Electrical and Computer Engineering News

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.
The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council was established in 1965 and is a group of Auburn Engineering alumni who work together to support the vision and goals of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducts Class of 2027
4/12/22 7:00 AM

The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducted seven new members to the group during its annual spring meeting April 8 in the Brown-Kopel Center.
Interim Dean Steve Taylor

Taylor named interim dean
4/5/22 2:00 PM

Steve Taylor has been named interim dean of Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Interim Provost Vini Nathan. Taylor will begin serving in this new role effective immediately. He succeeds Chris Roberts, who was named as Auburn University’s 21st president in February.
A group photo taken at Auburn Engineering's Graduate Engineering Research Showcase.

Engineering showcase brings hundreds to Huntsville
3/30/22 8:00 AM

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering successfully completed its mission Tuesday at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. More than 150 graduate students and faculty from all departments traveled to the Rocket City for the Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, presenting their posters in Davidson Center for Space Exploration to members of the Huntsville community and Auburn Engineering alumni.
Auburn University will soon kick off the AI@AU Initiative, promoting artificial intelligence across the curriculum.

Faculty invited to register for SEC AI conference
3/29/22 11:25 AM

As part of a new consortium designed to advance the role of artificial intelligence in teaching and research, the Southeastern Conference is inviting faculty from its institutions to participate in the first Mini-Conference on Artificial Intelligence in the Curriculum on Friday, April 8, via Zoom.
Part of the initiative includes a creation of AI graduate and undergraduate certificate programs.

$2 million investment will create AI initiative at Auburn
3/29/22 10:00 AM

The initiative – which plans to achieve proposed milestones by 2024 – sets Auburn University apart as the artificial intelligence center for education and innovation.
Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, left, and Nima Shamsaei, are part of a NASA-funded team that will create new means to manufacture electronic devices in space.

Scientists earn grant to reinvent electronics manufacturing in space
3/22/22 7:00 AM

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, Nima Shamsaei, and Stephen Mills are investigating means to manufacture functional devices in space via dry printing technology.
Forums will be held via Zoom and within the Brown-Kopel Center.

Open forums announced for Samuel Ginn College of Engineering interim dean
3/4/22 10:00 AM

Members of the campus community are encourage to attend forums, Monday, March 14, one at 10 a.m. and another at 1 p.m., at the Brown-Kopel Student Achievement Center Grand Hall or via Zoom.
Auburn University inductees in the Class of 2022 include: Steve Swinson, ’81 mechanical engineering; Brad Corson, ’83 chemical engineering; Don Arkle, ’77 civil engineering; and Jeffrey Langhout, ’86 industrial engineering.

State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2022
2/28/22 2:00 PM

The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted eight individuals — including four Auburn University alumni — a project and a corporation during a ceremony Saturday at The Grand Hotel in Point Clear.
Lifetime Achievement Award 2022

Two engineering alumni receive university's Lifetime Achievement Award
2/28/22 7:00 AM

Maj. “Jim” M. Hoskins, ’81electrical engineering, and Bill McNair, ’68 electrical engineering, were among five Auburn University graduates, all highly accomplished in their fields, who were honored with the highest award given by the Auburn Alumni Association at Auburn’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Awards dinner and ceremony Feb. 26.
Scientists in Auburn’s National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence conduct fatigue testing on an additively manufactured part.

NSF ranks Auburn University among top U.S. research institutions
2/17/22 1:15 PM

Auburn University is ranked in the top 11% of U.S. research institutions, coming in at No. 100 among 915 universities, according to the National Science Foundation’s recent Higher Education Research and Development Survey. Auburn also was highly ranked nationally in a number of specific fields of research, including No. 54 in engineering.
Shiwen Mao

Professor in wireless engineering wins IEEE Best Paper Award
12/17/21 10:35 AM

Shiwen Mao, director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center, co-authored the paper "Optimized Computational Offloading Performance in Virtual Edge Computing Systems Via Deep Reinforcement Learning."
Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is one of the nation's top 50 institutions in research expenditures.

Auburn Engineering a key player in Air Force Research Laboratory programs
12/14/21 4:15 PM

Auburn one of 10 universities chosen to participate in AFRL's University Nanosatellite Program, and was selected into AFRL's Information Institute

William “Bill” McNair, ’68 electrical engineering, and Maj. James “Jim” M. Hoskins, ’81 electrical engineering

Two engineering alumni named among 2022 Lifetime Achievement Awardees
12/14/21 2:00 PM

Five Auburn University graduates, including two Auburn Engineering alumni, have been selected to receive the highest honor given by the Auburn Alumni Association at Auburn’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Fa Foster Dai

Wireless professor named fellow of National Academy of Inventors
12/10/21 11:12 AM

Fa Foster Dai, the Godbold Endowed Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Fall 2021 commencement ceremonies will take place Dec. 10-11 in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Fall commencement exercises to take place in Jordan-Hare Stadium
12/6/21 1:05 PM

Auburn University’s fall commencement exercises will take place in Jordan-Hare Stadium Dec. 10-11, contingent on weather and current health and safety guidelines.
Adit Singh has trained and educated thousands of engineers from leading semiconductor companies worldwide.

Engineering professor recognized for teaching beyond the classroom
12/3/21 8:10 AM

Adit Singh, Godbold Chair Professor of electrical and computer engineering, was awarded the Auburn University 2021 Award for Excellence in Faculty Outreach.
Not only is Nicholas Rush a double-major in electrical engineering and aerospace engineering, he's also a research assistant at the Auburn Nanosystems Group.

Senior 1 of 8 nationally to earn Sigma Gamma Tau award
12/1/21 1:05 PM

The award recognizes Nicholas Rush, who represents the organization’s South-Central region, as one of the top seniors in the U.S. based on academic, service and extracurricular accomplishments.
Kenneth Kelly

#GINNing Podcast: The Kenneth Kelly Experience
11/19/21 4:11 PM

For Kenneth Kelly, '90 electrical engineering, giving is a part of living. Find out why the chairman and CEO of First Independence Bank — and the first African American to chair the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council — is so passionate about committing his time, energy and resources to his alma mater.
Peng Li and collaborators investigated the feasibility of quantum transduction systems in an all-chip-on-chip format.

Professor earns award for study on hybrid quantum devices
11/16/21 2:05 PM

Peng Li and co-collaborators, received the International Joint Award by the U.S. Air Force Science Lab Asian Office of Aerospace R&D and the National Research Foundation of South Korea.
Adit Singh, Fai Foster Dai, and Dongye Zhao were recognized for outstanding achievements in outreach and graduate faculty leadership, respectively.

Three engineering professors among AU Faculty Award winners
11/11/21 12:00 PM

Adit Singh, Fai Foster Dai, and Dongye Zhao, were recognized for outstanding achievements in outreach and graduate faculty leadership, respectively.
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