor, interim dean, and Maria Auad, CEGS advisor and associate dean for graduate studies and faculty development.

ISE student wins 10th Graduate Engineering Research Showcase
10/21/22 2:45 PM

A record 177 students — representing all departments within the college — participated in poster presentations, allowing them the opportunity to exchange ideas among peers and compete for cash prizes.
"Across Three Centuries" cover

Newest Auburn history book highlights women in engineering
10/20/22 9:00 AM

Art Slotkin, ’68 aerospace engineering, has written 11 books, nine of which detail aspects of Auburn University’s history. His newest book, “Across Three Centuries”, profiles the history of women—specifically those in engineering—at Auburn.

Emmanuel Winful has been an Auburn Engineering health and safety manager since 2019.

Health and safety manager wins NSC Diversity in Safety Scholarship
10/12/22 8:00 AM

Emmanuel Winful, Auburn Engineering health and safety manager since 2019, is among the first recipients of the National Safety Council’s Diversity in Safety Scholarship.
Students from all engineering disciplines will make research poster presentations before peers and judges.

College's 10th annual Graduate Engineering Research Showcase Oct. 20
10/3/22 9:00 AM

More than 200 graduate students are expected to showcase and present their research findings before peers and judges, competing for cash prizes
A team of researchers from Auburn University and Tuskegee University are giving back to the community by solving inventory issues and helping distribute produce. Photographed, from left to right, are volunteer Marjorie Ann Ellisor, professor Rui Chen from Tuskegee University, assistant professor in electrical engineering Yin Sun, PhD candidate Md Kamran Chowdhury, PhD student Thomas Orrison, and Auburn United Methodist Church Mission Outreach Coordinator Joe Davis.

Professor in ECE uses machine learning to assist state food pantries
9/30/22 10:30 AM

Yin Sun, associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, is part of a multi-disciplinary team across two universities working to help statewide food distribution centers
Shiwen Mao

Professor earns multiple awards from prestigious IEEE conferences
9/27/22 8:00 AM

Shiwen Mao, Director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center, won Best Paper and Best Demo awards from IEEE conferences this summer
Xiaowen Gong

Professor in wireless wins IEEE Best Paper runner-up
9/26/22 1:15 PM

Xiaowen Gong's work, "When Deep Reinforcement Learning Meets Federated Learning: Intelligent Multitimescale Resource Management for Multiaccess Edge Computing in 5G Ultradense Network," recognized by IEEE
Auburn alumni, faculty, staff and administrators gather on Samford Lawn to celebrate the 150th anniversaries of the College of Agriculture and Samuel Ginn College of Engineering .

Agriculture, Engineering launch 150th anniversary celebration
9/23/22 7:53 PM

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Auburn’s reorganization under the Morrill Act from East Alabama Male College into the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, which established the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering.
The first of three engineering career fairs starts Tues., September 19.

Demand for Auburn Engineering students high as career fairs approach
9/19/22 1:00 PM

Auburn Engineering kicks off fall career fair season with a two-day career fair Sept. 20-21, a Civil & Environmental + Biosystems Engineering Career Fair on Sept. 28 and an additional fair to be held at the end of October due to high demand.
The building is being constructed on land provided by the City of Orange Beach on Terry Cove off Perdido Bay with direct access to the Gulf of Mexico.

BoT approves AU Gulf Coast Engineering Research Station in Orange Beach
9/16/22 12:15 PM

Auburn football isn’t the only thing going orange this weekend, as the Board of Trustees approved a project Friday to build an Auburn University Gulf Coast Engineering Research Station in Orange Beach.
Auburn's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's undergraduate program has been ranked among the nation's Top 35 among public institutions for the past 12 years.

College's undergraduate programs ranked 33rd by U.S. News & World Report
9/12/22 3:40 PM

U.S. News and World Report ranked Auburn Engineering's undergraduate program No. 33 among public institutions nationally, No. 3 in the Southeastern Conference and No.1 in the state
Artemis I's launch window opens on Monday, Aug. 29.

NASA's Artemis mission has Auburn Engineering flavor
8/24/22 10:20 AM

Auburn engineering alumni play a large role in the development of Artemis' Space Launch System rocket, which will soon launch from Kennedy Space Center
Mark Halpin will have the opportunity to help regulate how common electrical devices are designed.

Electrical engineering professor named chair of IEC
8/8/22 7:45 AM

Mark Halpin will oversee one of the world’s largest electrical standards development groups, which identifies best practices and provides standardization guidelines, rules and definitions used in designing and manufacturing electrical and electronic devices and systems.
The first electrical engineering laboratory at Auburn contained graded volt meters, ammeters, a watt meter, and a Weston dynamo. (Photo courtesy of Auburn University Archives)

Electrical engineering at Auburn began 130 years ago this summer
7/22/22 11:00 AM

What started on Independence Day 1892 has blossomed into one of the nation's premier programs.
From left: Emily Traylor, Ashley Gann and Brandon Young

Three Auburn engineers named to Auburn Alumni Association’s 20 Under 40
7/1/22 10:00 AM

The three Auburn Engineering graduates were named to the Auburn Alumni Association’s 20 Under 40 Class of 2022: Emily Traylor, '10 wireless software; Ashley Gann, '05 aerospace; and Brandon Young, '10 electrical.

The agreement is considered to be a "win-win" for both Auburn and Air University, located in Montgomery.

Auburn Engineering, Air University form partnership
6/15/22 9:00 AM

The partnership is designed to develop an environment promotes unique opportunities for students and faculty to participate in Air Force-related research, while enhancing STEM-related education and research
Xiaowen Gong

Professor in electrical engineering earns $500,000 NSF CAREER Award
6/9/22 8:10 AM

Xiaowen Gong was awarded for his study, "Towards Efficient and Fast Hierarchical Federated Learning in Heterogeneous Wireless Edge Networks."
Allan David

David named acting associate dean for research
6/1/22 11:45 AM

Allan David has been named as the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s acting associate dean for research.
Parvin Fathi-Hafshejani

#GINNing Podcast: Parvin's Power Density
5/27/22 10:00 AM

Electrical engineering doctoral student Parvin Fathi-Hafshejani discusses her research on advanced laser-based techniques for micro and nano-additive manufacturing, surface texturing, micro/nanoscale patterning, synthesis material, direct writing and biodevices on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast. 
Auburn Engineering alumni Beverly Banister, '83 chemical engineering, and K-Rob Thomas, '01 civil engineering, address the crowd at the 25 Years of Excellence gala Saturday.

College unveils the Center for Inclusive Engineering Excellence
5/19/22 3:00 PM

Auburn Engineering wrapped up its year-long 25th anniversary campaign celebration of the Engineering Academic Excellence Program (AEP) with a gala reception and dinner held at the Hotel at Auburn University on Saturday and unveiled the program's new name - The Center for Inclusive Engineering Excellence.
Shiwen Mao

Professor in wireless exploring means to optimize AR/VR device speeds
5/4/22 8:15 AM

Shiwen Mao was awarded $993,319 by the NSF RINGS program for his study, "Learning based Resilient Immersive Media-Compression, Delivery, and Interaction."
Parvin Fathihafshejani, left, and Adib Taba.

Students in electrical engineering also award-winning nano artists
4/21/22 2:33 PM

The creation of Parvin Fathihafshejani and Adib Taba was selected among the Best Science Images of 2021 by Nature and took third place in the Nanoartography 2021 competition.
Spirit week schedule of events

College hosting engineering spirit week events
4/20/22 12:50 PM

Auburn Engineering's bi-annual spirit week returns April 25-29 on the Gavin Garden in front of the Brown-Kopel Center.
Xiaowen Gong, Melody Russell, Daniela Marghitu, Thaddeus Roppel and Chih-hsuan Wang are leading the university project.

Program designed to improve STEM education in rural Alabama schools
4/14/22 7:00 AM

Auburn was awarded $589,889 for the university's first National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Teachers project, designed to engage teachers and students from rural and underserved areas of Alabama in cutting-edge STEM technology.
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