#GINNing Podcast

Big Dam Deal

May 19, 2023 16:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

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

May 05, 2023 15:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

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...

Since she was 13

May 04, 2023 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

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!

April 28, 2023 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

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

April 21, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

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

April 14, 2023 15:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

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

April 06, 2023 13:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

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

March 31, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MB

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

March 22, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

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 podc...

Dog's Best Friend

March 17, 2023 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

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

March 06, 2023 21:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

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

March 03, 2023 13:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

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

Fluid Situation

February 23, 2023 17:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MB

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

February 16, 2023 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

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

February 09, 2023 22:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

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

The Path of Khan

February 02, 2023 20:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB

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

Richer Radar

January 26, 2023 21:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

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!

January 20, 2023 15:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

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

January 13, 2023 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

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.

Secret Clearance

January 13, 2023 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

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.

When you wish upon a Stahl

December 15, 2022 19:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

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.

Marshal Matters

December 15, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

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.)

From Dust to Thrust

December 15, 2022 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.9 MB

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

December 15, 2022 19:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

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.

The Junior Junior

December 06, 2022 18:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

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...

December 02, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

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.

It just means Moore...

December 02, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

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

November 17, 2022 20:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

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

Heart to heart with Harvell

November 16, 2022 22:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

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'

November 11, 2022 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MB

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

November 04, 2022 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

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

October 28, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

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 l...

Eye of the Leopard

October 20, 2022 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

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

September 30, 2022 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

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

September 30, 2022 16:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

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

September 29, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes - 18 MB

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

September 20, 2022 13:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

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

September 15, 2022 20:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

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

Shattered Glass

August 31, 2022 15:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

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

August 30, 2022 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

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

August 22, 2022 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

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

August 19, 2022 19:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB

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

August 15, 2022 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

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

August 03, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

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

Clarke's Remarks

July 22, 2022 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MB

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.

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