Kevin Kane a freshman from Elberta, Ala., that is majoring in Civil Engineering. Kane is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter at Auburn University.
This weekend he attended a conference in Orlando, Fla. Kane was a member of the concrete canoe team.
The Auburn students did well. The concrete canoe team placed third and Auburn placed second overall.
Click to launch pop up and have the text portion read to you.
Darren Dachelet, a Civil Engineering graduate student here at Auburn, spent last Friday, February 29, introducing students to the fascinating world of engineering on E-Day. On E-Day high school students are invited to Auburn to visit our various engineering departments. In the video below, Dachelet tells us about how he shared his passion for his research with the students on E-Day.
Click to launch pop up and have the text portion read to you.
Auburn University is well known for the great deal of research that is conducted on its campus. Every college has in the past or is working on ground breaking research in their field. From the College of Veterinarian Medicine to the College of Education there is an abundance of faculty and staff working to enhance their area of expertise.
Last week The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center hosted the 4th Annual Alabama Agricultural Energy Conference. People from all over the state attended as well as professors from numerous departments here at Auburn. Many of the other colleges and universities from around the state were also in attendance. The event was sponsored by Auburn Universities Natural Resources Management Development Institute and the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.
(more…)
Click to launch pop up and have the text portion read to you.
Auburn University is often jokingly called a cow college because of its extensive roots in agriculture. Not many people know that Auburn’s physics and engineering departments are highly acclaimed by NASA and other space engineering organizations. One campus group that is making quite a name for itself is the Auburn University Student Space Program (AUSSP).
The organization is funded by a NASA grant is recognized by space engineering organizations such as NASA and Boeing as a “premier student-led space organization.” (more…)
Click to launch pop up and have the text portion read to you.
Designing a power plant would be considered by many to be a close to impossible task, but to William Hayes it is the first of many extensive design challenges he will encounter. Hayes is a senior in mechanical engineering and his Thermodynamics II professor is assigning students this task for their final project. Hayes is ready for the challenge, but it has taken him a hand full of classes and the completion of several projects requiring the use of relational concepts to reach this point.
Hayes is grateful for the fact that he is subjected to this type of experience. “Mechanical engineering is a tough major and it requires a lot of time and hard work, but its worth it to me because it is what I want to do in my future,” said Hayes. On average, he studies two hours and does at least two homework assignments a day.
Hayes is in his fourth year at Auburn, but plans to graduate next December. He would like to pursue a career with Alabama Power.
Click to launch pop up and have the text portion read to you.
