From left: Sathya Aakur, Brendon Allen, Davide Guzzetti and Tin Nguyen.

Four Auburn Engineering faculty members named Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellows

Joe McAdory | 09/03/24

The Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellowship recognizes and rewards junior faculty who receive prestigious young investigator awards, including the National Science Foundation CAREER, Department of Defense, Department of Energy or National Institute of Health Young Investigator awards.
The lecture series can be viewed in-person or online.

Artificial intelligence fall lecture series kicks off Friday, Sept. 6

Joe McAdory | 08/30/24

Auburn University’s official artificial intelligence initiative, AI@AU, will host a series of Friday fall lectures – beginning, Sept. 6, from guest speakers representing academia and industry.

In its sixth iteration at Auburn University, Cyber Fire Puzzles took almost 60 students on a journey through binaries and malicious programs, giving them the opportunity to develop skills for tracking would-be hackers via sequences and software clues.

Cyber Fire Puzzles provides real-life cyber scenarios, challenges for tomorrow's cyber defenders

Joe McAdory | 08/26/24

Cyber Fire Puzzles, a Jeopardy-style cybersecurity challenge created by the U.S. Department of Energy and run at Auburn by Los Alamos National Laboratory, offered almost 60 students the opportunity to track would-be hackers via sequences and software clues on Aug. 24-25.

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.
Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs continued its upward trajectory in the annual rankings among public institutions, climbing 10 spots in the past five years.

Auburn Engineering graduate programs ranked No. 31 among public institutions by U.S. News and World Report

Joe McAdory | 06/18/24

Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs were ranked No. 5 overall in the Southeastern Conference and, again, No. 1 in the state.
Vishalini Ramnath is principal investigator on the project, "The A3 Initiative: Advancing AI Literacy for Alabama's Students," which earned the Alabama Commission on Higher Education's AI Culture Grant.

CSSE undergraduate programs director leads project to expand artificial intelligence education statewide

Joe McAdory | 06/17/24

Two new artificial intelligence-focused classes will be open to all Auburn University students beginning in Spring 2025
Daniela Marghitu was appointed on June 6 to the Governor's Advisory Council for Computer Science Education.

CSSE faculty member appointed to serve on Governor's Advisory Council for Computer Science Education

Joe McAdory | 06/13/24

Daniela Marghitu will apply 27-plus years of experience to help form strategies and policies geared to develop a unified state vision for computer science education.
man types on an advanced manufacturing machine

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.
Akond Rahman will join peer researchers at North Carolina A&T, Kennesaw State and Tuskegee University on the project, "A Virtual Institute for Cyber Research and Experiential Education."

Assistant professor in CSSE part of multi-institution cyber workforce development program

Joe McAdory | 06/11/24

Akond Rahman is Auburn's principal investigator on a consortium designed to provide students with extra cybersecurity training in preparation for potential Department of Defense-related careers.
David, who joined the Auburn faculty in 2012, has served as an assistant professor, associate professor and was recently promoted to the rank of full professor.

David named associate dean for research

Austin Phillips | 05/29/24

Allan David has been named associate dean for research for Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, according to an announcement by Dean Mario Eden.
Sathyanarayanan "Sathya" Aakur joined the Auburn faculty in summer 2023.

Assistant professor in computer science and software engineering elevated to Senior Member status by IEEE

Joe McAdory | 05/28/24

NSF CAREER Award-winner Sathyanarayanan Aakur has served as an IEEE area chair and associate editor, focusing research on computer vision, natural language processing and visual understanding.

National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr., left, discusses the updated National Cybersecurity Implementation Plan with McCrary Institute Director Frank Cilluffo.

National cyber director discusses National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan at McCrary Institute event

Joe McAdory | 05/23/24

Transparent, accountable and evolving. That’s how White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. described the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan at a special forum Wednesday in Washington, D.C., hosted by Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.
Harry Coker was confirmed as national cyber director Dec. 23, 2023.

National cyber director part of special livestreamed event hosted Wednesday by McCrary Institute

Joe McAdory | 05/17/24

White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr., will discuss the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan on a special livestreamed event Wednesday, May 22, 9:30 a.m. CDT, presented by Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security.
Dean Mario Eden (left) meets with Adm. Christopher W. Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a tour of the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence inside Auburn University's Gavin Engineering Research Lab.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff tours Auburn Engineering research centers

Jeremy Henderson | 05/03/24

Adm. Christopher W. Grady, who as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the nation's second highest-ranking military officer, toured prominent Auburn University engineering research centers in advance of his Friday address at Auburn's NROTC commissioning ceremony, at which he will serve as commissioning officer.
Pictured is the Shelby Center for Engineering Technology on Auburn's campus.

Graduate School honors 28 students from Auburn Engineering

Kat Bader | 04/30/24

More than 20 engineering graduate students were recognized at the annual Auburn University Graduate School awards ceremony, Friday, April 26, in the Melton Student Center Ballroom.

More than 220 sixth- through 12th-graders answered these questions – and more — via poster presentations on April 13, and competed for nearly $15,000 in prizes, at the Alabama Science and Engineering Fair at Auburn University.

Auburn Engineering among co-sponsors at recent STEM-focused Alabama Science and Engineering Fair

Joe McAdory | 04/29/24

More than 220 sixth- through 12th-graders answered these questions – and more — via poster presentations on April 13, and competed for nearly $15,000 in prizes, at the Alabama Science and Engineering Fair at Auburn University.

Santu Karmaker will spend three months with peer researchers at the Technical University Daormstadt.

Assistant professor awarded German Academic Exchange Service Faculty Fellowship

Joe McAdory | 04/19/24

Santu Karmaker will spend three months with peer researchers at the Technical University Daormstadt.
The center, officially named the Southeast Region Cybersecurity Collaboration Center (SERC3), will bring together experts from the private sector, academia and government to share information and generate innovative real-world solutions to protect the nation’s power grid and other key sectors.

Auburn’s McCrary Institute and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to partner on first regional cybersecurity center to protect the nation’s electricity grid

Austin Phillips | 04/18/24

Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security was awarded a $10 million Department of Energy grant in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to create a pilot regional cybersecurity research and operations center to protect the electric power grid against cyber attacks.

New programs include a master’s degree in AI engineering, graduate certificate in AI engineering and undergraduate certificate in AI engineering.

Auburn Engineering to offer new artificial intelligence programs beginning this fall

Joe McAdory | 04/10/24

New programs include a master’s degree in AI engineering, graduate certificate in AI engineering and undergraduate certificate in AI engineering.

Auburn University Provost Vini Nathan recently announced the names of faculty awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2024, including 19 faculty in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

Auburn Engineering faculty named to 2024 promotion, tenure list

Cassie Montgomery | 04/08/24

Auburn University Provost Vini Nathan recently announced the names of faculty awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2024, including 19 faculty in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.
Holli Michaels and Courtney Montague, with California health club owner Marianne Madsen, co-founded AbGlo.

Remote, long-distance preparation no problem for Tiger Cage business idea competition finalists from California

Joe McAdory | 03/25/24

Engineering online graduate students Holli Michaels and Courtney Montague co-founded AbGlo and are among six teams competing in Friday's Tiger Cage final round
Design and Innovation Center manager Garon Griffiths, left, with software engineering sophomore Matthew Clegg.

Makerspace manager, sophomore in software engineering create web application for E-Day

Joe McAdory | 03/22/24

Garon Griffiths, Auburn Engineering Makerspace manager, and Matthew Clegg, a sophomore in software engineering, utilized the latest computer software tools to create a painless web application to make Feb. 23rd’s E-Day registration and data collection simpler than before for the 3,371 registered visitors.
Daniela Marghitu previously served on two College Board AP Computer Science committees.

College Board leaning on the expertise of Computer Science and Software Engineering faculty member

Joe McAdory | 03/18/24

Daniela Marghitu has been appointed to the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science A Development Committee.
Emily Kimbrell

#GINNing Podcast: Release the Hackin'

Jeremy Henderson | 03/08/24

When it comes to hacking, Emily Kimbrell ain't slacking. Listen to this former aspiring cinematographer turned white hat wunderkind (and undergraduate software engineering research fellow) discuss how Auburn is routing her career — and the largest hackathon in Alabama.