#GINNing Podcast

I think ICAMS, I think ICAMS, I think ICAMS...

September 10, 2020 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB

Industry 4.0? More like Industry 4.2 million. Yep, that's how much the U.S. Department of Defense recently awarded to the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing. Time to grab associate industrial and systems engineering professor Greg Harris and find out why...

Sam and Diane

September 07, 2020 03:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MB

Making your way in the Sam Ginn College of Engineering today takes everything you've got. Diane Sherrard, program administrator for 100+ Women Strong, knows that mentorship from other strong women sure would help a lot. Wouldn't you like to recruit, reward and retain...

Concrete Canoe and Tyler, Too

September 01, 2020 21:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MB

There's a graduate research assistant in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering who hasn't let COVID-19 keep him from living his best 2020. That's just what the promise of access to the most incredible structural engineering lab in the world will do a man. From toothpick bridges to concrete canoes, ladies and gentleman, Tyler Norman.

Fecal Matters

August 24, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

What's Sushil Adhikari, alumni professor of biosystems engineering, and the director of the cutting edge Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, passionate about? Well, I'll tell you: Biomass pyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, torrefaction, biodiesel production and biomass gasification... if you know what I mean.

Water We Working On?

August 13, 2020 14:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

Sustainability of water resources, particularly in water-scarce environments, is a tricky subject. We know that. Thankfully for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, few people know more about it than Frances O'Donnell, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering... and apparently, like, the 60th person ever to sign up for Facebook. That's right, she was getting her B.A. at a college called Harvard right at the start of the Zuckerberg Zeitgeist, and later went on for a Ph.D ...

Droid Rage

August 10, 2020 01:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Is Thaddeus A. Roppel, associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, an agent of Skynet? A freedom fighter in the Rebellion against the Empire? Time will tell.

Oldfather, New Doctor

August 03, 2020 00:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB

Ballerina. Daredevil. International tourist. Wheelchair basketballer enthusiast. Now add to the list, doctor. Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Taylor Oldfather. Biomechanics will never be the same.

Well, Algae Damned...

July 27, 2020 02:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

Brendan Higgins, assistant professor of biosystems engineering, is doing his part to make sure nothing in this world goes to waste — not even waste.2

Flexible Future

July 19, 2020 23:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MB

Rigid technologies are quickly going the way of the buffalo thanks to visionaries like Pradeep Lall and his four — count'em, four — degrees. Listen to the John and Anne MacFarlane Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering explain why the future of electronics will be flexible.

Best Hire Ever?

July 11, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MB

Learn how communications specialist Lauren Winton has put a new spin on donor relations success stories.

Best Hire Ever?

July 11, 2020 19:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MB

Learn how communications specialist Lauren Winton has put a new spin on donor relations success stories.

Pay the Price

June 29, 2020 02:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MB

Shannon Price believes in work — network. Hear how the director of network services kept the college up and running in the age of remote instruction.

Estonia? I hardly know ya'

June 22, 2020 02:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MB

Drew Springall can sum up his best practice advice for online voting in one word: DON'T.

The Quantum Leap

June 14, 2020 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

Associate electrical and computer engineering professor Mark Adams readies his photonics torpedoes on the latest episode of #GINNing.

Concrete Answers

June 08, 2020 02:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

Associate professor Robbie Barnes weighs in on the wonders of civil engineering, and marvels at the latest monument to Auburn's structural engineering empire.

Concrete Answers

June 08, 2020 02:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MB

Associate professor Robbie Barnes weighs in on the wonders of civil engineering, and marvels at the latest monument to Auburn's structural engineering empire.

Fare Thee Well, Duke of Shelby

June 01, 2020 02:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

Steve Duke, the college’s former associate dean for academics, is rejoining his fellow chemical engineers in the legendary labs of Ross Hall. Why trade the front office for the front lines? What did he learn in his seven significant years of administration? Time to find out.

Go West, Young Man

May 26, 2020 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

His last name may be Easterling, but this mechanical engineering senior plans to take his training and talents all the way to Frisco.

Just Sku It!

May 17, 2020 18:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

Another episode... another Tiger Cage Business Idea Competition winner... another couple of Auburn Engineering students intent on disrupting an entire industry before graduation. War Eagle.

What About Bob?

May 08, 2020 01:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

Bob Karcher, retiring assistant dean of student services, reflects on an incredible 22 years with the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

The Topic? Philanthropic!

April 28, 2020 15:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

Margaret Arnold, new senior director of development for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, weighs in on the phenomenal philanthropy of Auburn Engineers.

The Little Engineer That Could

April 23, 2020 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.2 MB

Emma Little, a senior in electrical engineering, offers a little pandemic-persevering perspective on finishing her degree in the age of remote instruction.

Return of the Ninjaneer

April 17, 2020 14:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MB

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.

Tom Burch RE-InVENTs himself

April 07, 2020 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MB

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.

Pandemic Podcast

March 20, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB

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!

Wood's World

March 11, 2020 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

Thanks to this industrious industrial engineering sophomore, construction sites may never be the same.

The Frito-Lady

March 05, 2020 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MB

Dorito Diva Katelyn Rheinlander credits her delectable day job to Auburn's Department of Biosystems Engineering.

Team Work Makes The Theme Work

February 28, 2020 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MB

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.

Ayers Apparent

February 21, 2020 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

Emerging contaminants. It's a problem. We know that. But thankfully, Meredith Ayers Feltman is on a quest to find a solution.

Good Golly, Miss Polly

February 14, 2020 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

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.

Spare the Rod, Spoil the Road

February 07, 2020 22:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

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.

Fostering Foster

January 31, 2020 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

She's only a sophomore, but little Adia Foster is already making a big name for herself in software engineering.

We want some-more-a Remora

January 24, 2020 19:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

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...

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