Auburn expands support for advanced manufacturing
06/11/24
The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will create an Analytical, Innovation and Manufacturing Laboratory to specifically foster workforce development, interdisciplinary collaboration and industry-relevant research and innovation aimed broadly at advanced manufacturing.
Auburn’s Water and Environmental Student Association finds success at AL/MS joint water conference
Kat Bader | 04/25/24
Auburn University’s Water and Environmental Student Association (WESA) traveled to Mobile in April to attend the Alabama/Mississippi Water Joint Annual Conference. They came back with hardware and scholarships.
#GINNing Podcast: Meet Maddie
Jeremy Henderson | 03/29/24
On the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast, meet biosystems engineering sophomore Maddie Spoor, an Auburn Engineering double legacy who's getting the earliest jump possible on undergraduate research in order to blaze her own trail.
#GINNing Podcast: The Scholar
Jeremy Henderson | 09/08/23
Listen to Ayden Kemp, one of Auburn Engineering's two latest Goldwater Scholars, discuss how his 5th-grade trip to Disneyland inspired a unique educational journey only one engineering school could provide.
Kitchen to Car: USDA backs BSE professor's method for producing eco-friendly biolubricants from waste cooking oil
Jeremy Henderson | 07/11/23
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.
#GINNing Podcast: Gemini Vegetarian
Jeremy Henderson | 06/02/23
Undergraduate research. Under the sea solutions.
Auburn University appoints Mario Eden as its new dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Austin Phillips | 04/14/23
Following a national search, Mario Eden, the Joe T. and Billie Carole McMillan Professor and chair of Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named as the 14th dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Interim Provost Vini Nathan.
McCrary Institute to host top experts for virtual roundtable on securing space
Joe McAdory | 04/11/23
Event Will Discuss Need to Prioritize Resilience of U.S. Space Systems
#GINNing Podcast: In the interest of Justus
Jeremy Henderson | 03/31/23
A great name. A great mane. A heart for others. An engineer without borders. Learn how biosystems engineering junior and Auburn EWB chapter president Justus Smith is truly doing his part for the American Way 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.
Auburn hosts South's BEST Regional Robotics Competition December 3-4
Joe McAdory | 11/22/22
Students from four states will bring their creations and design plans to Auburn for the 20th consecutive year.
Biosystems students to hold 32nd annual lawnmower clinic
Jeremy Henderson | 03/16/22
The Auburn University student chapter of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) is in it for the lawn haul. The organization will host its 32nd annual lawnmower clinic on March 25 and 26.
#GINNing Podcast researches the associate dean of research
Jeremy Henderson | 01/07/22
While other institutions were feeling the 2020 pain, Steve Taylor was making it rain. Yessir, the Bluegrass-born, biosystems-bred associate dean of research has helped raise Auburn Engineering's research reputation to the tune of a record $76 million in new contracts and awards... during a pandemic.
Biosystems engineering senior receives ePortfolio award
Jeremy Henderson | 08/01/21
When Naomi Pitts, senior in Biosystems Engineering, was a freshman, she thought completing an ePortfolio was just a trivial class assignment. Now, that same portfolio has won her a Certificate of Excellence from the Office of University Writing and a nomination to be featured in the 2021 International Meeting of the Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning (AAEEBL), an international professional development organization for ePortoflio practitioners and researchers.
Biosystems faculty to train undergraduate researchers in bioprocessing with NSF award
Cassie Montgomery | 07/02/21
Biosystems engineering faculty will utilize a grant from the National Science Foundation to train select undergraduate students in the field of bioprocessing.
AU Office of Cooperative Education joins College of Engineering
Cassie Montgomery | 03/17/21
The Auburn University Office of Cooperative Education has joined the Engineering Office of Career Development and Corporate Relations, and remains committed to serving the entire campus community.
Biosystems engineering students build augmented reality sandbox
Jeremy Henderson | 03/03/21
At Auburn, you’re never too old to play in the sand. The Department of Biosystems Engineering has built an augmented reality sandbox designed to demonstrate the real-time water flow of any hypothetical topographic situation
10 Auburn engineers named to 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
Chris Anthony | 02/10/21
Ten Auburn Engineering student-athletes earned a selection to the 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll, the conference office announced Tuesday.
#GINNing Podcast: How an Auburn Biosystems Engineer became a YouTube sensation
Jeremy Henderson | 01/22/21
How Jessica "Dixie" Mills' long hike through Auburn's Department of Biosystems Engineering took her to the summit of YouTube success.
Biosystems students and faculty take home more ASABE awards
Jeremy Henderson | 08/27/20
Several faculty members and students in the Department of Biosystems Engineering recently took home awards at the annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International.
Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts director makes his #GINNing debut
Jeremy Henderson | 08/23/20
What's Sushil Adhikari, alumni professor of biosystems engineering, and the director of the cutting edge Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, passionate about? Well, I'll tell you: Biomass pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, torrefaction, biodiesel production and biomass gasification... if you know what I mean.
Frito-Lay productivity manager joins #GINNing podcast for chip chat
Jeremy Henderson | 03/06/20
2013 Auburn graduate Katelyn Rheinlander credits her delectable day job to Auburn's Department of Biosystems Engineering.
College of Engineering dedicates the largest rooftop garden in Alabama
Austin Phillips | 09/16/19
Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted a ceremony Friday, Sept. 13, to celebrate the dedication of the Carol Ann Gavin Garden, which connects the newly constructed Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center with the newly renovated Gavin Engineering Research Laboratory.
Biosystems faculty, students score big at ASABE
Jeremy Henderson | 07/15/19
Faculty and students in Auburn's Department of Biosystems Engineering took home multiple awards at the annual American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International meeting that concluded Wednesday in Boston.
Six Auburn engineers named NSF Graduate Research Fellows
05/07/19
The nationally prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides three years of financial support — a $34,000 annual stipend and a $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to the graduate institution.