#GINNing Podcast

Special Student Mulder

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0500

By the time you finish listening to the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education, it's entirely possible that 2026 Barry Goldwater Scholar, 2025 Astronaut Scholar, Universities Space Research Association Distinguished Undergraduate and 2025 and 2026 NASA Space Grant Scholar Eirik Mulder may have won another award.

Listen to the #GINNing Gang's interview with the Auburn senior boasting a 4.0 GPA in computer science and software engineering and aerospace engineering now and find out.

War Pham Eagle

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0500

Sure, these intros have known to feature a pun or two. But Diane Pham may deserve a little more. All in the Pham? Auburn Phamily? Those are cute and all, but do they do justice to the scope of her potential? From robots to writing, this NASA-minded ISE senior will be delighting — on the job, on the podcast, wherever. So, buckle up and get your ears on for the latest episode of #GINNing because PHAM! We're kickin' it up a notch.

Model Student

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0500

If you can find an aspiring model-based systems engineer who believes in Auburn more than ISE junior Andrew Dillard, we'll close up shop. Until then, enjoy the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

The Riley Factor

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:00:00 -0500

I tell you what, Georgia — after you hear about awesome Peach State product Riley Chichester is, you're really going to regret making this civil engineering standout bark. So, consider this fair warning — it's going to be... ruff.

The Reliability of Cheney Curls

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:00:00 -0500

Let's just say that when it comes to reliability problem-solving and data analysis — and extracurricular leadership — this mechanical engineering senior curls a lot of weight.

Stick We Did

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0600

Mechanical engineering honors senior Dalton Robinson sat down with the #GINNing gang to discuss his Auburn journey, the amazing Montgomery Advanced Manufacturing Laboratories and Auburn's chances at once again sticking it to Princeton and the rest of the also-rans at the American Society of Naval Engineers' annual Promoting Electric Propulsion Competition.

The Jude Abides

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0600

Hey Jude, yes it looks bad.

Take a sad space and make it better.

Remember: "STEAM" includes a letter for "Art."

Then you can start to make it better.

Learn about industrial engineering sophomore Jude Smith's Auburn journey — and his artistic, campus-improving passion project — on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Matthew the Maker

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:00:00 -0600

It might be just as large without him leading the charge. But the contagiously collaborative culture animating the largest student-run makerspace in the country definitely wouldn't be what it is today without software engineering senior Matthew Clegg.

All Systems Go

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0600

The latest episode of the best podcast in higher education features the newest assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Want to learn how systems are measured and how those measurements shape final system design? Hit up Casey Eaton and you'll be just fine.

Hailing Haley

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0600

From solid fuel rockets to medical sockets, mechanical engineering GTA Haley Duncan Evans is designing her future one interdisciplinary project at a time.

Nelms' Realms

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0600

Sturdy as elms — that's Mark Nelms. With him at the helm, we've entered new realms.

Listen to our interview with the Godbold Professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Great Scot

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0600

From excelling at XO Armor to impressing at NCAME, research engineer Scot Carpenter, '20 mechanical, is framing the future — one T at a time.

Gaining Gainey

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0600

She's zany. She's brainy. She's Elizabeth Gainey. Listen to the mechanical engineering doctoral student detail her decision to pursue precision — lead-free —on the Plains on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Don't Change That Dyal

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:00:00 -0600

On the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education, chemical engineering senior and methanotrophs maestro Hanna Dyal discusses how leadership, undergraduate research and overcoming serious illness has defined her identity as an Auburn Engineer.

Bet on Rhett

Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0600

Civil engineering sophomore Rhett Dobbs, the inaugural recipient of the the Wayne and Yvette Phillips Hard Work Annual Scholarship, discusses his Auburn Engineering journey — from the covered bridges of Oneonta to the country that owns Okinawa — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Smooth Operator

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0600

It's a great day on the #GINNing Podcast and it's our pleasure to serve you the story of Brandon Powell, who put his Auburn chemical engineering degree to use in the most delicious, nutritious and cow-friendly way imaginable.

Flight Fitness Instructor

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:00:00 -0600

Aerospace engineering graduate student Mijan Rahman's research may focus on pilot fatigue. But trust us, the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education ain't no snooze fest.

Marshal Law

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0600

Connor May will serve as the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering graduation marshal at its fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 13. But why not avoid the rush and get to know — and be impressed by — civil and environmental engineering senior now? Because he's next up on the best podcast in higher education.

Frankly Franco

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0600

Aerospace aficionado and electrical engineering junior Catherine Franco was recently named one of Auburn’s first-ever Universities Space Research Association Distinguished Undergraduates. It's a story of perseverance. It's a story of propulsion. It's the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Focused

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:00:00 -0600

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy ain't the only thing the recipient of the Student of the Year award from the Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities plans to conquer. He's the president of the Auburn chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. He's had cybersecurity internships galore. And for the past year, he's served as a research and development engineer at the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security. Yes, despite losing much of his sight, this senior in computer science and software engineering says he can now "see the larger picture, one that shows I can do anything I put my mind to.”

Ladies and gentlemen, Aidan Anderson.

Streaming Service

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:00:00 -0600

Minute man aerospace engineering senior Cade May expounds on the implication of his revolutionary application of FlightStream software — and his plans for the future — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

The Water Mark

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0600

Chemical engineering senior Addison Faggard, fundraising chair for the Auburn chapter of Engineers Without Borders, is making a difference in the world. And the people of Quesimpuco finally have the pictures to prove it.

The Desk Job

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:00:00 -0500

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.

Benz There, Done That

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:00:00 -0500

Auburn native, former Tim Cook Scholar and doctoral student Deena Sayegh chose to study industrial and systems engineering because she has a passion for efficiency in every workplace and believes that industrial engineering can be applied to any environment. You're welcome, Mercedes-Benz!

Friend of the Park

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Auburn engineers are making an impact in their own backyard with a stormwater project to protect and improve water quality at Hickory Dickory Park. And without the aid of Stormwater Research Facility phenom Aidan Bosman, it just wouldn't be the same.

Listen to the civil engineering GRA discuss how a public playground has found the town and gown on new common ground on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Trading Spaces

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Derek Tournear was named as the inaugural director of the Space Development Agency when it was established in March 2019. He was just named inaugural director of space innovation for Auburn University. But his greatest recent distinction just may be his appearance on the best podcast in higher education.

The Lee Way

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:00:00 -0500

She's an honors software engineering student. She's a Cupola Ambassador. She's a Los Alamos intern. A McLeod Software developer. Yep, things sure are adding up for Addy Lee.

Stand Up and Holland

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0500

Mallory Holland, a senior in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is Auburn's new Miss Homecoming. Find out why — and other things — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Drone Zone

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:00:00 -0500

On the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education, aerospace doctoral student Harris Putra drones on and on about the subject he knows best.

Kyle's Extra Mile

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:00:00 -0500

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.

Penguin Protection

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0500

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.

Dorrill, Dorrill, Dorrill the Recruiter

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:00:00 -0500

Pamphlet packing, college fair traveling, #GINNing gabbing. For engineering recruitment administrator Haylee Dorrill, it's all in a day's work.

Moore Miles

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0500

Listen to Nathan Moore, new assistant director of the National Center for Asphalt Technology's famed test track, discuss the past and future of that glorious 1.7 mile loop on this, its 25th anniversary year.

All We Do Is Chen

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Yes, it's absolutely safe to say it. The NIH says it. The NSF says it. Even the Francis Family Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering himself admits it on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education: In the field of rapid immunodiagnostics, one name lights up the sensors more than any other... Pengyu Chen.

In the Weeds

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Just when you think weed research has gone to pot, along comes Hailey Rhodes, a 2025 Auburn biosystems engineering graduate and brand new research engineer for the Auburn University Rural Partnership Institute.

Vive Le Louf

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0500

From researching hydrogels for space transportation to using sound to boost pollination, Jean-Francois Louf is a research renaissance man.

Listen to the Department of Chemical Engineering's latest NSF CAREER Award recipient discuss his journey from Nice the Beautiful to the Loveliest Village on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

The Precision Decision

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:00:00 -0500

Kate Shaw is trusting the process — the bioprocess. The Auburn senior took that sweet Pathway to the Plains to pursue the ever versatile bioprocess engineering degree. And, as you'll find out, that one decision has led to a lot precision.

Authentic Intelligence

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:00:00 -0500

From AUSME to the RFID, there's nothing artificial about Soundarya Korlapati's intelligence. Listen to the doctoral student in computer science and software engineering discuss her leading role in Auburn's new AI-powered tool transforming how researchers discover one another, form collaborations and pursue complex, cross-disciplinary challenges on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Second-Hand Information

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0500

You have to hand it to Peden Jones. He really has a grasp on the mechanics of 3D printing — and he's not stingy with it. Why, when they came calling, he lent the College of Liberal Arts a helping hand without hesitation. No sir, it's not hard to put a finger on what makes this mechanical engineering graduate research assistant special. Simply put, he believes in the human touch — and the almost-human, too.

Floyd the Racer

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0500

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.

Testing the Waters

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0500

Where would we be without clean water? Where would clean water be without Sydney Watwood? Probably not flowing through the mountainside of Parramos Grande, Guatemala, we know that.

The chemical engineering sophomore recently sat down with the #GINNing Gang to detail how Auburn's chapter of Engineers Without Borders is facilitating the philanthropic ambitions she's had since sixth grade.

Opulent Flocculant

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:00:00 -0500

There ain't no brain drain out at Auburn's Stormwater Research Facility — more like drain brain! Just take the latest runoff warrior floccin' and rockin' out there in coagulation nation — Megan Sharpe.

Concrete Plans

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 09:00:00 -0500

On the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education, the #GINNing Gang mixes it up with concrete crackerjack Stanton Freeman, a kudos-collecting graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and husband to Morgan Freeman — that Morgan Freeman.

Miss Autonomous

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:00:00 -0500

The latest episode of the best podcast in higher education features a mechanical engineering doctoral student whose name over her past four years at Auburn has practically become synonymous with autonomous — GAVLAB great, Stephanie Meyer.

Pooling Resources

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:00:00 -0500

We believe in a sound mind, in a sound body and a spirit that is not afraid, and in clean sports that develop these qualities. Therefore we believe in Hart — Dinehart.

The aerospace engineering, breast-stroke swimming junior recently sat down with the #GINNing gang to discuss how she stays afloat in Auburn's academic deep end.

The Young Superstar

Fri, 23 May 2025 13:00:00 -0500

Saving clock towers and computational powers — that's what electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Clint Snider does.

To Air is Human

Mon, 19 May 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Assistant aerospace engineering professor and licensed pilot Nicoletta Fala is investigating the attitudes of altitude on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Order Mor Chikin

Thu, 08 May 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Truett Cathy may have put Chick-fil-A on the map. But 2016 Auburn wireless software engineering graduate Eddie Seay put Chick-fil-A on the app.

Accentuated

Fri, 02 May 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Brazilian-born Carolina Triboni, a senior in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will lead the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s class of 2025 as graduation marshal during spring commencement on Sunday, May 11. Find out why on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Joah's Arc

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Noah's Ark? How about Joah's arc? Because if you feed freshman civil engineering Auburn basketballer Joah Shay the rock behind that 3-point line, he's going to straight up make it rain.

Doin' Fine at Gate 9

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:00:00 -0500

Jonathan Pettus is the new executive director of the Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI) in Huntsville. Find out why on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

The Juggler

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 11:00:00 -0500

She'll be honest — growing up in Denver, Shelby Balding had never heard of Auburn. Now, the civil engineering junior and cross-country crusader can't stop talking about it.

@KrazyKlementine

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:00:00 -0500

This double-degreed Auburn engineering apostle extraordinaire is just supportin' the team and livin' the dream. Her current mission field? Greater Nashville, a.k.a. Auburn North, where she's been winning the respect and confidence of her fellow men with a can-do swagger that certainly staggers. It's she, it's she... it's Kristin McGhee.

Mr. Mister

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0500

They call Vestavia-born venture visionary Vince Visser Mr. Mister. Or at least they should. Find out why on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education. (Or just click here.)

Thinking Inside the Box

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0500

Next up on the best podcast in higher education? CSSE sophomore Liam Heary, who hopes his sweet and salty startup Planet of Snacks has the lucky charms necessary to secure the pot of gold in Tiger Cage Student Business Idea Competition's.

There's Something About Mary

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 13:00:00 -0500

A word of advice to the Louisiana State University: Make your campus a little more walk-able, or continue losing out to the best student-centered — and pedestrian-centered — engineering education experience in America, like you did with aerospace engineering undergraduate researcher extraordinaire Mary Ferguson.

(Just trying to help.)

Engineering All The Way To The Bank

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:00:00 -0600

Senior computer science and software engineering major Sathvik Prahadeeswaran discusses his engineering journey — past, present and future — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Raising the Bars

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 15:00:00 -0600

Be it on the bars, in the classroom, Emma Grace Boyd is on her way to a Tide-tamin', big-brainin' total score you can't ignore.

Listen to our conversation with the sophomore biosystems engineering major on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Major Laser

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:00:00 -0600

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, Godbold Associate Professor in electrical and computer engineering, is involved in many things. Space things. Manufacturing things. Laser things. Important things. Things, things, things.

Advantage Engineering

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0600

Talk about net worth! Yes, mechanically minded tennis talent (and Lady Tiger legacy) Julie Bedard goes hard — on the court, in the classroom, in life in dang general. In other words, Advantage Auburn.

That Creed Speed

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:00:00 -0600

Auburn Creed? More like Auburn Speed.

Check out the #GINNing gang's conversation with Samantha Korac, vehicle dynamics and controls engineer for Auburn's Autonomous Tiger Racing team, who recently helped steer the GAVLAB's gears around the Las Vegas Motor Speedway at up to 170 driver-less miles per hour. Listen below, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts by searching #GINNing.

Madison from Madison

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0600

This senior wants nothing more than to use her communication skills and knack for logistics to help people and overcome the world's greatest challenges. Which is to say, when it comes to selling the strengths and benefits of industrial and systems engineering, nobody's struttin' like Madison Dutton.

Smarter Carter

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:00:00 -0600

From the woods of Columbiana to the Costa da Caparica, junior Anna Carter is living the dream, Birdsonging her away around this great material world of ours one extra engineering mile at a time.

Exoskeletons in the Closet

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0600

Brendon Allen has some exoskeletons in his closet, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) wants to find out more about them.

The assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering was recently tapped for a five-year $588,408 NSF CAREER Award aimed at increasing access to rehabilitation for individuals with movement disorders through a deep learning control framework for home-based hybrid exoskeletons.

Computer Scientist, M.D.

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:00:00 -0600

Assistant computer science professor by day, computational biologist by day, medical doctor by day — Haynes Heaton does it all. Great news for Auburn. Bad news for leukemia.

Jon Wilson's War Eagle

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 11:00:00 -0600

The legacy of leadership with the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's Office of Advancement continues. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back Jon Wilson.

The Ambassador

Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:00:00 -0600

Bradley Johnson didn't just want the paper — he wanted Auburn Engineering. Listen to our conversation with the premiere ambassador for one of the highest-ranked online master's of engineering programs in the country on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Mr. Materials

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0600

He may work in Wilmore. But materials engineering program chair Bart Prorok does his thinking outside the box.

Power Player

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:00:00 -0600

Nintendo? More like GINNtendo. Because senior Caitlinn White, a chemical engineering undergraduate researcher in Auburn's acclaimed Nuclear Power Generation Systems minor who's focusing on developing virtual reality simulations of nuclear concepts, is definitely playing with power.

Just Prewitt

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:00:00 -0600

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 planet-saving purpose. Learn all about the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering's latest wastewater wunderkind — and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's latest graduation marshal — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Moose Tracks

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:00:00 -0600

He’s fresh off a win at the 2024 SEC Machining competition in Starkville, working through several pitch competitions en route to Tiger Cage, majoring in industrial and systems engineering, minoring in business engineering technology, and working for the weekend at Auburn Engineering's renowned Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems. In other words, the Moose is loose.

Listen to the #GINNing gang's conversation with senior Johnathan Deery on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

The Influencer

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0600

STEM advocating influencer extraordinaire Ruha Tacey may have hit the social media stratosphere. But she hasn't forgotten her roots.

Learn about the 2012 chemical engineering graduate's Auburn journey and plans for the future on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

High Kicks, High Efficiency

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:00:00 -0600

From high kicks to high efficiency, from the dance line to the supply line, Nyah Dedeaux does it all.

Listen to the industrial and systems engineering senior discuss her Auburn journey on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Not-So-Rotten Tomatoes

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0600

We've always said "never let a good tomato go to waste." Unless, of course, Bipasyana Dhungana could use it to change the world.

Listen to our conversation with the biosystems engineering graduate student and ASABE all-star on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

The Marine

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0500

From the mountains of Nevada to the doors of Wiggins Hall, Avery Wells will fight our country's battle with his degree — mechanical.

Goal Keeping

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0500

The latest episode of the best podcast in higher education explores the drive and determination of mechanical engineering sophomore Jenna Sapong, who knows a little bit about keeping goals.

Boom

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0500

Word to your moms — Ben Bauldree came to drop bombs. Check out the explosive interview with the Auburn aerospace engineering alumnus and pickle pro on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Where There's a Wills, There's a Way

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Where there's a Wills, there's a way. And an adjustable cup holders for chairs. And a magic cable machine attachment. And, from the sounds of it, an unbelievably bright future. The other thing this Crook has stolen is our hearts.

Listen to industrial and systems engineering senior Wills Crook discuss his Auburn-born aspirations on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Phantastic Phedra

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0500

Is there some sort of hocus pocus behind Phedra Peter's fervid focus? Is it just that the industrial and systems engineering junior and student leader superstar believes work — hard work? Find out on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Miss Mercedes

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:00:00 -0500

Go ahead and call her Miss Mercedes. Because this Jersey-born mechanical engineering senior and Design and Manufacturing Lab devotee has logged more internship hours in Vance, Alabama than LinkedIn can count. Haley Bhend? More like Haley Benz.

Parker Thompson Can't Lose

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:00:00 -0500

Parker Lewis couldn't lose. And neither can Parker Thompson. From touring Würzburg to securing the World Wide Web, this cybersecurity engineering grad student has synchronized his Swatch for success.

Handel the Truth

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:00:00 -0500

Second lieutenant in the Air Force. Three-time Space Camp alum. Third-generation Auburn grad. Second-generation Auburn Engineering grad. ChemE grad student. Graduate Research Assistant. Future astronaut. Future president of Mars. (Don't worry — Handel can handle it.)

Dude, You're Getting Adele

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 13:00:00 -0500

When it comes to diabetes, America is unfortunately rolling in the deep. Enter 2013 Auburn mechanical engineering grad Mark Norton, co-founder of Adele. After all, be it glucose levels or insulin levels, who better to help people take portable, personal control of their diabetic deets than a man who worked for a sweet little company called Apple?

Count Off

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0500

All right Tiger Fans — let's get it up for a podcast. Senior Ben Timm is one of the leaders down in the Design and Manufacturing Lab in Wiggins Hall. He’s the guy in charge of teaching folks how to machine safely. He chose mechanical engineering because he loved working with his hands. But for the next year, he'll be better known for working with his voice. Are you ready?

Story's Time

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:00:00 -0500

From Sand Mountain to American Water, from commencement stages to the NYT business pages, 1981 industrial engineering graduate Susan Story's legacy of leadership is as dynamic as they come.

Track Star

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:00:00 -0500

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

Slime Time

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -0500

From the Loveliest Village of the Plain comes Mari Miles Dempsey, a senior chemical engineering honors student concentrating in biomedical engineering, and currently researching the effect of acoustics in the growth and further development of physarum polycephalum in the Nature Inspired Fluids and Elasticity Lab at Auburn University. In other words, it's slime time.

Ride for the Branford

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 16:00:00 -0500

Learn the origin story of an Auburn Engineering ChemE commando on the latest episode of the #GINNing Podcast. Ladies and gentlemen, JaVaris Branford.

Leave it to Steber

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:00:00 -0500

Learn about Auburn's latest College of Engineering grad marshal, Ben Steber. This engineer may not have borders. But he's definitely about to have a banner.

Let's Make a Deal

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:00:00 -0500

Hey Office of Naval Research, why don't you give assistant electrical and computer engineering professor Matthew Kirchner $307,000, and in return he'll figure out which control sequences and flight conditions make it possible for trained pilots to land in the event of engine failure. Sound good? OK, let's make a deal.

No One Engineers Like Gaston

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:00:00 -0500

No one engineers like Gaston,
Polymers like Gaston,
Does confidential research work like Gaston,
As a grad student, yes, she's intimidating,
My what a gal, Gaston...

Up-Levelin' with Evelyn

Sat, 06 Jul 2024 12:00:00 -0500

Cupola Engineering Ambassadors. American Society of Civil Engineers. 100+ Women Strong. Society of Women Engineers. Undergraduate research. Chick-fil-A.

Rising civil engineering senior Evelyn Chavez does it all.

Of Resins and Residences

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:00:00 -0500

Plucked from the plastic producing province of El Salvador, Lucila Carias, protege of Auburn polymer pundit Maria Auad, and a bio-resin backing GRA in the Department of Chemical Engineering, is researching ways to 3D print — yep — houses.

DBF's BFF

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:00:00 -0500

Meagan Blosser, outgoing president of Auburn University's Top-20 Design, Build, Fly team, doesn't care how you pronounce her name, because this new Auburn aerospace engineering alumna definitely knows how to... go with the flow.

Listen to Blosser describe how she's spreading her wings on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

Real Deal Jada Neal

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:00:00 -0500

Which upcoming bioprocesses engineering senior is grabbing undergraduate research by the horns in order to harness the power of pectin for skincare applications? Which student leader overachiever is ready to make a believer out of Unilever? Yep, it's Jada Neal. She's the real deal.

The Death-Watch Beetle of Metal Fatigue

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:00:00 -0500

The name's Beretta — Stefano Beretta.

Learn the origin story of this world-class structural integrity scholar who recently joined Auburn's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence to assist on several projects focused on developing defect-sensitive predictive fatigue models for AM materials. Topics discussed include additive manufacturing, salary cuts, salami and James Bond.

Lettuce Now Praise Famous Men

Tue, 21 May 2024 10:00:00 -0500

Great name. Fresh ideas. Yep, enjoy this conversation with biosystems engineering doctoral student Wellington Arthur on long-term nutrient utilization and evaluation of pathogenic bacteria in a pilot-scale wastewater treatment system for hydroponic irrigation — and lettuce.

The Right Turn at Albuquerque

Tue, 21 May 2024 10:00:00 -0500

From Albuquerque to Auburn, Los Almosin', Lipke Labbin' ChemE commando Nicole Habbit has found the Loveliest Village a hard habit to break.

Materials Girl

Fri, 10 May 2024 10:00:00 -0500

Marisa Kelley. Just graduated materials engineering major. Knows who Madonna is. And Tom Petty. In other words, basically a genius.

(You're welcome, Florida.)

The Great Grelli

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0500

With yet another internship locked up at Lockheed, Jersey born aerospace aficionado Ava Grelli is going places — and Boeing places. So buckle up and get your ears on because this rocket retriever overachiever is racing toward space at a breakneck space.

Banner Boy

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:00:00 -0500

Four years ago, Jack Branham was torn.

"While I was going through college selection, I wasn't planning on being an engineer. I wanted to be a music major," said Branham, a graduating senior and researcher in mechanical engineering from Montgomery. "But I had as much passion for engineering as I had for music. Auburn has a great music program, but it's also a great engineering school. Ultimately, I made the decision to switch to engineering."

Judging by his most recent accolade, it was the right one.

Listen to Branham breakdown his Auburn journey and discuss his ambitious plans for the future on the latest episode of the best podcast in all of higher education.

Turner Bikes America

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:00:00 -0500

Turner Friday is hitting the road this summer... for two and a half months. The industrial and systems engineering sophomore is raising money for those with disabilities through a cross-country bike ride sure to make memories — and make a difference. And you can help.

Hear him discuss his Auburn Engineering journey — and his upcoming journey from San Francisco to Miami — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education below, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadio or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts by searching #GINNing.

Navier-Strokes Equation

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Mechanical engineering junior and Auburn swimming sensation Mason Mathias can follow that black line like nobody's business. In the pool, in the classroom, the Lad from Leeds is constantly in the lead. We're talking trainin', we're talkin' brainin'... we're talkin' Mason Mathias.

Getting the Worm

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Things are really heating up for Thomas Lester. The fourth-generation Auburn Man and sophomore in industrial and systems engineering recently sat down with the #GINNing gang to discuss how his early morning caffeine cravings spawned an entrepreneurial empire in the making.

The Biosystems Major Major

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:00:00 -0500

Meet biosystems engineering sophomore Bella Nonales, a dean's list dynamo with a chance of making history as the drummiest major in the history of the Auburn University Marching Band. Not bad for someone who just celebrated her 5th birthday.

Meet Maddie

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0500

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.

Mr. Mechanical

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0500

The man, the myth, the unincorporated legend. Ladies and gentlemen — senior mechanical engineering lecturer, undergraduate program officer, student advisor and director of the Design and Manufacturing Lab, Jordan Roberts.

Pirouettes to Polymers

Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:00:00 -0500

Cassandra Porter. Cassie Porter. Cass Porter. She goes by many names. And she has even more pursuits. She's a former professional ballerina. A current fossil hunter. And a day-jobbing assistant professor of chemical engineering. Curious? Well then join us as we pass through the walls of mystery surrounding this LinkedIn-less membrane maestro.

Release the Hackin'

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0600

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.

Brian Anderson and the Foundation

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0600

What to expect on the 251st episode of the best podcast in all of higher education? How about the origin story of geotechnical juggernaut Brian Anderson, a full-scale infrastructure inspiration who's girding the loins of this nation's foundations.

Let It Cook

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:00:00 -0600

From polymers to public administration, Olivia Cook is inspiring the nation. Listen to the 2014 polymer and fiber engineering graduate (with graduate degrees from Auburn in public policy and public administration) discuss how she's using lessons learned at Auburn to help change the world on the 250th episode of the best podcast in all of higher education.

Right On Track

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -0600

From the decathlon to biomechanics startups, mechanical engineering graduate student and track and field standout David Edmondson is clearing the bar — and then some.

As The Diamond Turns

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0600

Parabolic telescopes... diamond-turning lathes... few folks have taken advantage of Auburn Engineering's next-level makerspace like aerospace engineering senior Cyrus Lloyd.

Freeing Up Space

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0600

Girls go to college to get more knowledge. And, in Kanak Parmar's case, to get us to Jupiter a little less stupider. (You're welcome, Deep Space Network.)

Pitching Mechanics

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0600

When it comes to subjects like heat transfer, let's just say computer science and software engineering freshman Cameron Tilly's 90+ mile per hour fastball already has him a little ahead of the game.

Learn why the top pitching prospect chose Auburn Engineering over Major League Baseball — for now — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

The Dean Routine

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:00:00 -0600

Associate professor and associate chair in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering. Director of Computer Science and Software Engineering Undergraduate Programs. Director of Global Programs, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. How does Dean Hendrix do it? Find out on the latest episode of the best podcast in all of higher education.

Fauer Power

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0600

Mechanical engineer. Soccer referee. eBay Powerseller. Graduate research assistant Christian Fauer does it all.

Mighty Morphing Power Skins

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:00:00 -0600

Ali Khosravi, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, plans to dive deep into morphing skins on robotic systems designed to burrow deep for measuring soil structures. (In other words, robot worms.)

Smooth Operator

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:00:00 -0600

Got a friction addiction? Enjoy discussing discontinued syrup brands? Than get your ears on for the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast featuring chief of the Auburn tribe of student tribologists, mechanical engineering graduate research assistant Jack Janik.

Savannah Anderson's Adventures at Auburn

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:00:00 -0600

Auburn Engineering is helping animatronics aficionado Savanna Anderson fulfill her Disney dreams. Thank you, Asa Kalama.

Kandah Computing

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0600

After cracking his parents' password as a boy in Jordan, Farah Kandah, associate professor in computer science and software engineering, thankfully decided to use his knack for hacks as a force for good. These days, that's taking the form of next-level quantum computing education and mentoring the Auburn Ethical Hacking Club.

Lollar-palooza

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:00:00 -0600

A chemical engineering honors student with an appetite for undergraduate research? You can bet your bottom dollar you'll be hearing about Camylle Lollar.

The Mello Marshal

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0600

She marched her way to the biosystems boss level and now this second-generation Auburn Engineer is reaping the rewards. Graduation marshal Natalie Hodge? That's an honor you can't dislodge.

Listen to the graduating senior discuss her Auburn experience the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Aupperle's Opportunities

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:00:00 -0600

No family connections, just an incredible sense of direction.

Listen to software engineering senior Trevor Aupperle reflect on his college choice — and ponder his Prime potential — on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Paved with Silva

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:00:00 -0600

Soon the roads will be paved with Silva. Listen to Brazilian-born civil engineering doctoral student Liz Pereira Valenca Silva discuss how her passion for pavement led her pursue a Ph.D. through Auburn's world-renowned National Center for Asphalt Technology on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Ryan's World

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 15:00:00 -0600

At next year's Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, Ryan Pollard's professional passion might come in handy in more ways than one. Because if this first-year mechanical engineering student has to carry any more awards, he may need some rehabilitation robotics and assistive devices of his own.

Engineering (a) Spotlight

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:00:00 -0500

Time to howl about the double "wow" that is senior Katie Wolfe. Having emancipated herself from the Crimson craving expectations of her Bama grad parents, this electrical engineering — and theater design and technology — major is now on the prowl for greatness. Talk about an engineering spotlight...

Chairman of the Boards

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:00:00 -0500

The brand, the myth, the legend. Yes, it's time to run some tests on the tiger's blood of paddle boarding power broker and lifestyle luminary Corey Cooper, a 2005 mechanical engineering grad with a spirit unafraid to... rock the BOTE.

The Rebel

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:00:00 -0500

This is the story of an engineering rebel who embraced Auburn sight unseen, fell in love with Aubie, broke Oxford's generational curse on her family, and tackled the greatest challenges for green infrastructure. Eat your heart out, Ole Miss.

Listen to the award-winning #GINNing gang's interview with junior Kate Wilson, the new president of Auburn's chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Duff Tough

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:00:00 -0500

Air Force Staff Sergeant Silvia Duff has built bunkers in Eastern Africa and written policy for emergency response plans and joint force agreements with America's NATO allies. In 2018, she was recognized as Civil Engineer U.S. Airman of the Year. But the Colombian-born civil engineering senior's true call of duty may be helping veterans win battles off the battlefield.

Son of a Burch

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:00:00 -0500

Word on the street is that Hunter Burch is the younger half of the first father-son combo among Auburn Engineering faculty colleagues. Listen to the assistant electrical engineering professor share his feelings on this historic accomplishment, discuss his mind-bending research into applied electromagnetics, and dish on his mechanical maestro dad on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Acosta's Exo-llent Adventure

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0500

From Puerto Rico to the Plains, Yadrianna Acosta-Sojo is preventing injuries and taking names.

Air Apparent

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:00:00 -0500

All that stuff about engineering giving you wings, helping you soar, taking your career to new heights? The path double major Caroline Culjak took kind of gives that a whole new meaning.

Clocks and Chemicals

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0500

When it comes to dialysis, chemical engineering doctoral student and Jordan-Hare Stadium play clock operator Matt Garnett definitely wants to delay the game.

The Scholar

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Peter Abraham, Shelby Wales, Maggie Nelson... there's obviously a lot of Goldwaters in them there Auburn Hills. But our latest scholarship-snaggin' nugget is double-majoring overachiever extraordinaire Ayden Kemp, whose 5th-grade trip to DisneyLand inspired a unique educational journey only one engineering school could provide.

100% Cotton

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:00:00 -0500

Want to learn about Cotton's future impact on the environment? Listen no further, my friends. The latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast with CEE junior Celi Cotton once again draws from the well of stormwater-studying wunderkinds helping to turn Auburn into the education destination for runoff mitigation.

Banner Man

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:00:00 -0500

"Proudly stands our CSSE senior, banners high... " Learn how business school poster boy Zakariya Veasy is poised to revolutionize the credit game through Omnis, a pitch-perfect startup facilitating peer-to-peer, short-term microloans.

Shay, Queen

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0500

We believe in work — hard work. Which is why we believe in Pilcher — Shay Pilcher, the twice-diploma'd, Auburn mechanical engineering grad, current research engineer and founder and CEO of Archangel Defense, who's racing to change the world faster than the speed demons she sprang from.

#GANNing

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0500

Ashley Gann took her 2005 Auburn aerospace engineering degree and used it to smash meteorology's glass ceiling in the state of Alabama. Learn how awesome she is on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Beam me up, Hailey

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Want to hear about a beaming Auburn engineering student who's vaulting her way through her academic routine with unparalleled devotion? Well, go ahead and get your ears on for this interview with sophomore gymnastics sensation Hailey John. You'll be absolutely floored.

One 'L,' Big W

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Hey, you know who's on the mark, fam? New engineering grad marshal Jakob Markham.

The Hoff

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0500

If the intro confuses you, just Google 'Oh, Hi Mark.' But, yeah, why does assistant mechanical engineering professor Mark Hoffman get such high marks on Rate My Professor? Why do students think he's "chill" and "one of the best engineering professors" they've ever had and "an intelligent professor with a great sense of realism and humor..."

Time to find out...

Ergonomics, Eh?

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0500

Industrial and systems engineering doctoral student Murray Gibson sat down (comfortably) with the #GINNing gang to talk about the guy whose multi-task ergonomic analysis model is going international. His name? Murray Gibson.

Ross Boss

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 07:00:00 -0500

There's a new chair over in Ross Hall. And we're not talking La-Z-Boy.

Listen to Selen Cremaschi, the B. Redd and Susan W. Redd Eminent Scholar Chair Professor, discuss her new role in Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Everybody Loves Rahman

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:00:00 -0500

Akond Rahman, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, discusses his NSF-funded contributions to strengthening the nation’s cyber infrastructure on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

The Sociology of Hydrology

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink? Perish the thought, says Jose Vasconcelos, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, one of 32 researchers selected by the Jewish National Fund-USA to travel to Israel for its 2023 Summer Faculty Fellowship Program.

Peter Liu and the Big To-Do

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:00:00 -0500

Despite the demonstrated success of metal additive manufacturing (AM) in various industries, the performance uncertainty of AM parts undermines the potential of deploying AM for high-consequence applications. Air travel. Space travel. That sort of thing.

Which is why the NSF is turning to assistant industrial and systems engineering professor Peter Liu. The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's latest NSF CAREER Award winner recently sat down with the #GINNing crew to discuss the challenges of AM fatigue failure research — and the challenges of getting rice in northern China.

White Sands Saunders

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0500

You've heard of CCR. But get ready to learn about that CDCR. Because if there's a poster child for the benefits of going feet first into the resources provided by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's Office of Career Development and Corporate Relations, it's Lila Saunders. From the whiskey woods of Tennessee to the White Sands of New Mexico, this just graduated aerospace ace's career is skyrocketing. Talk about the right trajectory...

Gemini Vegetarian

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0500

Caroline Sanders is a senior from North Carolina. And she started off in marketing but switched to biosystems engineering. And she's doing undergraduate research on seaweed's impact on cow flatulence. And she's a Gemini vegetarian.

Brine of the Times

Fri, 19 May 2023 11:00:00 -0500

A lot of people just whine about brine. But not assistant environmental engineering professor and wastewater recycling wunderkind Nick Zou. The Moses of Reverse Osmosis is using a $1.5 million Department of Energy and National Alliance for Water Innovation grant to part the brackish sea in order to meet the mounting freshwater demands of inland cities, and helping Auburn lead the nation in desalination.

Big Dam Deal

Fri, 19 May 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Just a junior? Could have fooled us, not to mention the entire panel of judges awarding the prestigious Kim de Rubertis Scholarship from the United States Society on Dams. Yep, biosystems undergrad researcher extraordinaire Anna Lancaster took down three PhD students and took home the big bucks last month — ten thousand smackeroos — for her work in internal erosion in unsaturated slopes. Talk about makin'... the grade.

New Boss Level

Fri, 05 May 2023 10:00:00 -0500

As chemical engineering chair, Mario Eden led the department to its highest-ever U.S. News & World Report Graduate Program ranking; increased undergraduate enrollment to record numbers with incoming freshmen with ACT scores of 30 or higher for 11 years in a row; successfully added 17 tenure-track faculty members and two full-time lecturers during the past 10 years, including the department achieving the highest percentage of female full professors among any chemical engineering department in the country; increased philanthropic support of the program by millions of dollars; and successfully led the department through the national accreditation process in 2016 and 2022. Last month, he was appointed the new dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. But in terms of lasting impact, his latest distinction — #GINNing Podcast guest — stands alone.

Since she was 13

Thu, 04 May 2023 11:00:00 -0500

Katie Leonard, Auburn's latest NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient, graduates in May with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, something that's been in the works since was 13.

Hey Yarnold!

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0500

On Jan. 1, Matt Yarnold, associate professor of structural engineering, took charge of Auburn University's Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory (ASEL) as director.

Find out how that whole thing's going on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Tim Cook's High School

Fri, 21 Apr 2023 07:00:00 -0500

Yeah, uh-huh, you know who Emily Kalifa is
Everything she do, she do it big
Yeah, uh-huh, even tiny mics
What she does at the Kope, they like
Reppin' her town, when you see her tell me what you sing
Tim Cook's high school
Tim Cook's high school
Tim Cook's high school
Tim Cook's high school

Robot Rock

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:00:00 -0500

When it comes to expanding our understanding of computer science's relationship to music theory — and heck, maybe even vice versa — nothing matches the Persian powered pedagogy of Fatemah Jamshidi.

Listen to the CSSE doctoral student and director of Auburn University's Persian Music Ensemble discuss the relationship between her two research passions on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Bye, Bye Li'l Sebastian

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Out in the real world you'll do your thing.
You'll serve your fellow man with your degree.
So, once we've all said goodbye, you'll take a runnin' leap and you'll learn to fly...
So, bye, bye Li'l Sebastien. We'll miss your engineering passion.
So, bye, bye Li'l Sebastien...
You're another win for the Ginn.

The Interests of Justus

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:00:00 -0500

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.

The Hole

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:00:00 -0500

The dark, destructive tendencies of Chris Scheinert's youth have lay hidden for years. But thankfully, this 2016 chemical engineering grad and Young Alumni Council networking committee chair overcame his demons thoroughly enough to start a career in process automation in Singapore and Austin, Texas. More recently, he's returned to school, this time at Vanderbilt University, where he'll receive his MBA in May. It's a great story. Inspiring, even. Still, for the latest episode of the best podcast in all of higher education, listener discretion is advised.

Dog's Best Friend

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0500

Move over DiCaprio, there's a new Leo on the scene. He's a mechanical engineering senior, outgoing Cupola president and the best thing to ever happen to Winnie the three-legged Golden Retriever.

Day Dreams

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:00:00 -0600

Tiny mics. Big dreams. Enjoy this conversation with sophomore Katie Day, whose passion for sustainability and alternative energy prompted her to pursue a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering as well as minors in nuclear power generation systems and sustainability studies. And of course she's a Cupola.

Word on the Preet

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 07:00:00 -0600

Two syllables. Endless potential. Ladies and gentlemen, aerospace engineering senior Preet Shah.

Fluid Situation

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0600

When you think of unsteady separated flows over rotating wings, multi-rotor aeromechanics, biomechanics of avian gust interactions, plume-surface interactions, pulsatile droplet-laden flows, heart valve flows, and respiratory diseases, who's the first person that comes to mind? Yeah, exactly. Ladies and gentlemen, Vrishank Raghav.

Pavement Amazement

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0600

You're about to hear a pavement probin' powerhouse drop all kinds of science to prove he's among the tallest of the asphalt giants. It's him, it's him, it's David Timm.

Kate the Great

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 16:00:00 -0600

Kate Preston is a junior in chemical engineering. And she's your new Miss Auburn. Enjoy!

The Path of Khan

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 14:00:00 -0600

Her name is Arabic for "happiness." And boy has civil engineering master's student Afrah Kahn finally found herself at Auburn.

Richer Radar

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:00:00 -0600

Why is Allyson McKinney the bee's knees? Because her company's technology can find the bee's knees. From like 15 meters away. Traditional radar? Traditional radar can barely identify a full grown human being from that distance. So it's no wonder that the SoloPulse founder and CEO was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for manufacturing and industry. Talk about creatin' a buzz.

Come on, Haneen!

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0600

Haneen Ali is all about improving healthcare delivery processes with systems engineering. And football. Learn how the Jordanian dual appointment dynamo is using her pigskin passion to boost the research reputation of both the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and Auburn's College of Liberal Arts on the latest episode of the best podcast in all of higher education.

Lockheed Lydia

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:00:00 -0600

Lydia means "native of Lydia." But Lydia Mitchell isn't from ancient Greece. She's from Gordo. And she's is the latest guest on the award-winning #GINNing Podcast... for a dang good reason.

From Dust to Thrust

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0600

Pooriya Nezhadfar is his name. Process structure property relationships is his game. Find out just why GE Aerospace named the latest kudos-collecting luminary to emerge from NCAME as its lead additive manufacturing specialist before he even earned his PhD. From dust to thrust, this guy's a must.

Chip off the ol' Motherboard

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0600

If the story of recent computer science and software engineering graduates Donna Jackson and Jamie Whitehead tells us anything, it's that the world needs more mothers. And motherboards.

Marshal Matters

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0600

Friends, if you want a podcast that sticks the landing. Then you want a podcast with graduating senior in electrical and computer engineering Jacob Blanding. (Emphasis on the sticks.)

When you wish upon a Stahl

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:00:00 -0600

Don't let his last name fool you. Because there's no way this Disney-destined double-major dynamo's career is going to stall out.

The Junior Junior

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0600

Hear 18-year-old award-winnin', Russian-speakin', civil engineerin' wunderkind Morgan Burk discuss her past, present and future. She can't drink. But, boy can she think. (Oh, and actually, by credits, she's a senior.)

It just means Moore...

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0600

Do you like to hear stories about mentors changing students lives? Psychometrist success stories? Do you want... Moore... out of a podcast? Well, you're welcome.

Wesley's Foundation

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:00:00 -0600

Computer Science, finance, battle bots, volunteerism, picking Auburn over the University of Pennsylvania... Ladies and gentlemen, Wesley Lowman.

Heart to heart with Harvell

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:00:00 -0600

Diversity, equity, inclusion, working to perhaps one day repair his own heart with tissue grown from his own heart... it's all in a day's work for chemical engineering grad student Justin Harvell.

Somebody wrote 'War Eagle'

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:00:00 -0600

You'll be listening to our interview with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center deputy director, Auburn aerospace engineering alumnus and noted rocket graffiti artist Joseph Pelfrey in 3, 2, 1...

Amazing Grace

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0500

Kovakas, Grace — she of the Makerspace. Listen to chemical engineering junior and makerspace maestro Grace Kovakas reflect on the rousing resource available on the bottom of the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achiement Center, and on navigating "the Big Three," on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Roy Oil

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0500

If you've struggled to understand the synergistic effects of blending triglycerides and biomass based hydrothermal liquefied biocrude over different catalysts supports in order to produce renewable fuels, then today's your lucky day.

Listen to biosytems doctoral student Poulami Roy, winner of a Best Presenter Award at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' (ASABE) Annual International Conference recently held in Houston, discuss her ground-breaking research on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Eye of the Leopard

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 15:00:00 -0500

Building rockets, autonomous vehicles... oh, sure — obviously. But... did you know that Auburn mechanical engineers can also... make it rain? Just ask Auburn point guard Wendell Green who recently called mechanical engineering senior Chandler Leopard "the best shooter I’ve ever played with in my life." Hope you like classical, friends. Because it's time for a little string music.

Supraman

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:00:00 -0500

You MAYO may not like this episode. But assistant chemical engineering professor Michael Howard is one of the nation's leading collector of colloidal kudos. His latest is from a little outfit called the National Science Foundation. Buckle up.

His Voice is His Passport

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0500

Smart people like the 1992 movie "Sneakers." So it's no wonder Sam Mulder, new associate research professor in Auburn's Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, can quote it.

Orange (and Blue) Beach

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 07:00:00 -0500

From O‘ahu to Orange Beach, it's been one heck of a ride. Buckle up and get your ears on for an environmental engineering education experience par excellence courtesy humble Joel Hayworth, the Elton Z. and Lois G. Huff Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering, and the director of the newly announced Auburn University Gulf Coast Research Station.

Wilmore Woman

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 08:00:00 -0500

Materials engineering maven and pageant circuit veteran Reagan Handley is bringing as much poise to prosthetics and orthotics as she did to the runway. Her school? Auburn University. Her talent? Being smart.

Ellie Without Borders

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:00:00 -0500

From the Loveliest Village to the Saloj Village , industrial and systems engineering junior Ellie Hungerford is changing the world.

Shattered Glass

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0500

That sound you hear is 1977 civil engineering superstar Melissa Herkt taking a billion-dollar project management sledgehammer to the glass ceiling.

#GINNing heralds Gerald

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:00:00 -0500

Gerald L. Pouncey Jr. is the Chairman of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, and head of the firm's Environmental and Infrastructure Practices. He's also the latest guest on the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Listen to the 1982 chemical engineering graduate discuss his courthoom career and his Auburn legacy.

Under Pressure

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0500

Chemical engineering grad student Ayuba Akinpelu knows a thing or two about operating under pressure. Good news for us. Bad news for cancer.

Going Nuclear

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:00:00 -0500

Software engineering senior Isabelle Cochran is minoring in Nuclear Power Generation Systems. Because Nuclear power generation is about to be a major issue.

It's Pronounced Jordan

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 16:00:00 -0500

It's pronounced Jordan. Like the legendary coach. Like the legendary stadium. Like the name that will echo through the annals of structural engineering and post-windstorm reconnaissance research for years to come. War Eagle, Jordan Nakayama.

YOLO

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:00:00 -0500

Meet Silicon Valley nativen, danceline dynamo and incomparable industrial and systems engineering sophomore Paige Rosckes. She was, like, YOLO. War Eagle.

Clarke's Remarks

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0500

Engineering and long snapping — that's what Auburn does. At least that's the takeaway from our interview with mechanical engineering GTA Clarke Smith, the second long snapping Auburn Tiger to tackle the rigors of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering we've interviewed in a year. Hut, hut.

Christopher B. President

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:00:00 -0500

He finally said yes.

Auburn University President Christopher B. Roberts, ladies and gentlemen...

The Victorian Era

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:00:00 -0500

If you've detected some new energy emanating from the Shelby Center basement these days, there's a reason. Yep, the acclaimed LEGO lab is now straight up Ballard powered.

Water Quality

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:00:00 -0500

Learn how Auburn swimming sensation Meghan Lee slices through the waters of civil and environmental engineering on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Patent Lawyer Pending

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0500

Listen, if you want to be a patent attorney, stop screwing around and declare chemical engineering already. Sheesh.

'Roid Rage!

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:00:00 -0500

Did the movie "Armageddon" seriously inspire the incredible career of Toshi Hirabayashi, an aerospace engineer so apprised on the current status of the asteroid-monitoring apparatus that one of those rocky minor planets of the inner solar system actually bears his name?

Find out on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Sedimentary Lifestyle

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 16:00:00 -0500

Assistant civil and environmental engineering professor Mike Perez, head honcho at the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's Construction Stormwater Facility, doesn't have too much time for politics. But he's always interested in a good... runoff.

P.S. Yes, we know. It's "sedentary." It's like a joke.

Talkin' 'Bout Her Generation

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:00:00 -0500

If recruiting Gen Z into manufacturing jobs is like a game of chess, then let's just say this: Don't underestimate the Bishop.

Queen Elizabeth

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0500

Microenvironmental regulation of tumor progression and metastasis is an important area of focus in current cancer research. But don't take our word for it — talk to Elizabeth Lipke, the Mary and John H. Sanders Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, who's focusing on it more than anyone in the world.

Starvin' for Parvin

Wed, 25 May 2022 11:00:00 -0500

The only thing two-dimensional about the latest guest on the award-winning #GINNing Podcast are the materials she modifies with antibodies in order to instantly detect the Covid-19 virus spike protein — electronically.

So, if you've been starvin' for Parvin, then grab a heaping helping of this electrical engineering grad student's wonderful world of biosensors and microscopic masterpieces.

The Lipke Lad

Wed, 18 May 2022 15:00:00 -0500

Listen to chemical engineering junior Peter Abraham, Auburn's latest Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, discuss life, love and Lipke on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Eric Clapton's Favorite Engineer

Mon, 09 May 2022 10:00:00 -0500

Layla Araiinejad, the essay-writin', intellectual property pondering', two-time Tim Cook Scholarin' industrial and systems engineering senior who's got MIT on their knees, begging for her — darling, please.

Work — Guard Work

Fri, 06 May 2022 09:00:00 -0500

When it comes to guarding the coast, an Auburn Engineer like Andrew Kauffman is who you'll want the most.

The Marvelous Miss Mirkoohi

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:00:00 -0500

The National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence recently got a little more excellent, thanks to land of opportunity-loving Elham Mirkoohi. So get your ears on and prepare to be schooled in AI and machine learning's new role in process-structure-property relationships and convergence manufacturing and all sorts of other words. You down with PSP? Oh boy is she...

The Great Godfreys

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:00:00 -0500

Ready for the best day of your life? Well, former Auburn basketbrawler and 1986 Auburn industrial engineering graduate Gary Godfrey certainly is. Diagnosed with ALS in 2019, the only man Charles Barkley ever feared has spent the past three years preaching positivity with a rare perspective on living life to the fullest. Which is what he's doing every day with the help of his better half, and fellow 1986 Auburn industrial engineering alum, Carol. The latest example? Getting back on a bike in time for the annual Bo Bikes Bama charity event courtesy an Auburn Engineering senior design team that raced to build a custom ride for an Auburn Man who won't be denied.

Chairman of... The Board

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0500

Brad Christopher, ’91 and ’93 civil engineering, president of LBYD Engineers, may be the newest chair of the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council. But he's always been our chairman of... The Board.

Bri Bombs

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:00:00 -0500

Listen as we lob softball questions to freshman mechanical engineering super slugger Bri Ellis on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Like iRacing? Hold on for one more episode

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0500

iRacing.... is it blinking your eyes as fast as you can? A staring contest?

Or virtually revving your engine like the big boys for an endurance test that apparently can literally break your wrists. You're not going to have to hold on for one more day to find out what Austin Wilson and Austin Phillips have to say about it.

Grab a Tissue Engineer

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0500

Auburn chemical engineering doctoral candidate Mohammadjafar Hashemi's tissue engineering research is helping to further medicine’s understanding of diabetes' often deadly impact on human heart function. As Wilford Brimley would say, it's the right thing to do.

Miss Universe

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:00:00 -0500

From catwalks to spacewalks. From wearing the crown to touching down. From Miss Hoover to Miss—ion Control, PoSSUM-loving Auburn ISE junior Jordan Carraway is ready to launch.

To NASA — and beyond

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:00:00 -0600

Well, it turns out space wasn't the final frontier for Chris Crumbly, at least not under the banner of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. That's right, after 27 years at NASA, this multi-degree Auburn aerospace maestro went full private sector, savoring every last drop of Auburn's engineering nectar.

You Can't Refuse that De La Cruz

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0600

"Amaya engineer? Absolutely."

Listen to civil and environmental engineering sophomore Amaya De La Cruz discuss representation in STEM on the latest episode of the best podcast in all of higher education.

Run, Run Rudolph

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:00:00 -0600

A Paid Political Advertisement by the Tylan Rudolph For Anything He Wants to Be campaign.

PULL!

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 08:00:00 -0600

Scarborough. Jon Scarborough. This clay-killing, aerospace professor-sired senior is drawing a bead on life as an industrial and systems engineer. Want to learn more? PULL.

Bartels from the Brook

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0600

From wake boards to cosmic possums, Hannah Bartels is totally awesome. Find out why this biosystems-loving Brookie leans into every engineering challenge that comes her way.

Give'em Helicopters!

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0600

The helicopters need to shut up already, and Umberto Saetti is just the man to ensure they do.

Timm's Time

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0600

Listen to aerospace engineering senior Allison Timm discuss her hopes, her dreams and her dad. Oh, and her brother.

From Gator to Greater

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0600

Hey, you can only gain so much in Gainesville. We know that. Thankfully, for Kyle Schulze, Auburn Engineering was willing to imports them jorts, which has allowed the assistant professor in mechanical engineering to pursue everything he loved about Auburn's mission in more ways than one.

Sligh and the Family Auburn

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0600

Auburn chemical engineering freshman Sarah Kate Sligh has cerebral palsy. And a national swimming record. And a YouTube channel. And a spot on Auburn's wheelchair tennis team. And a bid from Delta Gamma. And the honor of being the latest guest on the best podcast in all of higher education. And better grades than her mom.

The Spirit of 76

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 10:00:00 -0600

While other institutions were feelin' 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. You wanna achieve? Then you want a Steve.

McDaniel the Maker

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Chemical engineering sophomore Anya McDaniel muses over the magic happening inside Auburn Engineering's new makerspace.

Rah! Rah! Raj!

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0600

We needed a Cupola Engineering Ambassador superstar. And we got him. Enjoy this conversation with software engineering senior Raj Patel.

The Pedal Pusher

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0600

Studying pedals and earning medals — that's what Jeff Lamondia does. The associate professor of civil and environmental engineering knows more the most about the rocky relationship between cyclists and motorists. And trust us when we say that there ain't nothing pedestrian about his research into pedestrians. Ready to share the road?

Lohr Eagle

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 08:00:00 -0600

Helen Lohr is her name, doing more is her game: Naval ROTC, equestrian and mechanical engineering — and those are just the highlights. So anchor down and saddle up as we learn all the lore of Helen Lohr (and what in the world Wawa is).

Work — Hardin Work

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Mechanical engineering senior Theresa Hardin tries hard in... everything. Robotic mining. Undergrad research. Building the future of prosthetics. Sorority life. Fund raising. Patent holding! Ladies and gentlemen, sit back and get your ears on for the Theresa Hardin Experience.

Bend It Like Bio

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:00:00 -0600

Alyssa Malonson has a leg up on the competition in more ways than one. Because, hey, if this whole professional soccer thing doesn't work out, this senior SEC Academic honor roller can always whip out her license to change the world, or as some call it, an Auburn biosystems engineering degree.

The Kenneth Kelly Experience

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:00:00 -0600

For Kenneth Kelly, '90 electrical engineering, giving is a part of living. Find out why the chairman and CEO of First Independence Bank — and the first African American to chair the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council — is so passionate about committing his time, energy and resources to his alma mater.

The Count of Monte Crypto

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Yellow Card chief technology officer Justin Poiroux has used his Auburn Engineering experience to corner the crypto currency exchange market on the world's second largest continent in just a few years, a feat impressive enough to recently secure $15M in Series A Funding from venture capital funds like Peter "PayPal" Thiel's Valar Ventures. That sweet little cash grab was enough to get Justin on the radar of the best podcast in higher education. Will it be enough to put his PayPal account back in good standing? Get your ears on and let's find out...

#TWINning

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:00:00 -0500

#GINNing? More like #TWINning! Yes, friends, turns out, God made deuces Sluises. And wouldn't you know it, the other one is an Auburn chemical engineer. So get your ears on and please hit play as John twists the knobs for a Sluis called T.A.

Livin' Vinita Loca

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:00:00 -0500

Let's go ahead and call Vinita Shinde the poster child of Auburn Engineering polymer research. The chemical engineering graduate student recently helped Beckingham Polymer Research Group bring home back-to-back poster awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS) for her poster, “Self-healing of thermoplastic polymer composites via environmentally friendly solvent-filled microcapsules.” Vinita breaks down what those words even mean, and shares her Auburn experience, on the latest episode of the best podcast in all of higher education.

Brazilliant!

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0500

You can take the girl out of Brazil. And you can apparently take her out of Brazil again. Yes, such was the charm of the loveliest village — both its culture and industrial and systems engineering curriculum — Miss Julia "Brasilia-born" Bitencourt chose to not only pursue her bachelor's degree, but, after a few years in industry back below the equator, to return for her master's degree. And she apparently does modeling in Europe or something.

Be Like Mike

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0500

Mike Ogles, a 1989 Auburn University mechanical engineering graduate who served the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering for several years as director of NASA programs, assistant director of the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) and as the driving force behind the Auburn Makes initiative, passed away Thursday, Oct. 14 after a six-month battle with cancer.

The latest, special episode of the #GINNing Podcast honors the Auburn Man, next-level "The Andy Griffith Show" aficionado and engineering legend whose contributions to his alma mater's efforts to advance America's space program will be felt for generations.

He was one of the first guests on the best podcast in higher education. And he was one of the best men we've ever known.

Don't Worry, Be Graddy

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:00:00 -0500

Move over Pollyanna, we've got a new term for irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything: SeAnna. That would SeAnna Graddy, the ROTC-rockin', Camp War Eagle counseling, metal health advocatin' sophomore in industrial and systems engineering who may be the most impressively positive person to parley on this podcast. Trust us, folks, you're gonna be grinning thanks ol' hashtag GINNing...

Tim Cook's Best Friend

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0500

The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers recently honored Apple CEO Tim Cook, a 1982 Auburn industrial engineering graduate, with the opportunity of chatting with industrial and systems engineering senior Annie Dorsey. What did they talk about? How did it come about? Time to find out.

The Hunt for Orange and Blue October

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0500

How did Tanner Harness get to the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering? The sub way. And we ain't talkin' the kind that get you around in New York City. We ain't talkin' sandwich artists. We're talking the nuclear powered, sonar-slingin' sardines that keep America's underwater military interests silently secure. We took a deep dive with the civil engineering senior to hear about his completely unique Auburn Engineering journey. Let's see what surfaces.

AIChE-Breaky Barbara

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:00:00 -0500

This overachieving junior in chemical engineering, is captain of the Auburn University student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Chemical Car and Jeopardy Teams, and a former undergraduate research assistant in the Beckingham Polymer Research Group. Who is Barbara Allen?

Rose-botics

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0500

From an E-Day visit in high school to flexing his findings on the fashion of the future from his own Wiggins Hall lab, wearable robotics enthusiast Chad Rose has come full circle. Listen to the assistant mechanical engineering professor discuss his Auburn journey — and his pursuit of improving human robot interaction in the rehabilitation realm — on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Electrical engineering student snaps

Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:00:00 -0500

Electrical engineering? It's a snap. At least it is for senior Jacob Quattlebaum, long snapper extraordinaire for the Auburn Tigers. Want to learn how Q-Ball makes the grade in the classroom and on the gridiron? Hut, hut...

Hailin' that Jailin

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 08:00:00 -0500

If you've ever thought that whole thing about Auburn providing the best student-centered engineering experience in America was just a slogan, just take a look at industrial and systems engineering senior Jailin Sanders. The busy bee from Bessemer is a walking, talking billboard for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. He's taken advantage of pretty much every opportunity and resource the college has to offer. His contributions to student organizations? Legion. His attitude? Infectious. So go ahead and get your ears on and hear for yourself why folks can't stop hailin' that Jailin.

Mr. Hollinger's Opus

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0500

Mechanical engineering doctoral student David Hollinger is doing his darndest to lighten the assistive device load for America's super-human soldiers of the future, turning exoskeletons into less-o-skeletons.

Patently Obvious

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:00:00 -0500

Want to be a patent attorney? Major in materials engineering. That's the advice from 1988 Auburn engineering grad Roger Wylie, who's built one of the most successful intellectual property protection careers from here to Tokyo, which is where you recently could have found the product of one of his clients. Yeah, an Auburn man sealed the patent deal on the Olympic torch. Now that's a legacy you can't extinguish.

Larry the Transportation Guy

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:00:00 -0500

When it came time to bring Auburn's world-class transportation research groups under one umbrella, the university had to find the perfect someone to actually hold it — someone strong in the field, who could flex and fund-raise and facilitate the sort of real-world, life-changing innovations state DOTs and industry leaders have come to expect from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. All of which is to say, we hope you enjoy learning aboot Larry Rilett.

Making It Rain

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 12:00:00 -0500

Jaime Schussler may have mud in her blood, but there ain't nothing sedentary about her sedimentary lifestyle. Through access to the world's largest slip and slide or whatever, the GRA in civil and environmental engineering is taking the stormwater management world by storm, and makin' it rain in more ways than one.

Skate Expectations

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:00:00 -0500

Sarah Mai Broddus believes in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with her fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all... on the skating rink...

The Full Nelson

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0500

Wake up, listeners, we think Maggie's got somethin' to say to you. It's mid July and she's doing really well in school.

Good Citations

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0500

Ujjwal Guin. Ever heard of him? Well, the White House has. His paper “Counterfeit Integrated Circuits: A Rising Threat in the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain” was cited in a June White House report on building resilient supply chains, revitalizing American manufacturing, and fostering broad-based growth. Let's find out why.

Mit's Millions

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 13:00:00 -0500

Mechanical engineering senior Mit Patel grew up in the c-store industry. Now he's revolutionizing it.

Nano her business

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:00:00 -0500

No, she's not a mid-90s cover artist. Alana MacLachlan is a graduate research assistant in materials engineering, doing incredible things in Advanced Nanomaterials Engineering Laboratory. Sure, she may have one hand in her pocket. But you oughta know that she's wearing a lab coat.

Engineerin' is goooood

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 15:00:00 -0500

What do Kid Rock, "American Idol" and Auburn Engineering all have in common? You're looking at it. Ladies and gentlemen, Savannah Sawyer.

Dumb Luck

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:00:00 -0500

From vomiting in zero gravity to calling out former students for indecent exposure to teaching remotely while stuck for months in India, Sushil Bhavnani's Auburn career is the stuff of legend. So how does the Henry M. Burt Jr. Professor of mechanical engineering explain his phenomenal success? "Dumb luck."

The Formula formula

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 14:00:00 -0500

Mechanical engineering senior Matt Miller, team captain and electric car engineer for War Eagle Motorsports, is going places. First stop? The finish line.

Power of the Pendulum

Tue, 25 May 2021 14:00:00 -0500

Got a job opening? Emily Schramek wants to fill it. The Auburn senior from Birmingham's Mountain of Oaks has the skills to pay the bills, which is exactly why she chose chemical engineering in the first place. You're welcome, Stanford.

Spider Woman

Thu, 20 May 2021 10:00:00 -0500

New chemical engineering assistant professor Symone Alexander spins a web of research wonders in this conversation on extreme organismic biophysics and ultra-fast motion in nature. Want s'more Symone? So do we.

The Austin Phillips Experience

Mon, 10 May 2021 10:00:00 -0500

Austin Phillips meets Austin Phillips. Let the insanity begin.

Is Travis asphalt here?

Thu, 06 May 2021 10:00:00 -0500

Travis Walbeck, training manager for the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT), delivers the scoop on Training in Your Pocket, the premiere short, entertaining, instructional YouTube channel for standard asphalt test procedures in the lab and field.

The Nuclear Option

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 15:00:00 -0500

Mechanical engineering professor Rick Williams loves going nuclear on his students. And apparently, according to this year's Auburn Engineering faculty awards, they love it, too.

#EngineeringGoals

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0500

Let's just say that mechanical engineering graduate and current industrial and systems engineering master's student Taylor Troutman knows how to use her head...

Castin' with Gaston

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:00:00 -0500

Maury Gaston, '82 mechanical engineering, has worked for the same company for all 38 years of his illustrious career in engineering sales and marketing. You're welcome, American Cast Iron Pipe.

The Outstanding Shelby Wales

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0500

Senior Shelby Wales is the latest recipient of the fabulously prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, which, you know, isn't just awarded to anyone. So, hey — maybe she'll keep going with this whole chemical engineering thing. Seems to have worked out pretty well so far...

Eyes of the Tiger

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 15:00:00 -0500

Rising up, back on the street. He did his time, took his chances. He went the distance, now he's definitely on his feet... just a man named Steve Hamilton, '84 chemical engineering, and his will to heal eyes.

Get a Grip

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0500

For Casey Waid, it's all about connecting people back to the college they love. And who better to hold their hand on the journey home than one of their own. That's right, the Auburn diploma hanging in the office of this Samuel Ginn College of Engineering development officer reads "chemical engineering." Of course, you better be careful - ol' Casey's got a grip that might break your hand as he guides you to that promised land.

Different Strokes

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:00:00 -0500

Is high finance a valid use of an engineering degree? Uh, is pool water wet? Why don’t we let 1985 industrial and systems engineering grad Dan Phillips take a crack at those questions...

Concrete Plans

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Of course she has concrete plans for the future. For crying out loud, she's the president of the American Concrete Institute student chapter, which just earned Auburn an ACI Excellent University designation for the 6th year in a row. (Can you say "Dynasty?") So, yeah, when it comes to Kelly, we say Turner loose.

The Swoll Weevil

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Don't mess with Jacob vonEschenbach. Just don't mess with him. Because when this Enterprise-bred, arm and leg-acy Auburn engineering walk-on warrior sees a challenge, he tackles it head on.

German for Squirrel

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:00:00 -0600

In German, her last name may mean Squirrel. But around these parts, it means Best Student Worker of the Year. Well, no, technically, she hasn’t won — not yet. But she’d better, because Natalie Eichorn deserves all the kudos coming to her. This Austin-bred, Accenture-bound software engineering senior has lightened the web work load for our IT guy, and serves as a shining example of success for future Auburn Engineers as a Cupola Ambassador. Software engineering? It’s been a tough nut to crack. But this super smart Squirrel is on the right track.

The Best of Brittany

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Brittany Ransom has more student organization leadership positions than you can count. But the mechanical engineering junior isn't just padding her portfolio for the kudos. She's doing it to put herself in position to attack the problems of urban infrastructure and, as she puts it in her National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program bio — reinvent the world.

Silva Dollars

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:00:00 -0600

Last summer, we learned he's an investigator on that $3 million FAA project with Auburn's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence. Last month? That he'll be researching lead-free defense electronics thanks to a $7 million award from the Dept. of Defense. His name may be Daniel Silva, but friends, this assistant Industrial and Systems Engineering professor is bringing home the gold...

How West Was Won

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:00:00 -0600

It's a classic tale of redemption and revelation: A young Bama fan considering journalism comes to Auburn on a whim, takes one look at the engineering campus, and is forever changed. This is how Anna Layne West was won.

Meeting Miss Melanie Monaghan

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:00:00 -0600

Romance. Civil Engineering. Boll Weevils. Alliteration. This episode of the award-winning #GINNing has it all.

Happy Trails

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:00:00 -0600

How Jessica "Dixie" Mills' long hike through the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering took her to the summit of YouTube success.

The Cornhole King

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Friends, Auburn Engineering's alumni trophy case is bursting at the seams. There's the the CEO of the world's first trillion-dollar company, astronauts galore, the PowerPoint Prince.... and now we have to make room for Travis Moore — the Cornhole King. The senior in civil and environmental engineering just took home the doubles crown from the National College Cornhole Championship, defeating a duo from North Carolina State in one of the most thrilling finishes the competition has ever seen.

Structural Integrity

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:00:00 -0600

Associate Civil and Environmental professor Justin Marshall was looking for a little structure in his life when he came to Auburn...and boy did he get it.

Gentlemen, Start Your Software

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:00:00 -0600

There may be no T in his name, but there's plenty of speed in his game. Yessir, come October, Bevly Boy Will Bryan and his new master's degree will be kicking back and letting the code take the wheel in the Indy Autonomous Challenge at 200 driverless miles per hour.
Eat your heart out, Mario Lemiuex.

Feel the Bern

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:00:00 -0600

Bernie Moussad just graduated from Auburn University with a 4.0 GPA in computer engineering. He's dedicating his career to researching bioinformatics. Unfortunately, Bernie Sanders ruined his life.

The Dukes of Hueytown

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:00:00 -0600

Hueytown-born Patrick Duke, ’99 civil, reflects on life as an Auburn-trained engineer.

OK, Google...

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 08:00:00 -0600

...who is Andrew McGehee?

Livy Legend

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0600

You've seen her face. Now hear her story. Ladies and gentlemen, Livy Green.

Going, going... Dawn

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 10:00:00 -0600

Dearly Beloved, our only regret in this oh-so-memorable interview with oh-so-impressive Procter & Gamble-bound chemical engineering senior Nathan Wall is that we didn't get him to actually pop the question right then and there.

Ride the Wave

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:00:00 -0600

Mechanical engineering senior Zac Young recently tossed a no hitter at the 2020 SEC Student Pitch Competition with a gold-mine of a gadget called the Wave Timer. Caution: High voltage ahead.

Research Renaissance Man

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 10:00:00 -0600

What exactly is a research engineer? Christian Brodbeck, one of the best around, enlightens us on the latest episode of the #GINNing Podcast.

From Lagos with Love

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0500

Sometimes we wonder whether a guest really meets the criteria. But we didn't think twice about the man from Nigeria.

The Legend of Nelda

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:00:00 -0500

Nelda Lee — Boeing your mind since '69.

Vicki McLendon, Target Acquired

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:00:00 -0500

Ethical Hacking. Oxymoron? Scam? Or an essential ingredient in educating the next generation of secret agents inspired by that 1992 film ol' Jer just can't seem to shut up about? Whatever you decide after listening to this interview with Vicki McLendon, just remember... it's all about the information.

Sorry, Tar Heels - Bowers is Ours

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 13:00:00 -0500

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of assistant civil and environmental professor Benjamin Bowers' mug, please contact the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

Dremere is Here

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0500

A Be the Creed honoree... a WayUp’s Intern 100 list member... a two-time technical intern with GE Aviation... and he's only a sophomore? You had your chance, Bama.

Fighting For Students

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:00:00 -0500

If you're trying to replace the Auburn University Employee of the Year in the middle of a pandemic, you need to hire the best. Thankfully, for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Andrew McGill is a seasoned fighter, who, when it comes to student recruiting, has more big wins under his belt than Conor McGregor.

Engineering Emily

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -0500

Her mom, her dad.. her grandfather, her other grandfather... even her uncles! Sure, Emily Traylor could do one of those Ancestry DNA tests things if she wanted. But why waste the time or money when the results are obvious? This woman is 100 percent Auburn Engineer.

I think ICAMS, I think ICAMS, I think ICAMS...

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:00:00 -0500

Industry 4.0? More like Industry 4.2 million. Yep, that's how much the U.S. Department of Defense recently awarded to the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing. Time to grab associate industrial and systems engineering professor Greg Harris and find out why...

Sam and Diane

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 22:00:00 -0500

Making your way in the Sam Ginn College of Engineering today takes everything you've got. Diane Sherrard, program administrator for 100+ Women Strong, knows that mentorship from other strong women sure would help a lot. Wouldn't you like to recruit, reward and retain...

Concrete Canoe and Tyler, Too

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 16:00:00 -0500

There's a graduate research assistant in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering who hasn't let COVID-19 keep him from living his best 2020. That's just what the promise of access to the most incredible structural engineering lab in the world will do a man. From toothpick bridges to concrete canoes, ladies and gentleman, Tyler Norman.

Fecal Matters

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 21:00:00 -0500

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.

Water We Working On?

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0500

Sustainability of water resources, particularly in water-scarce environments, is a tricky subject. We know that. Thankfully for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, few people know more about it than Frances O'Donnell, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering... and apparently, like, the 60th person ever to sign up for Facebook. That's right, she was getting her B.A. at a college called Harvard right at the start of the Zuckerberg Zeitgeist, and later went on for a Ph.D at a school called Princeton. Never heard of them. But whatever, the point is, she's an Auburn woman now. Cluster Hire Eagle.

Droid Rage

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 20:00:00 -0500

Is Thaddeus A. Roppel, associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, an agent of Skynet? A freedom fighter in the Rebellion against the Empire? Time will tell.

Oldfather, New Doctor

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 19:00:00 -0500

Ballerina. Daredevil. International tourist. Wheelchair basketballer enthusiast. Now add to the list, doctor. Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Taylor Oldfather. Biomechanics will never be the same.

Well, Algae Damned...

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Brendan Higgins, assistant professor of biosystems engineering, is doing his part to make sure nothing in this world goes to waste — not even waste.2

Flexible Future

Sun, 19 Jul 2020 18:00:00 -0500

Rigid technologies are quickly going the way of the buffalo thanks to visionaries like Pradeep Lall and his four — count'em, four — degrees. Listen to the John and Anne MacFarlane Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering explain why the future of electronics will be flexible.

Best Hire Ever?

Sat, 11 Jul 2020 14:00:00 -0500

Learn how communications specialist Lauren Winton has put a new spin on donor relations success stories.

Pay the Price

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Shannon Price believes in work — network. Hear how the director of network services kept the college up and running in the age of remote instruction.

Estonia? I hardly know ya'

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Drew Springall can sum up his best practice advice for online voting in one word: DON'T.

The Quantum Leap

Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:00:00 -0500

Associate electrical and computer engineering professor Mark Adams readies his photonics torpedoes on the latest episode of #GINNing.

Concrete Answers

Sun, 07 Jun 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Associate professor Robbie Barnes weighs in on the wonders of civil engineering, and marvels at the latest monument to Auburn's structural engineering empire.

Fare Thee Well, Duke of Shelby

Sun, 31 May 2020 21:00:00 -0500

Steve Duke, the college’s former associate dean for academics, is rejoining his fellow chemical engineers in the legendary labs of Ross Hall. Why trade the front office for the front lines? What did he learn in his seven significant years of administration? Time to find out.

Go West, Young Man

Mon, 25 May 2020 21:00:00 -0500

His last name may be Easterling, but this mechanical engineering senior plans to take his training and talents all the way to Frisco.

Just Sku It!

Sun, 17 May 2020 13:00:00 -0500

Another episode... another Tiger Cage Business Idea Competition winner... another couple of Auburn Engineering students intent on disrupting an entire industry before graduation. War Eagle.

What About Bob?

Thu, 07 May 2020 20:00:00 -0500

Bob Karcher, retiring assistant dean of student services, reflects on an incredible 22 years with the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

The Topic? Philanthropic!

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0500

Margaret Arnold, new senior director of development for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, weighs in on the phenomenal philanthropy of Auburn Engineers.

The Little Engineer That Could

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0500

Emma Little, a senior in electrical engineering, offers a little pandemic-persevering perspective on finishing her degree in the age of remote instruction.

Return of the Ninjaneer

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0500

Ryan Hill, Auburn mechanical engineering alum extraordinaire, updates us on RE-InVENT, reflects on his time at Auburn... and dishes the dirt on Michael Zabala.

Tom Burch RE-InVENTs himself

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:00:00 -0500

They call Tom Burch an engineer's engineer. So no, he wasn't interested in some Cracker Jack academic exercise. If he was going to build an emergency ventilator system, he was going to build one that might actually have a chance to save some lives. And it took him and Auburn Engineering's Re-InVENT team just two days to do it.

Pandemic Podcast

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 09:00:00 -0500

Well, we didn't think we'd be celebrating a year's worth of the best podcast in higher education during a pandemic. But here we are!

Wood's World

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:00:00 -0500

Thanks to this industrious industrial engineering sophomore, construction sites may never be the same.

The Frito-Lady

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Dorito Diva Katelyn Rheinlander credits her delectable day job to Auburn's Department of Biosystems Engineering.

Team Work Makes The Theme Work

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 14:00:00 -0600

Auburn's Theme Park Engineering Group has the thrill skills to pay the big bills, and mechanical engineering senior Katie Bowman is one of the reason's why.

Ayers Apparent

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 14:00:00 -0600

Emerging contaminants. It's a problem. We know that. But thankfully, Meredith Ayers Feltman is on a quest to find a solution.

Good Golly, Miss Polly

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:00:00 -0600

How do you solve a problem like Maria? Work—hard work, like the kind of committed interdisciplinary collaboration going down at Auburn University's Center for Polymers and Advanced Composites.

Spare the Rod, Spoil the Road

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:00:00 -0600

We recommend you listen to this episode of #GINNing on your morning or afternoon commute. Because Rod Turochy is among the nation’s elite transportation faculty, and you'll never look at rush hour the same way again.

Fostering Foster

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:00:00 -0600

She's only a sophomore, but little Adia Foster is already making a big name for herself in software engineering.

We want some-more-a Remora

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 13:00:00 -0600

How is the group of Auburn aerospace engineering students led by Zack Wadzinski waging a war on plastic waste in waterways around the globe? With an army of trash-targeting autonomous aquatic drones that's sure to put smiles on the faces of business investors. Time to go green, if you know what I mean...

Solving the Puzzle of AI's role in Cybersecurity

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:00:00 -0600

You want prestigious cybersecurity research? Look no further than Daniel Tauritz, chief cyber AI strategist for the Auburn Cyber Research Center.

Signs of the Times

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:00:00 -0600

Recent innovations have helped lessen the language barrier between American Sign Language and English speakers. But Electrical and Computer Engineering senior Ryan McGill thinks he can remove the whole thing.

Jim Odom: Rocket Man

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 09:00:00 -0600

’55 mechanical engineering grad, Jim Odom, was an Apollo program pioneer and led the development for the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Art of Slotkin

Sat, 14 Dec 2019 14:00:00 -0600

The history of Auburn Engineering is long and illustrious. And no one alive knows it better than 1968 aerospace graduate Art Slotkin.

Magnetic Personality

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 08:00:00 -0600

A look inside the most-scanned brain in Auburn—Auburn University MRI Research Center Director Tom Denney's.

The Power Pointer

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0600

What's the point of interviewing freshman computer engineering major Seth Maddox? POWER.

Meet world-champion Power Pointer Seth Maddox, the pride of Geraldine.

Great to "Bee" an Auburn Engineer

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 09:00:00 -0600

Eddie Strickland is a senior in mechanical engineering, power lifter and a ROTC member but find out what truly keeps him busy as a bee.

Talk About Traffic Noise..

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:00:00 -0600

The brain child of industrial engineering grad Tim Arnold, Auburn's new 'War Eagle Road,' the first musical road on a college campus, gives a whole new meaning to traffic noise.

There she is...

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:00:00 -0500

Collins McMurray, the new crowned Miss Auburn University, is a freshman in chemical engineering, kicking class and taking names.

All We Do Is Wind: A Thurow Discussion of Aerospace Engineering

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:00:00 -0500

Brian Thurow, chair of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, joins the best podcast in all of higher education to discuss Auburn's efforts to put the space back into aerospace.

Algorithm and Blues

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 13:00:00 -0500

These days, you can't go a week without seeing assistant professor of computer science and software engineering Anh Nguyen's name in a tech blog. Time to deep learn why...

Big Development

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:00:00 -0500

Auburn Engineering development officer David Mattox is getting cash and taking names. Somebody break out the Guinness Book...

Capture Carbon or Dioxide Trying

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:00:00 -0500

C02 is the problem. Lauren Beckingham may be the solution.

Will Phillips, Reel Engineer

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:00:00 -0500

Senior mechanical engineering major Will Phillips just helped Auburn's bass fishing team win yet another national championship. Science, yo.

Jan Davis' month in space

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 08:00:00 -0500

How many astronauts has Auburn produced? There's too many to count. And yet there's only Jan Davis.

Finding Nima

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 08:00:00 -0500

In just six years time, Nima Shamsaei, the Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Distinguished Associate Professor and director of the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence, has become a name above all names in the world of 3-D printing. But to keep the promise of the AM revolution, we still need more Nima.

OK, All Right Guys

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:00:00 -0500

The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is riding for the brand. In other words, ain't no thwartin' Mike Horton, the senior offensive guard helping Auburn Football engineer a championship

Friction Addiction

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 08:00:00 -0500

The best podcast in higher education runs like well-oiled machine, which is something Rob Jackson knows all about. Get your ears on, and your gears ready... it's tribology time.

Student Sewer Solutions

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:00:00 -0500

Sure, we could put out bids to some sort of consulting group or contractor to help us reduce the 5 million gallons of city tap water the college uses each August just to feed the cooling towers. But why would we when we have the genius students of the Auburn University Energy and Natural Resources Project at our disposal?

Student Recruiting, Taylor Made

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 08:00:00 -0500

There's no down time for Recruiting and Scholarships director Jessica Taylor. But with a job that rewarding, why would you want there to be?

Hall of Fame

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:00:00 -0500

You'd be hard pressed to find anyone more passionate about helping students reach their potential than Eric Hall, program coordinator for Auburn's Academic Excellence Program sponsored by Alabama Power. Dude is so popular and positive that people call him the Mayor. And from the sound of it, he knows how to govern.

The Marshal Art

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:00:00 -0500

If it seems like soon-to-be mechanical engineering graduate Ben Ratliff is Mr. Everything in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, it's because he kind of is. Engineering Student Council president... summer graduation marshal... Freshman Leadership Program committee member... and he's all over that Big Event stuff. Let's find out what makes Big Ben tick.

The Jim Killian Experience

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:00:00 -0500

What can you say about a man like Jim Killian, who in 1984 took over a one-man shop and turned it into the best-podcast-in-higher-education producing, communications and marketing juggernaut that is today? Let's find out...

The Fixer

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0500

Ed Lewis... common name, uncommon man. Over the course of his career, the senior advisor to the Dean of the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering has improved the processes on everything from Combos production to record-setting fundraising campaigns. And thankfully, then 1972 industrial engineering graduate passion for his alma mater knows no bounds.

Smart Materials and Nanomedicine—that's what Allan David DOES.

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0500

From India to Maryland to Michigan to Auburn—Allan David is on a quest. The John W. Brown Associate Professor is setting biomedical benchmarks with his smarts on smart materials and nanomaterials and all that amazing stuff. Gadolinium toxicity, you have met your match...

Hitting Mechanics

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:00:00 -0500

Thanks to his new master's degree in mechanical engineering, Auburn baseball player Brett Olson has a sure-fire, well-paying way out from his famous father's shadow.

Buzzwords

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0500

If you were to create a word cloud corresponding to asphalt industry opinion of NCAT Assistant Director and Test Track Manager Buzz Powell, the term "Foremost Expert" would be as big and bold as it gets. Trust us—20 minutes of Dr. Buzz talking pavement poundin' does not disappoint.

World of War Eagle Craft

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 12:00:00 -0500

Computer Science and Software Engineering professor Cheryl Seals, the pride of Homer, Louisiana, has a passion for diversity in computing, a soft-spot for World of Warcraft, and a "Living Legend" plaque on her mantle. Enough said.

Gabbin' with Gavin

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 16:00:00 -0500

For Auburn engineering legend Charles Gavin, it's not about the amount of the donations. It's not about getting your name on the building you spent half your college career in. It's about making a difference in the lives of future engineers ... and making sure they pronounce "textile" correctly.

The Walt Vault

Thu, 30 May 2019 16:00:00 -0500

Simply put, Auburn University wouldn't be what it is without 1969 aerospace engineering graduate Walt Woltosz. Neither would the space shuttle, Stephen Hawking, or, you know, the world.

The Man, the Myth, the Lego

Fri, 24 May 2019 08:00:00 -0500

Tom Devall, Director of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering's Auto Manufacturing Initiatives, is a mean Lean Manufacturing machine. Hear him explain why the auto industry keeps asking to come over to his house to play.

Think Big, Make Small—It’s a Micro World After All

Thu, 16 May 2019 15:00:00 -0500

What's next for Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Michael Hamilton? Nano your business. But here's what we DO know—for an expert in quantum computing and stuff, dude is really, really into algae...

Flippin' Awesome

Fri, 03 May 2019 16:00:00 -0500

Leg injuries so traumatic they instantly went viral might derail an average college senior. Thankfully, there's nothing average about gymnastics star Sam Cerio. The Auburn aerospace engineer is about to trade the mat for the real world, and there's no way she's not sticking the landing.

Degree of Success

Fri, 03 May 2019 16:00:00 -0500

New Auburn engineering graduate Katelyn Jenkins feels guilty if she fills up the tank anywhere other than ExxonMobil. Time to find out why...

Simply Zabest: Meet Auburn's Biomechanics Maestro

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:00:00 -0500

Michael Zabala could be teaching anywhere—MIT, Stanford, Harvard. But why settle?

Risky Business

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:00:00 -0500

Meet the Guardian from Ghana. Learn how Emmanuel Winful is turning the world's best engineering college into the world's safest engineering college.

The Soul of Jackson Hole

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Star student Natalie Palmquist on the road to the Rhodes, life in Turkey, and how Auburn Engineering is changing the world.

Firewalling the Future: Consequences For America's Cyber Aggressors

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Frank Cilluffo, director of Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, discusses America's new cybersecurity paradigm.

Cinderella Story: Auburn Engineering In The Final Four

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Cole Blackstock, a senior in electrical engineering and forward on the men’s basketball team, joins the show to talk about the Tigers’ magical run to the Final Four and the rigors of balancing an engineering curriculum and championship basketball.

Space Invaders: The Road To Mars Goes Through Auburn

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Mike Ogles, Auburn University director of NASA programs, joins the #GINNing podcast to discuss NASA's long-standing partnership with Auburn and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

Mr. Twister

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500

David Roueche, Auburn University assistant professor of civil engineering, is featured on the #GINNing Podcast premiere to share lessons learned from the March 3, 2019 Lee County tornadoes.