Going Nuclear
Software engineering senior Isabelle Cochran is minoring in Nuclear Power Generation Systems. Because Nuclear power generation is about to be a major issue.
Aug 19, 2022•18 min•Season 4Ep. 171
#GINNing Podcast
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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It's Pronounced Jordan
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.
Aug 15, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 170
YOLO
Meet Silicon Valley nativen, danceline dynamo and incomparable industrial and systems engineering sophomore Paige Rosckes. She was, like, YOLO. War Eagle.
Aug 03, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 169
Clarke's Remarks
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.
Jul 22, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 168
Christopher B. President
He finally said yes. Auburn University President Christopher B. Roberts, ladies and gentlemen...
Jul 20, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 167
The Victorian Era
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.
Jul 01, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 166
Water Quality
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.
Jun 30, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 165
Patent Lawyer Pending
Listen, if you want to be a patent attorney, stop screwing around and declare chemical engineering already. Sheesh.
Jun 28, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 164
'Roid Rage!
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.
Jun 23, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 163
Sedimentary Lifestyle
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.
Jun 16, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 162
Talkin' 'Bout Her Generation
If recruiting Gen Z into manufacturing jobs is like a game of chess, then let's just say this: Don't underestimate the Bishop.
Jun 10, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 161
Queen Elizabeth
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.
Jun 02, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 160
Starvin' for Parvin
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.
May 25, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 159
The Lipke Lad
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.
May 18, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 158
Eric Clapton's Favorite Engineer
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.
May 09, 2022•16 min•Season 4Ep. 157
Work — Guard Work
When it comes to guarding the coast, an Auburn Engineer like Andrew Kauffman is who you'll want the most.
May 06, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 156
The Marvelous Miss Mirkoohi
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...
Apr 29, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 155
The Great Godfreys
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...
Apr 22, 2022•28 min•Season 4Ep. 154
Chairman of... The Board
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.
Apr 13, 2022•22 min•Season 4Ep. 153
Bri Bombs
Listen as we lob softball questions to freshman mechanical engineering super slugger Bri Ellis on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.
Apr 11, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 152
Like iRacing? Hold on for one more episode
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.
Mar 28, 2022•19 min•Season 4Ep. 151
Grab a Tissue Engineer
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.
Mar 25, 2022•18 min•Season 4Ep. 150
Miss Universe
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.
Mar 18, 2022•20 min•Season 3Ep. 149
To NASA — and beyond
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.
Mar 04, 2022•21 min•Season 3Ep. 148
You Can't Refuse that De La Cruz
"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.
Mar 02, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 147
Run, Run Rudolph
A Paid Political Advertisement by the Tylan Rudolph For Anything He Wants to Be campaign.
Feb 23, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 146
PULL!
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.
Feb 18, 2022•18 min•Season 3Ep. 145
Bartels from the Brook
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.
Feb 15, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 144
Give'em Helicopters!
The helicopters need to shut up already, and Umberto Saetti is just the man to ensure they do .
Feb 10, 2022•25 min•Season 3Ep. 143
Timm's Time
Listen to aerospace engineering senior Allison Timm discuss her hopes, her dreams and her dad. Oh, and her brother.
Jan 31, 2022•16 min•Season 3Ep. 142
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