Return of the Ninjaneer
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.
Apr 17, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 52
#GINNing Podcast
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Tom Burch RE-InVENTs himself
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.
Apr 07, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 51
Pandemic Podcast
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!
Mar 20, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Wood's World
Thanks to this industrious industrial engineering sophomore, construction sites may never be the same.
Mar 11, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 49
The Frito-Lady
Dorito Diva Katelyn Rheinlander credits her delectable day job to Auburn's Department of Biosystems Engineering.
Mar 05, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Team Work Makes The Theme Work
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.
Feb 28, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Ayers Apparent
Emerging contaminants. It's a problem. We know that. But thankfully, Meredith Ayers Feltman is on a quest to find a solution.
Feb 21, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Good Golly, Miss Polly
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.
Feb 14, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Road
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.
Feb 07, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Fostering Foster
She's only a sophomore, but little Adia Foster is already making a big name for herself in software engineering.
Jan 31, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 43
We want some-more-a Remora
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...
Jan 24, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Solving the Puzzle of AI's role in Cybersecurity
You want prestigious cybersecurity research? Look no further than Daniel Tauritz, chief cyber AI strategist for the Auburn Cyber Research Center.
Jan 17, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Signs of the Times
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.
Jan 10, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Jim Odom: Rocket Man
’55 mechanical engineering grad, Jim Odom, was an Apollo program pioneer and led the development for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Dec 20, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 39
The Art of Slotkin
The history of Auburn Engineering is long and illustrious. And no one alive knows it better than 1968 aerospace graduate Art Slotkin.
Dec 14, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Magnetic Personality
A look inside the most-scanned brain in Auburn—Auburn University MRI Research Center Director Tom Denney's.
Dec 06, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 37
The Power Pointer
What's the point of interviewing freshman computer engineering major Seth Maddox? POWER. Meet world-champion Power Pointer Seth Maddox, the pride of Geraldine.
Nov 22, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Great to "Bee" an Auburn Engineer
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.
Nov 15, 2019•19 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Talk About Traffic Noise..
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.
Nov 08, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 34
There she is...
Collins McMurray, the new crowned Miss Auburn University, is a freshman in chemical engineering, kicking class and taking names.
Nov 01, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 33
All We Do Is Wind: A Thurow Discussion of Aerospace Engineering
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.
Oct 25, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Algorithm and Blues
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...
Oct 18, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Big Development
Auburn Engineering development officer David Mattox is getting cash and taking names. Somebody break out the Guinness Book...
Oct 11, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Capture Carbon or Dioxide Trying
C02 is the problem. Lauren Beckingham may be the solution.
Oct 04, 2019•22 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Will Phillips, Reel Engineer
Senior mechanical engineering major Will Phillips just helped Auburn's bass fishing team win yet another national championship. Science, yo.
Sep 27, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Jan Davis' month in space
How many astronauts has Auburn produced? There's too many to count. And yet there's only Jan Davis.
Sep 20, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Finding Nima
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.
Sep 13, 2019•18 min•Season 1Ep. 26
OK, All Right Guys
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
Sep 06, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Friction Addiction
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.
Aug 23, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Student Sewer Solutions
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?
Aug 15, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 23
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