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Clay Vinson, Shannon Minnich, Julia Hancock, Lucas Vail and Joel Edison.

Five students in mechanical engineering winners at NASA Rover Challenge
5/19/22 7:20 AM

Students from 58 universities were tasked to design, develop, build, and test human-powered rovers capable of traversing challenging terrains found in the solar system.

90 Auburn student-athletes, five of which are Auburn Engineering students, were named to the SEC's 2021 Winter Academic Honor Roll.

5 Auburn Engineering student-athletes named to 2021 Winter SEC Honor Roll
5/3/22 8:41 AM

Five Auburn Engineering student-athletes were named to the Southeastern Conference's 2021 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
Elham Mirkoohi

#GINNing Podcast: The Marvelous Miss Mirkoohi
4/30/22 12:00 PM

The latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast features the latest addition to the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME), Elham Mirkoohi. Learn about AI and machine learning's new role in process-structure-property relationships and convergence manufacturing below, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts by searching #GINNing.
Winning contest design

Mechanical junior wins top prize in inaugural design contest
4/29/22 11:05 AM

Tony Pereira, a junior in mechanical engineering, and YiFan Zhang, a junior in electrical engineering, earned the top two prizes in the inaugural design competition hosted by the college's Inclusion and Diversity Committee.
Chemical engineering doctoral student Bianca Williams and George Flowers, dean of the graduate school and professor of mechanical engineering

Engineering grad students, faculty recognized at annual Graduate Awards
4/21/22 2:18 PM

Ten Auburn Engineering students and two faculty members were among dozens of award recipients at the 2022 Graduate Awards Brunch, hosted by the Auburn University Graduate School and the Graduate Student Council.
Shuai Shao, LaKami Baker and Nima Shamsaei

NCAME partners in $4M NSF AM rapid qualification project
4/20/22 2:30 PM

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) continued confidence in Auburn's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence now includes a $4 million award for research on rapid qualification for additively manufactured (AM) safety-critical components used in the aviation, space and medical industries.
Rob Jackson and Jay Khodadadi

Two mechanical engineering professors named ASME Fellows
4/20/22 1:40 PM

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. 

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.
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.
Bri Ellis

#GINNing Podcast: Mechanical freshman answers softball questions
4/8/22 2:00 PM

We lob softball questions to freshman mechanical engineering super slugger Bri Ellis on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast. Listen below, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts by searching #GINNing.

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.
Austin Wilson

#GINNing Podcast: Off to the iRaces
4/1/22 2:00 PM

Listen to mechanical engineering senior Austin Wilson rev his engines about the most popular virtual racing platform in the world on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast below, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts by searching #GINNing.
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.
High-temperature thermal and mechanical characterization is underway at NCAME.

NCAME awarded $4M for AM high-temperature material characterization
3/24/22 10:45 AM

Things continue to heat up at the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME).  Thanks to multiple recent contracts from Lockheed Martin and NASA totaling more than $4 million, the center is expanding the scope of its world-renowned additive manufacturing (AM) material characterization research to include developing AM process parameters as well as high-temperature thermal and mechanical characterizations on materials necessary for next-generation harsh environment applications. 
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.
Numerous Auburn Engineering faculty received promotion, tenure or both in 2022.

Auburn Engineering faculty named to 2022 promotion, tenure list
3/17/22 2:00 PM

Numerous Auburn Engineering faculty were included on the provost's list of those who were awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2022.
Co-principal investigators, pictured from left to right, are professors Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, Shuai Shao, Nima Shamsaei and Elham Mirkoohi.

Army invests $4.3 million in AU additive manufacturing research
3/4/22 2:00 PM

The U.S. Army has asked Auburn University to help build the future of American combat readiness. Through a recent $4.3 million Army grant, the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) at Auburn University will soon initiate a two-year project focused on materials, parts and process qualification, all of which are necessary for furthering the adoption and implementation of additive manufacturing in Army operations.
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.
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.
Jia (Peter) Liu

ISE assistant professor leads NSF grant to impact distributed AM industry
1/26/22 3:50 PM

Jia (Peter) Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, will lead a multi-disciplinary team of scientists on a nearly $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to transform the distributed additive manufacturing industry.
Not only was the college ranked No. 17 as a whole, but six engineering specialties were recognized.

Auburn Engineering No. 17 in latest graduate online programs ranking
1/25/22 7:00 AM

College's online graduate program earns Top 25 ranking for sixth-consecutive year

Kyle Schulze

#GINNing Podcast: Of Biology and Tribology
1/24/22 12:00 PM

From researching the mechanics and lubrication of human epithelial cells to building adaptive bicycles for fellow engineers stricken with ALS, mechanical engineering professor Kyle Schulze is fulfilling the potential he sensed on his first visit to Auburn with every opportunity that comes his way. 
Lorenzo Cremaschi

ME professor named Auburn University's director of undergraduate research
1/21/22 12:00 AM

Lorenzo Cremaschi, a professor in Auburn University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been named the university’s director of undergraduate research. He started the new role Jan. 1.

NCAME researchers monitor one of the center's three EOS M290 printers.

NCAME boosts AM qualification capacity with state-of-the-art system
1/20/22 2:55 PM

Auburn University's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) will soon install state-of-the-art in-process quality assurance software on one of its three EOS M290 printers. The step is part of an academic and industrial collaboration between the center and Sigma Labs in support of several funded projects fostering the use of additively manufactured (AM) components in commercial air and space travel.

Will Bryan, team lead for Autonomous Tiger Racing, works on the team's Dallara AV-21 Indy Lights car at the first-ever Indy Autonomous Challenge.

Auburn autonomous racing team to compete at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
1/5/22 11:00 AM

Nineteen universities from around the world, including Auburn, will compete as nine race teams in the second installment of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC ) Friday, Jan. 7, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Held in conjunction with the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the event will be the first high-speed, head-to-head autonomous racecar competition in history.
From left: Nima Shamsaei, Hareesh Tippur, LaKami Baker, Shuai Shao, Jeff Suhling

Auburn leads statewide NASA project on simulation-based AM qualification
12/15/21 11:00 AM

Auburn's reputation for additive manufacturing (AM) research has again preceded itself.  A team of faculty from Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and Harbert College of Business, composed mostly of leadership and affiliated faculty within Auburn University's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME), received $750,000 in funding for their winning NASA EPSCoR — Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research — project proposal to investigate the structural integrity of additively manufactured (AM) metallic materials. The team also includes researchers from the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa and University of Alabama-Huntsville.
Helen Lohr

#GINNing Podcast: Lohr Eagle
12/10/21 9:00 AM

Helen Lohr is her name, doing more is her game: Naval ROTC, equestrian and mechanical engineering — and those are just the highlights.
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.
Theresa Hardin

#GINNing Podcast: Work — Hardin Work
12/3/21 12:00 PM

Mechanical engineering senior Theresa Hardin tries hard in everything — tries and succeeds. Robotic mining. Undergrad research. Building the future of prosthetics. Sorority life. Fund raising. Patent holding.

Rob Jackson, right, receiving the Ralph Beard Memorial Academic Award

Tribology professor honored for grease advancement
11/12/21 11:00 AM

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.”

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.
Part of Auburn University's growing entrepreneurship offerings, the Halloween Pitch Competition also prepares students for the annual Tiger Cage Business Idea Competition.

Engineering students place second, fourth in Halloween Pitch Competition
11/2/21 8:00 AM

Wesley Lowman and Christopher Howell combined to win $2,000 in the third annual Auburn University Halloween Pitch Competition on Friday, Oct. 29.
Auburn University Alumni Center

Mechanical alumna among three named to Auburn University Foundation Board
10/25/21 3:35 PM

The Auburn University Foundation, which receives and manages all charitable contributions made in support of Auburn University and Auburn University Montgomery, has appointed three new directors to its board, including Nicole Faulk ’96 mechanical engineering of Atlanta.
The custom Dallara AV-21 Indy Lights car Auburn's Autonomous Tiger Racing will compete with in the first-ever Indy Autonomous Challenge.

Auburn Engineering to compete in historic Indy Autonomous Challenge
10/22/21 8:09 AM

Auburn's Autonomous Tiger Racing team is gearing up to compete in the ground-breaking Indy Autonomous Challenge on Saturday.
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.

Mike Ogles, Auburn Man

#GINNing Podcast: Honoring Auburn Engineering legend Mike Ogles
10/18/21 12:00 AM

Mike Ogles, a 1989 Auburn University mechanical engineering graduate who served the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering for several years as director of NASA programs, assistant director of the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence and driving force behind the Auburn Makes initiative passed away Thursday, Oct. 14 after a six-month battle with cancer.
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.
Kyle Schulze

Mechanical engineering professor receives NSF grant
9/23/21 12:00 PM

Kyle Schulze, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, recently received more than $216,000 from the National Science Foundation to study the mechanics and lubrication of human epithelial cells. 
The interdisciplinary team evaluating multilayer plastics includes faculty from Auburn Engineering, the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and College of Agriculture, as well as Tuskegee University and Southern Union State Community College.

Faculty team aims to expand plastic recycling options with NSF award
9/15/21 12:46 PM

An interdisciplinary faculty team aims to expand the portfolio of recyclable plastics with their research into multilayer plastics, which make up the majority of food-packaging material.
Chad Rose

#GINNing Podcast: Rose-colored Robotics
9/10/21 2:00 PM

From an E-Day visit in high school to flexing his findings on the fashion of the future from his own Wiggins Hall lab, wearable robotics enthusiast Chad Rose has come full circle.
Autonomous Tiger Racing team members (from left to right) Brendan Schretter, Elizabeth Keefer, Will Bryan and Stephanie Meyer pose with their autonomous vehicle at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The team will compete in the first-ever Indy Autonomous Challenge on Oct. 23, 2021.

Autonomous Tiger Racing team makes history at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
9/7/21 3:00 PM

Last month, Auburn Engineering’s world-renowned autonomous vehicle research program literally lapped the competition — and made history in the process.
A laser powder bed fusion machine performs a rendition of "War Eagle."

'War Eagle' laser incorporates Auburn fight song into metal 3-D printing
9/3/21 9:00 AM

Auburn engineers' knack for incorporating the school's fight song into their research seems never to yield.

David Hollinger

Super student talks super soldiers on #GINNing 
8/20/21 2:30 PM

Mechanical engineering doctoral student David Hollinger is doing his darndest to lighten the assistive device load for America's super-human soldiers of the future.
A two-ton additively manufactured full-scale RS25 nozzle liner printed by DM3D Technologies.

Big Build: NASA, AU rocket nozzle research pushes the AM envelope
8/20/21 2:30 PM

The task to 3D-print a 10-foot tall rocket nozzle liner demonstrator for a large-scale, liquid rocket engine presented just one problem for DM3D Technologies — they didn't have a machine large enough to produce it. So, they built one.
This year’s State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inductees from the university include Jim Cooper, ’81 civil engineering and founder of Cooper Construction; Cindy Green, ’79 chemical engineering and retired chief sales and marketing officer for DuPont; and John Thomas, ’60 mechanical engineering and consultant for Lee & Associates.

State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2021
8/18/21 3:00 PM

The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted nine individuals, including four Auburn University alumni, during a ceremony Saturday at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center.
Majid Beidaghi

Mechanical engineering receives NSF grant for undergrad transfer students
8/17/21 10:34 AM

With the help of a recent National Science Foundation award, undergraduate mechanical and materials transfer students will receive targeted academic support to aid in their transition to Auburn.

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