#GINNing Podcast

#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.

Patently Obvious

August 12, 2021 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

Want to be a patent attorney? Major in materials engineering. That's the advice from 1988 Auburn engineering grad Roger Wylie, who's built one of the most successful intellectual property protection careers from here to Tokyo, which is where you recently could have found the product of one of his clients. Yeah, an Auburn man sealed the patent deal on the Olympic torch. Now that's a legacy you can't extinguish.

Larry the Transportation Guy

August 06, 2021 16:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

When it came time to bring Auburn's world-class transportation research groups under one umbrella, the university had to find the perfect someone to actually hold it — someone strong in the field, who could flex and fund-raise and facilitate the sort of real-world, life-changing innovations state DOTs and industry leaders have come to expect from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. All of which is to say, we hope you enjoy learning aboot Larry Rilett.

Making It Rain

July 28, 2021 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

Jaime Schussler may have mud in her blood, but there ain't nothing sedentary about her sedimentary lifestyle. Through access to the world's largest slip and slide or whatever, the GRA in civil and environmental engineering is taking the stormwater management world by storm, and makin' it rain in more ways than one.

Skate Expectations

July 26, 2021 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

Sarah Mai Broddus believes in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with her fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all... on the skating rink...

The Full Nelson

July 15, 2021 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

Wake up, listeners, we think Maggie's got somethin' to say to you. It's mid July and she's doing really well in school.

Good Citations

July 07, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

Ujjwal Guin. Ever heard of him? Well, the White House has. His paper “Counterfeit Integrated Circuits: A Rising Threat in the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain” was cited in a June White House report on building resilient supply chains, revitalizing American manufacturing, and fostering broad-based growth. Let's find out why.

Mit's Millions

July 01, 2021 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MB

Mechanical engineering senior Mit Patel grew up in the c-store industry. Now he's revolutionizing it.

Nano her business

June 25, 2021 19:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

No, she's not a mid-90s cover artist. Alana MacLachlan is a graduate research assistant in materials engineering, doing incredible things in Advanced Nanomaterials Engineering Laboratory. Sure, she may have one hand in her pocket. But you oughta know that she's wearing a lab coat.

Engineerin' is goooood

June 16, 2021 20:00 - 25 minutes - 18 MB

What do Kid Rock, "American Idol" and Auburn Engineering all have in common? You're looking at it. Ladies and gentlemen, Savannah Sawyer.

Dumb Luck

June 09, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

From vomiting in zero gravity to calling out former students for indecent exposure to teaching remotely while stuck for months in India, Sushil Bhavnani's Auburn career is the stuff of legend. So how does the Henry M. Burt Jr. Professor of mechanical engineering explain his phenomenal success? "Dumb luck."

The Secret of Formula

June 04, 2021 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Mechanical engineering senior Matt Miller, team captain and electric car engineer for War Eagle Motorsports, is going places. First stop? The finish line.

The Formula formula

June 04, 2021 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Mechanical engineering senior Matt Miller, team captain and electric car engineer for War Eagle Motorsports, is going places. First stop? The finish line.

Power of the Pendulum

May 25, 2021 19:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

Got a job opening? Emily Schramek wants to fill it. The Auburn senior from Birmingham's Mountain of Oaks has the skills to pay the bills, which is exactly why she chose chemical engineering in the first place. You're welcome, Stanford.

Spider Woman

May 20, 2021 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

New chemical engineering assistant professor Symone Alexander spins a web of research wonders in this conversation on extreme organismic biophysics and ultra-fast motion in nature. Want s'more Symone? So do we.

The Austin Phillips Experience

May 10, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

Austin Phillips meets Austin Phillips. Let the insanity begin.

Is Travis asphalt here?

May 06, 2021 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

Travis Walbeck, training manager for the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT), delivers the scoop on Training in Your Pocket, the premiere short, entertaining, instructional YouTube channel for standard asphalt test procedures in the lab and field.

The Nuclear Option

April 29, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

Mechanical engineering professor Rick Williams loves going nuclear on his students. And apparently, according to this year's Auburn Engineering faculty awards, they love it, too.

#EngineeringGoals

April 21, 2021 19:00 - 18 minutes - 13.2 MB

Let's just say that mechanical engineering graduate and current industrial and systems engineering master's student Taylor Troutman knows how to use her head...

Castin' with Gaston

April 16, 2021 18:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MB

Maury Gaston, '82 mechanical engineering, has worked for the same company for all 38 years of his illustrious career in engineering sales and marketing. You're welcome, American Cast Iron Pipe.

The Outstanding Shelby Wales

April 08, 2021 19:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB

Senior Shelby Wales is the latest recipient of the fabulously prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, which, you know, isn't just awarded to anyone. So, hey — maybe she'll keep going with this whole chemical engineering thing. Seems to have worked out pretty well so far...

Eyes of the Tiger

March 31, 2021 20:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

Rising up, back on the street. He did his time, took his chances. He went the distance, now he's definitely on his feet... just a man named Steve Hamilton, '84 chemical engineering, and his will to heal eyes.

Get a Grip

March 26, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

For Casey Waid, it's all about connecting people back to the college they love. And who better to hold their hand on the journey home than one of their own. That's right, the Auburn diploma hanging in the office of this Samuel Ginn College of Engineering development officer reads "chemical engineering." Of course, you better be careful - ol' Casey's got a grip that might break your hand as he guides you to that promised land.

Different Strokes

March 19, 2021 18:00 - 24 minutes - 17.3 MB

Is high finance a valid use of an engineering degree? Uh, is pool water wet? Why don’t we let 1985 industrial and systems engineering grad Dan Phillips take a crack at those questions...

Concrete Plans

March 12, 2021 20:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MB

Of course she has concrete plans for the future. For crying out loud, she's the president of the American Concrete Institute student chapter, which just earned Auburn an ACI Excellent University designation for the 6th year in a row. (Can you say "Dynasty?") So, yeah, when it comes to Kelly, we say Turner loose.

The Swoll Weevil

March 03, 2021 20:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MB

Don't mess with Jacob vonEschenbach. Just don't mess with him. Because when this Enterprise-bred, arm and leg-acy Auburn engineering walk-on warrior sees a challenge, he tackles it head on.

German for Squirrel

February 26, 2021 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

In German, her last name may mean Squirrel. But around these parts, it means Best Student Worker of the Year. Well, no, technically, she hasn’t won — not yet. But she’d better, because Natalie Eichorn deserves all the kudos coming to her. This Austin-bred, Accenture-bound software engineering senior has lightened the web work load for our IT guy, and serves as a shining example of success for future Auburn Engineers as a Cupola Ambassador. Software engineering? It’s been a tough nut to crack...

The Best of Brittany

February 19, 2021 20:00 - 16 minutes - 11.7 MB

Brittany Ransom has more student organization leadership positions than you can count. But the mechanical engineering junior isn't just padding her portfolio for the kudos. She's doing it to put herself in position to attack the problems of urban infrastructure and, as she puts it in her National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program bio — reinvent the world.

Silva Dollars

February 11, 2021 16:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

Last summer, we learned he's an investigator on that $3 million FAA project with Auburn's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence. Last month? That he'll be researching lead-free defense electronics thanks to a $7 million award from the Dept. of Defense. His name may be Daniel Silva, but friends, this assistant Industrial and Systems Engineering professor is bringing home the gold...

How West Was Won

February 05, 2021 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

It's a classic tale of redemption and revelation: A young Bama fan considering journalism comes to Auburn on a whim, takes one look at the engineering campus, and is forever changed. This is how Anna Layne West was won.

Meeting Miss Melanie Monaghan

February 01, 2021 22:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

Romance. Civil Engineering. Boll Weevils. Alliteration. This episode of the award-winning #GINNing has it all.

Happy Trails

January 22, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

How Jessica "Dixie" Mills' long hike through the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering took her to the summit of YouTube success.

The Cornhole King

January 15, 2021 17:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Friends, Auburn Engineering's alumni trophy case is bursting at the seams. There's the the CEO of the world's first trillion-dollar company, astronauts galore, the PowerPoint Prince.... and now we have to make room for Travis Moore — the Cornhole King. The senior in civil and environmental engineering just took home the doubles crown from the National College Cornhole Championship, defeating a duo from North Carolina State in one of the most thrilling finishes the competition has ever seen.

Structural Integrity

January 06, 2021 22:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MB

Associate Civil and Environmental professor Justin Marshall was looking for a little structure in his life when he came to Auburn...and boy did he get it.

Gentlemen, Start Your Software

December 18, 2020 16:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

There may be no T in his name, but there's plenty of speed in his game. Yessir, come October, Bevly Boy Will Bryan and his new master's degree will be kicking back and letting the code take the wheel in the Indy Autonomous Challenge at 200 driverless miles per hour. Eat your heart out, Mario Lemiuex.

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