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#GINNing Podcast

292 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings

The award-winning #GINNing Podcast, brought to you by Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

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'Roid Rage!

June 23, 2022 21:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB

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.

'Roid Rage!

June 23, 2022 21:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB

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.

Sedimentary Lifestyle

June 16, 2022 21:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

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. 

Talkin' 'Bout Her Generation

June 10, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

If recruiting Gen Z into manufacturing jobs is like a game of chess, then let's just say this: Don't underestimate the Bishop. 

Talkin' 'Bout Her Generation

June 10, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

If recruiting Gen Z into manufacturing jobs is like a game of chess, then let's just say this: Don't underestimate the Bishop. 

Queen Elizabeth

June 02, 2022 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB

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.

Starvin' for Parvin

May 25, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

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.  

The Lipke Lad

May 18, 2022 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

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.

Eric Clapton's Favorite Engineer

May 09, 2022 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

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. 

Work — Guard Work

May 06, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

When it comes to guarding the coast, an Auburn Engineer like Andrew Kauffman is who you'll want the most. 

The Marvelous Miss Mirkoohi

April 29, 2022 14:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MB

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...

The Great Godfreys

April 22, 2022 18:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

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 ...

Chairman of... The Board

April 13, 2022 15:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

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. 

Bri Bombs

April 11, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

Listen as we lob softball questions to freshman mechanical engineering super slugger Bri Ellis on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast. 

Like iRacing? Hold on for one more episode

March 28, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

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. 

Grab a Tissue Engineer

March 25, 2022 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MB

 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. 

Miss Universe

March 18, 2022 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

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. 

To NASA — and beyond

March 04, 2022 22:00 - 20 minutes - 14.5 MB

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. 

You Can't Refuse that De La Cruz

March 02, 2022 20:00 - 18 minutes - 13.2 MB

"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.

Run, Run Rudolph

February 23, 2022 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

A Paid Political Advertisement by the Tylan Rudolph For Anything He Wants to Be campaign.

PULL!

February 18, 2022 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

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.

Bartels from the Brook

February 15, 2022 15:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

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. 

Give'em Helicopters!

February 10, 2022 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

The helicopters need to shut up already, and Umberto Saetti is just the man to ensure they do.   

Give'em Helicopters!

February 10, 2022 17:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB

The helicopters need to shut up already, and Umberto Saetti is just the man to ensure they do.   

Timm's Time

January 31, 2022 18:00 - 15 minutes - 11.1 MB

Listen to aerospace engineering senior Allison Timm discuss her hopes, her dreams and her dad. Oh, and her brother.  

From Gator to Greater

January 24, 2022 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

Hey, you can only gain so much in Gainesville. We know that. Thankfully, for Kyle Schulze, Auburn Engineering was willing to imports them jorts, which has allowed the assistant professor in mechanical engineering to pursue everything he loved about Auburn's mission in more ways than one. 

Sligh and the Family Auburn

January 14, 2022 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MB

Auburn chemical engineering freshman Sarah Kate Sligh has cerebral palsy. And a national swimming record. And a YouTube channel. And a spot on Auburn's wheelchair tennis team. And a bid from Delta Gamma. And the honor of being the latest guest on the best podcast in all of higher education. And better grades than her mom.

The Spirit of 76

January 07, 2022 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MB

While other institutions were feelin' the 2020 pain, Steve Taylor was making it rain. Yessir, the Bluegrass-born, biosystems-bred associate dean of research has helped raise Auburn Engineering's research reputation to the tune of a record $76 million in new contracts and awards... during a pandemic. You wanna achieve? Then you want a Steve. 

McDaniel the Maker

December 14, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MB

Chemical engineering sophomore Anya McDaniel muses over the magic happening inside Auburn Engineering's new makerspace. 

Rah! Rah! Raj!

December 13, 2021 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

We needed a Cupola Engineering Ambassador superstar. And we got him. Enjoy this conversation with software engineering senior Raj Patel.  

Rah! Rah! Raj!

December 13, 2021 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

We needed a Cupola Engineering Ambassador superstar. And we got him. Enjoy this conversation with software engineering senior Raj Patel.  

The Pedal Pusher

December 13, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Studying pedals and earning medals — that's what Jeff Lamondia does. The associate professor of civil and environmental engineering knows more the most about the rocky relationship between cyclists and motorists. And trust us when we say that there ain't nothing pedestrian about his research into pedestrians. Ready to share the road?

Lohr Eagle

December 09, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

Helen Lohr is her name, doing more is her game: Naval ROTC, equestrian and mechanical engineering — and those are just the highlights. So anchor down and saddle up as we learn all the lore of Helen Lohr (and what in the world Wawa is). 

The Theresa Hardin Experience

November 29, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

Mechanical engineering senior Theresa Hardin tries hard in... everything. Robotic mining. Undergrad research. Building the future of prosthetics. Sorority life. Fund raising. Patent holding! Ladies and gentlemen, sit back and get your ears on for the Theresa Hardin Experience.

Work — Hardin Work

November 29, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

Mechanical engineering senior Theresa Hardin tries hard in... everything. Robotic mining. Undergrad research. Building the future of prosthetics. Sorority life. Fund raising. Patent holding! Ladies and gentlemen, sit back and get your ears on for the Theresa Hardin Experience.

Bend It Like Bio

November 23, 2021 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

Alyssa Malonson has a leg up on the competition in more ways than one. Because, hey, if this whole professional soccer thing doesn't work out, this senior SEC Academic honor roller can always whip out her license to change the world, or as some call it, an Auburn biosystems engineering degree.

The Kenneth Kelly Experience

November 19, 2021 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MB

For Kenneth Kelly, '90 electrical engineering, giving is a part of living. Find out why the chairman and CEO of First Independence Bank — and the first African American to chair the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council — is so passionate about committing his time, energy and resources to his alma mater.

The Count of Monte Crypto

November 12, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

Yellow Card chief technology officer Justin Poiroux has used his Auburn Engineering experience to corner the crypto currency exchange market on the world's second largest continent in just a few years, a feat impressive enough to recently secure $15M in Series A Funding from venture capital funds like Peter "PayPal" Thiel's Valar Ventures. That sweet little cash grab was enough to get Justin on the radar of the best podcast in higher education. Will it be enough to put his PayPal account bac...

#TWINning

November 05, 2021 13:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

#GINNing? More like #TWINning! Yes, friends, turns out, God made deuces Sluises. And wouldn't you know it, the other one is an Auburn chemical engineer. So get your ears on and please hit play as John twists the knobs for a Sluis called T.A.

Livin' Vinita Loca

October 28, 2021 16:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

Let's go ahead and call Vinita Shinde the poster child of Auburn Engineering polymer research.  The chemical engineering graduate student recently helped Beckingham Polymer Research Group bring home back-to-back poster awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS) for her poster, “Self-healing of thermoplastic polymer composites via environmentally friendly solvent-filled microcapsules.” Vinita breaks down what those words even mean, and shares her Auburn experience, on the latest episode ...

Brazilliant

October 19, 2021 15:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

You can take the girl out of Brazil. And you can apparently take her out of Brazil again. Yes, such was the charm of the loveliest village — both its culture and industrial and systems engineering curriculum — Miss Julia "Brasilia-born" Bitencourt chose to not only pursue her bachelor's degree, but, after a few years in industry back below the equator, to return for her master's degree. And she apparently does modeling in Europe or something.

Be Like Mike

October 18, 2021 12:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MB

Mike Ogles, a 1989 Auburn University mechanical engineering graduate who served the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering for several years as director of NASA programs, assistant director of the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) and as the driving force behind the Auburn Makes initiative, passed away Thursday, Oct. 14 after a six-month battle with cancer. The latest, special episode of the #GINNing Podcast honors the Auburn Man, next-level "The Andy Griffith Show" ...

Don't Worry, Be Graddy

October 06, 2021 18:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MB

Move over Pollyanna, we've got a new term for irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything: SeAnna. That would SeAnna Graddy, the ROTC-rockin', Camp War Eagle counseling, metal health advocatin' sophomore in industrial and systems engineering who may be the most impressively positive person to parley on this podcast. Trust us, folks, you're gonna be grinning thanks ol' hashtag GINNing...

Tim Cook's Best Friend

September 30, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers recently honored Apple CEO Tim Cook, a 1982 Auburn industrial engineering graduate, with the opportunity of chatting with industrial and systems engineering senior Annie Dorsey. What did they talk about? How did it come about? Time to find out.

The Hunt for Orange and Blue October

September 23, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

How did Tanner Harness get to the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering? The sub way. And we ain't talkin' the kind that get you around in New York City. We ain't talkin' sandwich artists. We're talking the nuclear powered, sonar-slingin' sardines that keep America's underwater military interests silently secure. We took a deep dive with the civil engineering senior to hear about his completely unique Auburn Engineering journey. Let's see what surfaces.

AIChE-Breaky Barbara

September 15, 2021 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MB

This overachieving junior in chemical engineering, is captain of the Auburn University student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Chemical Car and Jeopardy Teams, and a former undergraduate research assistant in the Beckingham Polymer Research Group. Who is Barbara Allen?

Rose-botics

September 07, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

From an E-Day visit in high school to flexing his findings on the fashion of the future from his own Wiggins Hall lab, wearable robotics enthusiast Chad Rose has come full circle. Listen to the assistant mechanical engineering professor discuss his Auburn journey — and his pursuit of improving human robot interaction in the rehabilitation realm — on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast.

Electrical engineering student snaps

September 02, 2021 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

Electrical engineering? It's a snap. At least it is for senior Jacob Quattlebaum, long snapper extraordinaire for the Auburn Tigers. Want to learn how Q-Ball makes the grade in the classroom and on the gridiron? Hut, hut...

Hailin' that Jailin

August 26, 2021 13:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MB

If you've ever thought that whole thing about Auburn providing the best student-centered engineering experience in America was just a slogan, just take a look at industrial and systems engineering senior Jailin Sanders. The busy bee from Bessemer is a walking, talking billboard for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. He's taken advantage of pretty much every opportunity and resource the college has to offer. His contributions to student organizations? Legion. His attitude? Infectious. So...

Mr. Hollinger's Opus

August 20, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

Mechanical engineering doctoral student David Hollinger is doing his darndest to lighten the assistive device load for America's super-human soldiers of the future, turning exoskeletons into less-o-skeletons.