Electrical and Computer Engineering News

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.
Engineering Spirit Week will feature a week of student-centered support activities sponsored by various student service offices.

College hosting Engineering Spirit Week
11/4/21 3:43 PM

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering kicks off a week of student-centered events with Spirit Week, Nov. 8-12.
Michael Bolt believes that the coolest thing about working for SpaceX is the company’s culture of thinking that nothing is impossible.

Alumnus looks to stars, builds vessels to reach them at SpaceX
11/2/21 10:00 AM

As an avionics test engineer at SpaceX, Michael Bolt helps develop and write software for production test systems.
Professors Michael C. Hamilton, Shuai Shao, Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, and Nima Shamsaei.

Professors awarded $500K grant to resolve eco-unfriendly printing issue
10/18/21 8:00 AM

The team’s research demonstrates a transformative dry additive nanomanufacturing approach that enables the printing of eco-friendly papertronics.

Justin Tran will begin a career at the Southern Company upon graduation in 2022.

Senior in ECE named Frank Vandergrift Co-op Student of the Year for 2021
10/7/21 9:00 AM

Justin Tran is a testament to why the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s cooperative education (CO-OP) program should be strongly considered by undergraduates desiring hands-on experience before entering the workforce.
Dr. Ujjwal Guin, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, with graduate students Yadi Zhong, Yuqiao Zhang, and Ziqi Zhou.

ECE graduate students are competition-proven and career-ready
9/28/21 12:00 PM

Three graduate students – Yadi Zhong, Yuqiao Zhang and Ziqi Zhou – won the HACK@Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES) 2021 Challenge, held virtually Sept. 15-17, just a month after finishing runner-up at HACK@SEC21.
The 2021 Auburn Alumni Engineering Council award winners included T.J. Pruitt, Outstanding Young Auburn Engineer; Ryan Hill, Outstanding Young Auburn Engineer; Brad Corson, Distinguished Auburn Engineer; Gerald Pouncey, Distinguished Auburn Engineer; Regenia Sanders, Distinguished Auburn Engineer; Carol Godfrey, Distinguished Auburn Engineer; Zeke Smith, Distinguished Auburn Engineer; Bob Karcher, Superior Service; and Ed Lewis, Distinguished Auburn Engineer. (Not pictured: Rose-Gaëlle Belinga, Outstanding Young Auburn Engineer)

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council honors 10 with college’s highest awards
9/27/21 12:30 PM

Nine outstanding engineering alumni and one longtime employee of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering were honored during a ceremony Friday, Sept. 24, by the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council for their distinguished professional careers. These alumni include six who were recognized as Distinguished Auburn Engineers, three as Outstanding Young Auburn Engineers and the college’s former assistant dean of student services for his Superior Service.
Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, tests samples on micro chips with graduate student Parvin Fathi-Hafshejani.

Auburn engineers create device that instantly reveals COVID test results
9/10/21 12:02 PM

Patients designated COVID-19 positive at official testing sites would have an opportunity to seek treatment sooner rather than later.

Yadi Zhong (seated), Yuquiao Zhang and Ziqi Zhou, graduate students mentored by Dr. Ujjwal Guin, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, took second place at the HACK@SEC21 hardware and security competition.

Students place second at world's largest hardware security competition
9/7/21 8:20 AM

Three graduate students in electrical and computer engineering, Yadi Zhong, Yuquiao Zhang, and Ziqi Zhou, identified bugs and wrote code to exploit vulnerabilities within computer chips and took second place in the virtual, 33-team HACK@SEC21.
Jacob Quattlebaum

#GINNing Podcast: Auburn electrical engineering student snaps
9/2/21 3:30 PM

Electrical engineering? It's a snap. At least it is for senior Jacob Quattlebaum, long snapper extraordinaire for the Auburn Tigers. Learn how ol' Q-Ball makes the grade in the classroom and on the gridiron? Hut, hut...
Vicki McLendon, a senior in CSSE, said events such as Cyber Fire help make students more marketable as they progress into the job market.

Cyber Fire Challenge provides real-world, code-cracking experience
9/2/21 12:50 PM

Thirty-five Samuel Ginn College of Engineering students and two Alabama National Guard members signed up to crack cryptic codes, discovered cyber anomalies, and investigate for potential malware during the third Cyber Fire Puzzles Cyber Security Challenge.
Xiaowen Gong

Exploration into wireless machine learning results in NSF grant
8/19/21 8:00 AM

Xiaowen Gong, assistant professor in electrical engineering, awarded $220,000 grant to study wireless federated learning in order to achieve collaborative intelligence.
An autonomous robot built by the Auburn University Robotic Mining Challenge Team.

Auburn robotics team excels in NASA LUNABOTICS Challenge
8/10/21 9:00 AM

The Auburn University Robotic Mining Challenge Team recently placed 12th in the NASA RMC LUNABOTICS Challenge, an annual competition offering students practical experience in the full engineering lifecycle.
Shiwen Mao

NSF awards $320,000 grant toward wireless research
8/10/21 7:00 AM

Shiwen Mao, professor in electrical and computer engineering, seeks means to provide sufficient data in order to train complex machine learning models for wireless technology research
Peng Li will receive $5,000 in seed research money from Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Professor in ECE wins Powe junior faculty award
7/28/21 8:00 AM

Peng Li, who leads the college's Quantum Spintronics Device Laboratory, was granted $5,000 in seed money by Oak Ridge Associated Universities to further his research.
Ujjwal Guin

#GINNing Podcast: Assistant ECE professor talks White House citation
7/9/21 12:00 PM

Assistant electrical and computer engineering professor Ujjwal Guinn is picking up good citations.

Brooks Moore

Engineering alumni among Auburn's 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients
6/4/21 1:50 PM

Two Auburn Engineering graduates have been selected to receive the highest honor given by the Auburn Alumni Association at Auburn’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony June 12.

Graduate students, faculty honored at spring graduate school awards
6/4/21 1:33 PM

The Auburn University Graduate School recently honored 15 engineering students and faculty at the annual graduate student spring awards virtual ceremony.

Shiwen Mao

Professor wins IEEE Communications Society’s best paper award
5/27/21 8:43 AM

Electrical and computer engineering professor Shiwen Mao, along with several collaborators, won the IEEE Communications Society's 2021 Outstanding Paper Award.

"Green (520 nm) femtosecond laser used for micro/nano fabrication.

Faculty research group sparks quantum research collaboration
5/26/21 12:00 AM

Auburn researchers have established the Auburn University Quantum Systems (AUQuaS) interdisciplinary research group to further the upcoming research area, quantum, by spurring interdisciplinary collaboration within the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and the College of Science and Mathematics.
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 2026
5/11/21 3:00 PM

The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducted seven new members to the group during its annual spring meeting May 7, which was held remotely due to COVID-19.
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering recently honored outstanding departmental alumni in a virtual awards ceremony.

Auburn Engineering recognizes 2020-2021 outstanding alumni
5/10/21 1:55 PM

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering recently recognized outstanding departmental alumni from 2020 and 2021 in a virtual ceremony.

New directors and officers have been appointed to the Auburn University Foundation. Pictured are: (back left) Joseph L. Cowan, John Morris, Paul Jacobson, Patrick T. Henry, (front left) Cheryl Casey and Shirley Frazier Boulware.

New directors, officers appointed to Auburn University Foundation Board
5/10/21 8:58 AM

The Auburn University Foundation has appointed three new directors to its board: Shirley Frazier Boulware '91 of Tyrone, Georgia; Joseph L. Cowan '70 of Braselton, Georgia; and Patrick T. Henry ’85 of Birmingham, Alabama. The board also named Cheryl Casey ’83 of Denver, Colorado, as its new chair and Paul Jacobson ’94 of Marietta, Georgia, as vice chair.
Innovate Alabama logo

Eight Auburn students selected to study Alabama matters with fellows from Stanford’s Hoover Institution
5/10/21 8:02 AM

Eight Auburn University students are the first from the Plains to partner with fellows at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution in conducting research and initiatives for the Alabama Innovation Commission.
A graduate student presents her research at the annual Graduate Summer Seminar Series.

Annual Graduate Summer Seminar Series accepting submissions
5/5/21 12:58 PM

The annual Graduate Summer Seminar Series, hosted by the Center for Polymer and Advanced Composites at Auburn University, is accepting abstract submissions through May 14.

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