RESEARCH CENTERS Auburn Engineering is one of the nation’s top 50 institutions in research expenditures. Pioneering research is underway in our 21 research centers and dozens of labs across campus, focused on producing technology and innovation that will help drive economic growth while improving human life on a global scale. Read more about Auburn Engineering’s quality indicators in research on pages 10-11.
Alabama Center for Paper and Bioresource Engineering
Center for Cyber and Homeland Security
McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security
Alabama Micro/Nano Science and Technology Center
Center for Microfibrous Materials
MRI Research Center
Alabama Transportation Assistance Program
Center for Polymers and Advanced Composites
Auburn University Detection and Food Safety Center
Cyber Research Center
National Center for Asphalt Technology
Erosion and Sediment Control Testing Facility
NextFlex Alliance - Harsh Environment Node
GPS and Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory
Occupational Safety, Ergonomics and Injury Prevention Center
Highway Research Center
Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management
Auburn University Transportation Research Institute Center for Advanced Vehicle and Extreme Environment Electronics Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts
Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems
National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence
Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION LEADER TAPPED TO HEAD AUBURN UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE As the Southeast’s leader in transportation research and education, Auburn University took another step forward in 2021 with the formation of the Auburn University Transportation Research Institute and the hiring of national transportation leader Laurence Rilett as the institute’s inaugural director. The institute will provide greater visibility and a shared identity for all transportation-related research and educational programs at the university. It will also foster continued growth and expansion of Auburn’s rich history in its transportation research programs, ranging from advanced roadway design, aviation systems, next generation vehicles and transportation related logistics. In fiscal year 2020, Auburn Engineering’s centers and labs secured a combined total of more than $24 million in extramural funding for
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transportation research, education and outreach efforts. This level of extramural funding for transportation is greater than any other single research topic on the Auburn campus. “I am a big believer in multi-disciplinary research, and bringing all of Auburn University’s transportation-related research teams under one roof will position us to solve the complex challenges facing our nation’s multimodal transportation system and to educate the next generation of transportation professionals,” Rilett said. Rilett comes to Auburn after having served as a distinguished professor of civil engineering and the Keith W. Klaasmeyer Chair in Engineering and Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as well as the director of the Mid-America Transportation Center and the Nebraska Transportation Center.
