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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
#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.