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#GINNing Podcast

Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineeringeng.auburn.edu

The best podcast in higher education, brought to you by Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Hosted by Austin Phillips and Jeremy Henderson. 

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Episodes

Floyd the Racer

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.

Jul 03, 202522 minSeason 7Ep. 321

Testing the Waters

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....

Jun 27, 202521 minSeason 7Ep. 320

Opulent Flocculant

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 ....

Jun 22, 202525 minSeason 7Ep. 319

Concrete Plans

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 .

Jun 13, 202520 minSeason 7Ep. 318

Miss Autonomous

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.

Jun 06, 202528 minSeason 7Ep. 317

Pooling Resources

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.

May 30, 202523 minSeason 7Ep. 316

The Young Superstar

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

May 23, 202523 minSeason 7Ep. 315

To Air is Human

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.

May 19, 202523 minSeason 7Ep. 314

Order Mor Chikin

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.

May 08, 202528 minSeason 7Ep. 313

Accentuated

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.

May 02, 202526 minSeason 7Ep. 312

Joah's Arc

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.

Apr 25, 202522 minSeason 7Ep. 311

Doin' Fine at Gate 9

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 .

Apr 18, 202528 minSeason 7Ep. 310

The Juggler

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.

Apr 11, 202523 minSeason 7Ep. 309

@KrazyKlementine

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 .

Apr 03, 202523 minSeason 7Ep. 308

Mr. Mister

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 .)

Mar 27, 202525 minSeason 7Ep. 307

Thinking Inside the Box

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 .

Mar 21, 202524 minSeason 7Ep. 306

There's Something About Mary

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.)

Mar 16, 202522 minSeason 6Ep. 305

Engineering All The Way To The Bank

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 .

Mar 07, 202522 minSeason 6Ep. 304

Raising the Bars

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 .

Feb 27, 202518 minSeason 6Ep. 303

Major Laser

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.

Feb 21, 202523 minSeason 6Ep. 302

Advantage Engineering

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.

Feb 14, 202522 minSeason 6Ep. 301

That Creed Speed

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 ....

Feb 07, 202522 minSeason 6Ep. 300

Madison from Madison

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.

Jan 31, 202522 minSeason 6Ep. 299

Smarter Carter

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.

Jan 26, 202522 minSeason 6Ep. 298

Exoskeletons in the Closet

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.

Jan 17, 202521 minSeason 6Ep. 297

Computer Scientist, M.D.

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.

Jan 10, 202524 minSeason 6Ep. 296

Jon Wilson's War Eagle

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

Jan 05, 202521 minSeason 6Ep. 295

The Ambassador

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....

Dec 28, 202422 minSeason 6Ep. 294

Mr. Materials

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

Dec 19, 202422 minSeason 6Ep. 293

Power Player

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.

Dec 12, 202419 minSeason 6Ep. 292
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