Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jack Janik majored in mechanical engineering and completed a co-op with Mercedes-Benz.

Community, Research and Industry: How Jack Janik made the most of his Auburn journey

11/10/25

Jack Janik’s time at Auburn was shaped by curiosity, collaboration and a growing passion for tribology — the study of friction, wear and lubrication. The graduate of the Honors College and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering credits Auburn with helping him discover his academic interests and prepare for a career in industry.

Pradeep Lall, director of the Auburn University Electronics Packaging Research Institute, displays additive in-mold electronics for automotive applications fabricated on the gravure offset platform.

EPRI director presents on additive in-mold electronics at National Academy of Engineering symposium

Jeremy D Henderson | 11/07/25

One of the heavyweights of next-generation electronics recently shared his vision for lightweight vehicles with the National Academy of Engineering.

AUSome Science in 60 Seconds overall graduate winner Md Mijanur Rahman, left, and undergraduate winner Cade May.

Students' awesome research ideas celebrated at college's third AUSome Science in 60 Seconds

Joe McAdory | 11/03/25

Presented by the Council of Engineering Graduate Students, AUSome Science in 60 Seconds tasked students to create videos and explain their projects in one minute or less.

#GINNing Podcast: The Desk Job

Jeremy D Henderson | 10/31/25

Get to know mechanical engineering junior Tyler Wilks, the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center's front-desk phenom, on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Joseph Rusk is a student in electrical and computer engineering.

Auburn Engineering students win third and fourth place at Halloween Pitch Competition

11/06/25

The Halloween Pitch Competition, presented by the New Venture Accelerator and the Harbert College of Business, allowed students the opportunity to pitch their business ideas before industry professional judges.

(L-R) Tommy Battle, mayor of Huntsville; Rex Reynolds, Alabama state representative; Scott Miller, NextFlex director of technology; Mario Eden, dean of engineering; Pradeep Lall, director of the Electronics Packaging Research Institute and the MacFarlane Distinguished Professor and Alumni Professor; Dan Gamota, NextFlex executive director; Sam Givhan, Alabama state senator; and Steve Taylor, senior vice president for research and economic development.

NextFlex partners with Auburn Engineering for new regional hybrid electronics node

Jeremy D Henderson | 10/29/25

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will soon be an even more welcoming environment for research into harsh-environment electronics.

Russell Mailen, associate professor of aerospace engineering, and Kyle Schulze, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received a National Science Foundation grant to establish a 10-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program focused on transport phenomena.

Auburn Engineering faculty receive NSF grant for undergraduate summer research program

Rachel Wingard | 10/23/25

Auburn Engineering will host a 10-week NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates starting summer 2026, focusing on transport phenomena.

The Grand Engineering Challenges event, held in the Brown-Kopel Center Grand Hall, is organized by the college’s Office of Recruitment, Outreach and Scholarships, and it draws hundreds of students to campus each year.

Auburn’s Grand Engineering Challenges combines fun and learning for K-6th grade students

Austin Phillips | 10/15/25

Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted more than 220 K-6th grade students Tuesday, Oct. 14, as part of its Grand Engineering Challenges event.

Mechanical engineering alumna to be honored with International Quality of Life Award

10/08/25

For the first time in its 32-year history, the College of Human Sciences’ annual International Quality of Life Awards will take place in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8. This year’s celebration will blend the significance of an iconic city with an awards program dedicated to advancing well-being and improving quality of life around the world.

Auburn to host NextFlex workshop in aerospace and automotive electronics in Huntsville

Jeremy D Henderson | 09/26/25

In the world of flexible hybrid electronics (FHE), few universities can flex like Auburn. And next month, they're taking the show on the road.

From left, Joshua Soberano, Anna Kate Boles, Gavin Lewis, Will Reynolds and Michael Stroebel celebrate winning the Booz Allen Summer Games competition in Washington, D.C.

Auburn engineering seniors win nationwide summer internship competition

Rachel Wingard | 09/18/25

Auburn engineering seniors designed a retrofit kit to make older military drones autonomous, winning Booz Allen’s national internship contest and earning job offers.

#GINNing Podcast: Kyle's Extra Mile

Jeremy D Henderson | 09/12/25

Extra mile? Thy name is Kyle — Margelle Kyle, a Texas-hailing mechanical engineering honors student who's already wedded her passion for biomechanics with the Auburn Creed in order to meet a critical need.

Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering honored faculty and staff, including Tyler Patterson (pictured), senior application systems analyst in the Office of Engineering Communications and Marketing.

Faculty, staff recognized at Engineering Research Awards banquet

Joe McAdory | 09/12/25

The awards recognize outstanding contributions that exemplify innovation, collaboration and real-world impact

Shuai Shao (left) and Nima Shamsaei review in-situ monitoring data collected from the laser powder-bed fusion fabrication of metallic parts.

The need for speed: DARPA awards NCAME up to $2.8M for transformative AM qualification research

Jeremy D Henderson | 09/05/25

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has asked Auburn University to put the pedal to the powdered metal.

Iván Nail-Ulloa inside the Auburn University Biomechanical Engineering Lab.

#GINNing Podcast: Penguin Protection

Jeremy D Henderson | 09/05/25

This week, the #GINNing Gang sits down Iván Nail-Ulloa, a Chile-hailing mechanical engineering postdoctoral fellow (and pal to penguins everywhere) aiming to revolutionize the way safety professionals assess injury risk on factory floors and similar industrial settings.

Zihe Gao, left, and Pengyu Chen are pioneering quantum imaging techniques to reveal hidden molecular details on exosomes—tiny cellular messengers—advancing cancer detection and earning national recognition in the NIH Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge.

Auburn Engineering researchers advance to Stage 2 of NIH/NCATS Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge

Joe McAdory | 08/18/25

Zihe Gao and Pengyu Chen created a cutting-edge imaging method for cancer detection that advanced to Stage 2 of the NIH/NCATS Quantum Sensing Technology Challenge.

Standout scholar-athlete to serve as Auburn Engineering graduate marshal

Jeremy D Henderson | 08/04/25

As if it wasn't already a banner year for Mason Mathias...

The Ginn Family, including (L-R) Matt, Ann, Sam, Samantha and Mike — made the largest single commitment to scholarships in Auburn University history.

Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s namesake and family commit $30 million to scholarships

Austin Phillips | 07/30/25

The namesake of Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and the Ginn Family Foundation has committed $30 million to the college to establish a new scholarship program, marking the largest single commitment to scholarships in Auburn University history.

#GINNing Podcast: Second-Hand Information

Jeremy D Henderson | 07/11/25

Simply put, Peden Jones believes in the human touch — and the almost-human, too.

The flying car designed and developed by Alef Aeronautics.

Auburn mechanical engineering doctoral student spending summer developing flying cars

Jeremy D Henderson | 07/08/25

They promised us flying cars. Ehsan Vaghefi is trying to hold them to it.

#GINNing Podcast: Floyd the Racer

Jeremy D Henderson | 07/03/25

Mechanical engineering sophomore Eliana Floyd grew up watching racing with her dad. She's been into cars for as long as she can remember. So, for her, just standing in pit lane would have made the hours in the Makerspace designing, cutting and clamping panels, bleeding brakes and slapping duct tape on the frame worth it. But to actually win a race — a national championship — at Talladega? That was more electric than the car itself.

AUSME compiles publicly available research data — including faculty publication records, citation metrics, co-author networks and academic backgrounds — into interactive, easy-to-navigate profiles.

College launches novel internet tool designed to foster research collaboration across multiple disciplines

Joe McAdory | 07/03/25

AUSME is a searchable, artificial intelligence-powered tool that transforms how researchers discover one another, form collaborations and pursue complex, cross-disciplinary challenges.

Graduate School dean named as chair of Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jeremy D Henderson | 06/30/25

George Flowers has been named as the new chair of Auburn University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, according to an announcement by Mario Eden, dean of engineering.

Mechanical engineering doctoral student wows national tribology conference with electrical erosion research

Jeremy D Henderson | 06/27/25

When it comes to better understanding and mitigating the causes of electrical erosion now regularly reported in electric vehicles (EVs), the leading tribology program in the nation has a new poster boy.