Department of Civil Engineering

Avry Prewitt will serve as the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s graduation marshal at Auburn’s fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 14.

Civil and environmental engineering senior named Auburn graduation marshal

Dustin Duncan | 12/06/24

As a child, Avry Prewitt’s world was filled with construction — Lego towers, pillow forts and elaborate Minecraft creations. That early passion for building grew into a purpose, leading her to pursue a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering at Auburn University. This December, Prewitt will cap off her college journey by serving as the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s graduation marshal at Auburn’s fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 14.

Ruha Tacey, a 2012 Auburn chemical engineering graduate who has gone viral on social media as a STEM advocating influencer, served as the keynote speaker for this year's MADE@AU event.

Auburn MADE event prepares students for an engineering experience

Austin Phillips | 12/06/24

Auburn MADE event prepares students for an engineering experience

Pictured is the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on U.S. 80. The Alabama Transportation Assistance Program (ATAP), part of the Auburn University Transportation Research Institute (AUTRI), is partnering with the city of Selma to address safety concerns across the city, with a particular focus along the Highland Avenue corridor.

Auburn University Transportation Research Institute partners with Selma to address traffic concerns

Dustin Duncan | 12/03/24

The Alabama Transportation Assistance Program (ATAP), part of the Auburn University Transportation Research Institute (AUTRI), is partnering with the city of Selma to address safety concerns across the city, with a particular focus along the Highland Avenue corridor.

Two people use instruments to monitor water levels geographically isolated wetlands. Frances O’Donnell, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, is partnering with NASA to study such wetlands and their environmental impact.

Associate professor in civil and environmental engineering awarded federal grant to research geographically isolated wetlands

Olivia Ballard | 12/03/24

Frances O’Donnell, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, is partnering with NASA to study geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs) and their environmental impact.

Corey McDaniels, a master’s student in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE), has been awarded the 2024 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship by the Federal Highway Administration.

Computer Science and Software Engineering graduate student wins Eisenhower Fellowship from Federal Highway Administration

Kat Bader | 11/14/24

Corey McDaniels, a master’s student in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE), has been awarded the 2024 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship by the Federal Highway Administration.

Nima Shamsaei, Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering and director of the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) (left), Ali Khosravi, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering (middle), and Shuai Shao, associate mechanical engineering professor and NCAME's associate director for research and innovation (right), stand at the Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory on Auburn University’s campus. The trio are collaborating to develop robot for efficient utility line installation.

Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor in collaboration with the NCAME team to develop robot for efficient utility line installation

Dustin Duncan | 11/12/24

Ali Khosravi, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, teams up with NCAME to design a robot that can attach to a conduit, run it underground and resurface for another use.

Auburn Engineering has now increased its annual new research awards and contracts by more than 300% since 2018, when the college brought in $29 million.

Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has set a college record for new research awards and contracts for a fiscal year, closing FY24 with $117.7 million.

Austin Phillips | 11/11/24

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has set a college record for new research awards and contracts for a fiscal year, closing FY24 with $117.7 million.

Hills' gift will provide an estimated total of 300 full scholarships over the next 20 years.

Auburn University engineering alumnus makes $10M scholarship pledge to his alma mater

Bethany Giles | 10/28/24

Jeff Hills, ’93 civil engineering, recently established the Jeffery S. Hills Scholarship in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering with a pledge of $10 million. The scholarship program will provide an estimated more than 300 scholarships to Auburn Engineering students during the next 20 years, making it the largest single commitment to scholarships in Auburn University history.

Auburn Makersfest 2024 is offering $2,000 in prize money to any Auburn student who has developed a product, written a song, or composed a poem – anything that was created – during a competition meant to stimulate creative thinking.

Auburn Makersfest submissions due Oct. 18

Dustin Duncan | 10/08/24

Auburn Makersfest 2024 is offering $2,000 in prize money to any Auburn student who has developed a product, written a song, or composed a poem – anything that was created – during a competition meant to stimulate creative thinking.

Jeff LaMondia, professor in civil and environmental engineering, works with communities to install a new crosswalk in Eutaw, Alabama.

Civil engineering professor awarded federal grant to improve active transportation in five Alabama counties

Olivia Ballard | 10/03/24

Five Alabama counties are teaming with Auburn University to improve their transportation infrastructure and promote safe walking and cycling for their residents.  

Auburn Engineering’s undergraduate program also ranked fourth among the 13 public institutions in the Southeastern Conference and — again — No. 1 in the state.

Auburn Engineering undergraduate program ranked No. 30 among public institutions nationwide

Joe McAdory | 09/24/24

Auburn Engineering’s undergraduate program also ranked fourth among the 13 public institutions in the Southeastern Conference and — again — No. 1 in the state.

The 2024 Auburn Alumni Engineering Council award winners included Distinguished Auburn Engineers Maury Gaston, ’82 mechanical engineering; Chris Kramer, ’94 civil engineering; Shirley Boulware, ’91 chemical engineering; Art Slotkin, ’68 aerospace engineering; Outstanding Young Auburn Engineer Jordan Watkins, ’12 civil engineering; and Superior Service Sushil Bhavnani, professor emeritus.

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council honors 6 with college’s highest awards

Austin Phillips | 09/17/24

Five outstanding engineering alumni and one longtime faculty member of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering were honored by the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council during a ceremony Friday, Sept. 13, for their distinguished professional careers. These alumni include four who were recognized as Distinguished Auburn Engineers, one as an Outstanding Young Auburn Engineer and a mechanical engineering professor emeritus for Superior Service. The council also honored alumnus Charles Gavin, ’59 textile engineering, who will receive an honorary doctorate of science at the December commencement ceremonies.

Phoebe Judkins, a student in civil and environmental engineering, talks with employers during a career fair hosted by the College of Engineering’s Career Development and Corporate Relations office in October 2023.

CDCR to host engineering career fair in September

Olivia Ballard | 09/16/24

The Career Development and Corporate Relations (CDCR) office will host an annual engineering career fair Sept. 23 and 26 in Brown-Kopel Grand Hall from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Medal of Honor recipient Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston was honored as the Gameday Hero during the Tigers’ football game versus California on Sept. 7. (photo courtesy of Luke Allen/Auburn Tigers)

Sept. 7 Gameday Hero is Auburn’s only Medal of Honor recipient

09/12/24

While plenty of Auburn University alumni have served in the United States military, Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston is the only one who was awarded the country’s highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.

Civil and Environmental Engineering professor awarded for researching engineering countermeasures for wrong-way driving

Dustin Duncan | 09/03/24

Huaguo Zhou, the Elton Z. and Lois G. Huff Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recognized by the California Department of Transportation for his study on intoxicated drivers, which identified effective engineering countermeasures to prevent wrong-way driving and will be presented at the 2025 Transportation Research Board meeting.

Ali Khosravi, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineer (right), Bart Prorok, a materials engineering professor (middle), and Paul Bartley, an assistant professor in horticulture at Auburn University (left) stand in front of the PSX Macro CT machine in the X-ray Computed Tomography Lab.

Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor researching impact of temperature change on permafrost

Dustin Duncan | 09/03/24

Ali Khosravi, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is teaming up with Bart Prorok, a materials engineering professor, Paul Bartley, an assistant professor in horticulture at Auburn University and his twin brother, Mohammad Khosravi, an associate professor at Montana State University. Together, they aim to improve the understanding of how climate change impacts permafrost, enhancing predictions about permafrost thaw and its effects on infrastructure in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.

Michael Perez, director of the AU-SRF and Brasfield & Gorrie associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, is the principal investigator (PI) on the three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Academy of Sciences’ National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

Stormwater Research Facility to develop erosion and sediment control design guidelines

Dustin Duncan | 08/28/24

Auburn University's Stormwater Research Facility (AU-SRF) has been tasked with creating design guidelines for erosion and sediment control practices used on highway construction sites to minimize stormwater pollution.

Barry Fagan (left), owner of Fagan Consulting of Prattville, poses for a photo with Megan Armstrong, a civil and environmental engineering graduate student (middle), and Michael Perez, director of the Stormwater Research Facility and Brasfield & Gorrie associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (right), during a poster presentation for their portable, self-contained stormwater treatment device to treat stormwater runoff and protect the waters of Alabama and the U.S.

Stormwater Research Facility develops portable stormwater treatment device

Dustin Duncan | 08/19/24

The Auburn University Stormwater Research Facility (AU-SRF) is partnering with Fagan Consulting LLC to design a portable, self-contained stormwater treatment device to treat stormwater runoff and protect the waters of Alabama and the U.S.

#GINNing Podcast: Track'em

Jeremy Henderson | 08/16/24

Someone has to manage that beautiful, 1.7-mile test track over at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT). And DOTs across the fruited, asphalted plains better be thanking their lucky, trucky stars — that someone is Jason Nelson.

Jeff LaMondia, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, (left) and Ben Bowers, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, (right) analyze data to help local and state agencies incorporate transportation resilience policies into their everyday planning.

Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty plan to help agencies implement resilience planning to everyday operations

Dustin Duncan | 08/12/24

Jeff LaMondia, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Ben Bowers, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering, are attempting to help local and state agencies incorporate transportation resilience policies into their everyday planning.

Steve Newton poses for a picture with his wife, Dorothy Newton, at the Alabama Sports Officials Foundation Hall of Fame ceremony.

Civil engineering alum inducted into the Alabama Sports Officials Foundation Hall of Fame

Dustin Duncan | 08/07/24

John Stephen “Steve” Newton, ’75 civil engineering and ’76 environmental engineering, has been inducted into the Alabama Sports Officials Foundation Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

Civil and Environmental Engineering senior named Auburn Engineering graduation marshal

Dustin Duncan | 07/26/24

Benjamin Steber, a graduating senior in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will lead Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering class of 2024 at its summer commencement on Saturday, Aug. 3.

Dean Hendrix assumes the position of associate dean for undergraduate studies and program assessment effective Aug. 1.

Hendrix named associate dean for undergraduate studies and program assessment

Austin Phillips | 07/17/24

Dean Hendrix has been named associate dean for undergraduate studies and program assessment for Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Mario Eden, dean of engineering.

#GINNing Podcast: Up-Levelin' with Evelyn

Jeremy Henderson | 07/05/24

Cupola Engineering Ambassadors. American Society of Civil Engineers. 100+ Women Strong. Society of Women Engineers. Undergraduate research. Chick-fil-A. Evelyn Chavez does it all.