Engineering Spring 2022 Magazine by Auburn University College of Engineering

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SPRING 2022

THE AUBURN PRESIDENT

A CELEBRATION

25 Years

IN THE MAKING

The 2021-22 academic year marked the 25th anniversary of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s Academic Excellence Program, which has played a vital role in promoting diversity among the Auburn Engineering student body while serving students through academic and professional development, mentorship and peer learning. Auburn Engineering administrators, students, alumni and donors gathered in April to celebrate the program’s success and to reintroduce the program as the Auburn University Center for Inclusive Engineering Excellence. See story on page 28.

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Chris Roberts named Auburn’s 21st president

Academic Excellence Program celebrates 25 years, new beginning

Expanding Auburn’s footprint into the Huntsville area

Former dean assumes role as president, succeeds Jay Gogue

Program will be renamed Center for Inclusive Engineering Excellence

Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus opens new frontiers

Godfrey feels the wind in his face once again

Civil engineering professor takes the title of Mr. Twister

It’s My Job: Chris Scott, ’16

Group of seniors builds bike for graduate with ALS

David Roueche has quickly become an authority on structural severe weather safety

The industrial and systems engineering graduate breaks down his days at AT&T

ON THE COVER /// FROM DEAN TO PRESIDENT The College of Engineering experienced tremendous growth under Chris Roberts’ leadership, and the university soon will, too. See story on page 22.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

SPRING 2022 /// Volume 32, Issue 1

PRESIDENT Christopher B. Roberts INTERIM DEAN Steve Taylor EDITOR AND DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING Austin Phillips CONTRIBUTORS Jeremy Henderson Joe McAdory Cassie Montgomery Virginia Speirs Alyssa Turner Lauren Winton ART DIRECTOR/DESIGNERS Danny Doyle Sarah Rollins WEB MANAGER Tyler Patterson VIDEOGRAPHY/PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Kluttz John Sluis Hoyt Harris Visit Auburn Engineer online at eng.auburn.edu/magazine for videos, photos, podcasts and more. You may also submit news items, suggestions or comments by clicking the Contact Us tab. Auburn Engineer is published twice yearly by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Engineering Communications and Marketing c/o Editor 1210D Shelby Center Auburn, AL 36849 334-844-2444

Ten years. It’s been 10 years since I assumed the role of dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and what a decade of growth, of accomplishments, of a renewed commitment to being the best student-centered engineering experience in America. In this issue — my last as dean — I am excited to share with you the accomplishments of not only the past year, but also to reflect on how far we’ve come in the past decade, together. First, I want to take this opportunity to inform you that Steve Taylor, the college’s associate dean for research, has been named as the college’s interim dean as I move on to become Auburn’s 21st president in mid-May. Dr. Taylor assumed his new role in April. Having known Dr. Taylor for my entire career at Auburn, while also working shoulder-to-shoulder with him during these past few years, I am confident that the college will continue on its amazing upward trajectory that he helped propel. He is one of the greatest minds and most effective leaders I’ve ever worked with, and I want to thank him for stepping up and volunteering to take on this vital role. The college is in great hands with Dr. Taylor at the helm. I would also like to thank Dr. Jeff Fergus, Dr. Maria Auad, Dr. Mario Eden and the search committee for their work during this transition period. My colleagues are truly professionals who have Auburn Engineering’s best interest at heart. On a personal note, I would like to thank all faculty and staff members for your tireless work to make this college one of the premier engineering institutions in the country. During the past few months, I’ve been a part of many media interviews and I am often asked what I am most proud of during my time as dean. My answer is simple: I am most proud of what WE ALL accomplished. Together, WE increased our student enrollment and caliber of students; WE brought in more research awards and grants to conduct cutting-edge research that will drive our economy; WE connected with our alumni and built relationships that foster support for all our programs; WE built on our world-class facilities as we strive to stay on the leading edge of technology; and WE emboldened our students through the beststudent engineering experience in America and challenged them to go out and change the world for the better. While I am humbled, excited and eager — all at the same time — for this next chapter, I can rest easy knowing that the college I love is in the great hands of administrators, faculty and staff who believe in Auburn, and love it. Thank you and War Eagle!

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TAYLOR NAMED INTERIM DEAN OF COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Steve Taylor has been named interim dean of Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, effective at the beginning of April. He succeeded Chris Roberts, who was named as Auburn University’s 21st president in February and took office in May. Taylor previously served as the College of Engineering’s associate dean for research, where he was responsible for coordination and promotion of the college’s research across all academic departments and research centers. He also provided support and leadership through creative partnerships involving academia, industry and government collaborators. Prior to his role as associate dean, he served as a professor and head of the Department of Biosystems Engineering, while also directing the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts. “In addition to his many years of service to Auburn, Steve Taylor’s understanding of the college’s research, teaching and outreach mission, combined with his outstanding leadership, ensures he is well prepared to lead the college through this transition,” said Vini Nathan, Auburn University interim provost. “I am confident he will carry the college forward during this important time and ensure it is well-positioned for the next dean.” Taylor holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agricultural engineering from the University of Florida and a doctorate in the same discipline from Texas A&M. He began teaching at Auburn in 1989, served as the biosystems engineering department head from 2003-16 and as associate dean for research from 2016-22. As associate dean for research, Taylor led the college’s research enterprise through an unprecedented period of growth where research contracts and grants grew from $26 million in FY17 to more than $74 million each of the past two years. He played a leading role in efforts to fund and construct the college’s Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory; to acquire property in Huntsville to create the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus; and he oversaw the creation of the Auburn University Transportation Research Institute, the National Center for Additive Manufacturing

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Excellence and the Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems. As the biosystems engineering department head, he led the department through a transformative phase in which he was able to hire new faculty, develop new undergraduate and graduate degree programs that spurred substantial growth in student enrollment, construct new laboratory facilities and significantly expand their research and extension programs. As director of the university’s Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, he led the construction of unique bioenergy laboratories; assisted efforts to obtain more than $35 million in extramural funding for bioenergy research; and helped develop outreach and extension programs that brought renewable energy solutions to farms and local communities. His personal research focused on engineering for the forest products industry and improved utilization of forest biomass for energy feedstocks, as well as for structural products. “Having known Dr. Taylor for my entire career at Auburn, while also working shoulder-to-shoulder with him during these past few years, I am confident that the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will continue on its amazing upward trajectory that he helped propel,” said Chris Roberts, Auburn University President. “Dr. Taylor is one of the greatest minds and most effective leaders I’ve ever worked with, and I want to thank him for stepping up and volunteering to take on this vital role.”

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Smith confirmed to Auburn University Board of Trustees

business administration from Samford University.

The Alabama Senate has unanimously confirmed two new Auburn University trustees known for their strong business, leadership and governance experience as well as long-standing dedication to the university.

Smith is a member of the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council, a member of the McCrary Institute Advisory Council, the benefactor of the Zeke and Darlene Smith Endowed Scholarship for Engineering, the benefactor of the Zeke and Darlene Smith Ever Auburn Scholarship, a member of the Keystone Society, a member of the Katherine Cooper Cater Circle of the Foy Society, the recipient of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award and the recipient of the Distinguished Auburn Engineer Award.

Zeke Smith assumes the at-large seat previously held by Charles D. McCrary, and Caroline Aderholt was recently confirmed to the Auburn University Board of Trustees’ District 7 seat that was vacated by Sarah B. Newton. Smith and Aderholt will serve for a term of seven years, which began Feb. 16, 2022. “Zeke and Caroline represent the best that Auburn has to offer,” said Bob Dumas, president pro tempore of the Auburn University Board of Trustees. “They were nominated by the Trustee Selection Committee for their impressive credentials and ongoing dedication to Auburn University and its students.”

$2 million investment will create artificial intelligence initiative at Auburn As the state leader in artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, research and education, Auburn University is bolstering its position in the area through an investment of $2 million from the Office of the Provost with support from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering to create AI@AU: Auburn University Artificial Intelligence Initiative. The project will: 1) assemble a universitywide multi-disciplinary faculty team to expand AI research and education; 2) build a computational infrastructure for AI research and education at Auburn University; 3) develop Auburn’s faculty

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Smith serves as Alabama Power’s executive vice president of external affairs and is responsible for governmental relations, corporate affairs, regulatory affairs, environmental affairs, public relations and charitable giving. He also serves as chairman of the Alabama Power Foundation’s Board of Directors. He has served across multiple business units of the company, including marketing, corporate planning, financial planning and external affairs. Prior to his current position, he worked as vice president of financial and regulatory planning, vice president of regulatory services and director of regulatory and pricing. He earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Auburn and his master’s degree in

He also has been recognized with Yellowhammer News’ Most Influential Alabamian Award and was a 2019 inductee into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame. He served as chairman of the Alabama Workforce Council and president of the Commission Advisory Council of Innovate Alabama. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Samford University and the Board of Directors of the Business Council of Alabama.

infrastructure for AI research and education; 4) explore university-wide educational innovations in AI; and 5) become the university’s focal point for participation in statewide, regional and national initiatives such as the SEC AI Consortium. The federal government identified AI as a priority with plans to inject billions of dollars into the AI enterprise through civilian and defense agencies, according to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act pending in the Senate and National Science Foundation for the Future Act pending in the House. “This initiative puts Auburn in a leadership position in the field of artificial intelligence,

and that leadership can benefit the university and the state in multiple ways,” said Hari Narayanan, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering chair and administrative lead for the initiative. “It positions Auburn to compete successfully for all sorts of research opportunities, funding and collaborations with industry. This will also allow us to hire more faculty with experience and expertise in AI.”

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Chemical engineering professor becomes Auburn’s first senior member of National Academy of Inventors Jin Wang is the first faculty member at Auburn University to be named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

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The Walt and Virginia Woltosz Professor in Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is also Auburn’s first female faculty member to be named a senior member or a fellow of NAI. Since starting its fellows program in 2013, NAI has named seven Auburn faculty members to its esteemed fellows list; all seven are male. “It’s wonderful to be recognized as an inventor and, in particular, a female inventor,” said Wang, who has been a part of the Department of Chemical Engineering since 2006. “I hope this will encourage female students to pursue technology innovation.” Wang joins 82 other academic inventors from 41 research universities as part of the 2022 senior membership class. They are named inventors on more than 1,093 issued U.S. patents. Wang is also one of 40 female and/or minority inventors in the class. Throughout her academic career, Wang’s expertise in biogas conversion and sustainable food production have earned her national and international recognition, and her technological innovations have resulted in numerous patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. “I hope and believe that our research will open new doors to greatly improve the sustainability of U.S. food production and help promote the transition of the current linear food production model (take-make-dispose) into a sustainable, circular and bio-based economy that minimizes, or even eliminates, waste generation,” she said.

Wireless communications innovator named fellow of National Academy of Inventors Fa Foster Dai, the Godbold Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Dai, known for his research innovations in the fields of wireless and satellite communications and optical networks, was recognized along with 163 other academic inventors as part of this year’s fellows class. “Dr. Dai’s scholarly research and inventions — including 14 patents — and their translation into commercial practice, serve as examples of his impact in the broader arena of innovation,” said Chris Roberts,

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Auburn University president and former dean of engineering. “Impressively, he has also instilled this spirit of innovation into other faculty and students that he has worked with throughout his career,” he added. Dai is renowned as an expert in radiofrequency-integrated-circuit designs, and several of his patented inventions have been commercially licensed.

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CSSE assistant professor earns prestigious NSF CAREER Award Anh Nguyen is dedicated to improving artificial intelligence (AI) functionality for the betterment of mankind. Even more, he’s determined to create the first K-6 artificial intelligence club in Alabama, explore creative ways to implement AI research into a new course at Auburn University, collaborate with industry partners and educate external audiences by publishing reproducible code, public-oriented videos. The assistant professor in computer science and software engineering was presented with a Faculty Early Development CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER Award is the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacherscholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Nguyen’s five-year project, “Harnessing external knowledge to improve computer vision robustness, explainability, and user accuracy,” was awarded $460,736. “I am very excited to win the NSF CAREER Award as it enables greater research opportunities in building artificial intelligence systems that are more intelligent and able to explain their decisions,” Nguyen said. “In addition to the research component, I am very excited about the funded educational activity where we will have the chance to create the first K-6 club for children to learn more about artificial intelligence.”

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Two mechanical engineering professors named ASME Fellows Mechanical engineering professors Robert Jackson and Jay Khodadadi were recently named fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a prestigious title awarded to an ASME member with 10 or more years of active practice and corporate membership who has demonstrated outstanding engineering achievements. Jackson, the Albert Smith Jr. Professor and a nationally recognized tribology researcher, attributes the recognition to the research environment Auburn University has provided. “Being named a fellow of a major engineering society like ASME is an honor to me as it recognizes the research done by myself and mentored students and my

the Ralph Beard Memorial Academic Award by the National Lubricating Grease Institute, which is given to candidates who have contributed “valuable work in the technical development of greases, grease tests or the promotion of grease usage.” Robert Jackson and Jay Khodadadi

teaching that has made a contribution to the field of mechanical engineering,” Jackson said. Jackson’s research focuses on wear, surface fatigue, surface engineering and friction. In 2018, Jackson was named a fellow of the prestigious Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, a designation reserved only for engineers who have made significant impact on the field of tribology and lubrication. In 2021, he was awarded

Khodadadi, Alumni Professor, has maintained an active research portfolio at Auburn University since 1987. An expert in fluid and thermal sciences, his research interests include phase change, solidification, mathematical modeling, porous media and experimental fluid dynamics. “I am very honored to be named an ASME Fellow as it is an affirmation that my colleagues value my contributions,” Khodadadi said. “I look forward to continuing my research endeavors and collaboration efforts at Auburn University.”

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ISE assistant professor leads NSF grant to transform the distributed additive manufacturing industry Jia (Peter) Liu, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering, is the principal investigator of a multi-disciplinary team of scientists that was awarded a $498,762 grant by the National Science Foundation for their project, “FMSG: Cyber: Federated Deep Learning for Future Ubiquitous Distributed Additive Manufacturing.” Co-principal investigators are Nima Shamsaei, Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering and director of the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence, and Yue Cheng, assistant professor in computer science at George Mason University. As a global shift to distributed manufacturing embodies a forward-

thinking prospect of localized on-demand production, a flexible supply chain and high energy efficiency and sustainability, the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) in a distributed manufacturing paradigm maximizes the potential of freeform production and supply chain participation. This Future Manufacturing Seed Grant (FMSG) project introduces developing a unified algorithmic and training framework, Federated Modular Deep Learning (FedMDL), for future distributed AM. Aiming to address the challenges of inconsistent product quality and data sparsity due to the innate technological complexity of AM and social barriers of privacy concerns, it will ensure reliable production, consistent qualification and privacy-preserving information sharing at two levels: algorithmic and cyberinfrastructural. According to Liu, the potential benefits of distributed AM in the

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supply chain are driving research efforts in the U.S. and across the globe. “For instance, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 3D printing COVID-19 rapid response initiative in the U.S. provided nearly 1 million pieces of safe personal protective equipment for local medical providers,” Liu said. “But the unexpected debut of nationwide AM production revealed outstanding challenges FedMDL is targeting to fix,” he added.

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Aerospace professor earns Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award

deck of an amphibious transport ship and hung off the rear of the boat. There were no injuries, this time.

Umberto Saetti believes modeling and simulating rotor downwash can develop safer helicopter landings at sea. The Office of Naval Research believes in Umberto Saetti.

The problem: heavy rotor downwash which, when interacting with the ship deck, hull or water surface, recirculate into the rotor, causing increased power demands and adverse handling effects.

Saetti, assistant professor in aerospace engineering, was recently granted a $510,000 Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR YIP) for his upcoming study, “Linearized High-Fidelity Aeromechanics for Extended Reality Simulation and Control of Shipboard Interactions.” Two Virtual Reality (VR) motion-base flight simulators — which replicate multiple forms of rotorcraft and fixed-wing aircraft — were recently installed within Auburn’s Extended Reality Flight Simulation and Control Lab and will be used in the study. The

simulators allow for immersive simulations that make use of extended reality to study human-machine interaction, advanced flight control laws and innovative pilot cueing methods. The purpose of the project: find solutions that will preserve human life and prevent millions of dollars in aircraft from being destroyed. Take two recent U.S. Naval accidents, for example. In 2017, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, an MV-22B Osprey crashed into the ship-deck of the USS Green Bay, killing three and injuring many more. A near-miss occurred in 2015 when an Osprey landed short of the flight

Professor’s research on helicopter acoustics earns grant from U.S. Army Noise produced by helicopter and commercial air taxi rotors is problematic in the skies above highly populated metropolitan cities. Umberto Saetti, assistant professor of aerospace engineering, is exploring solutions.

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Working with colleagues from the Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE) at Penn State University, Saetti will lead a multi-task project that explores helicopter-related research initiatives. His task, “State-Variable Implementation and Linearization of Simulations with Multi-Disciplinary Aerodynamics,” will use

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high-fidelity rotorcraft simulations to make predictions of the acoustics of rotorcraft, which are expected to provide pilots with a better understanding of flight patterns that might generate less noise. For his task in the VLRCOE research project, which is funded by the U.S. Army, Saetti was awarded a five-year, $571,000 contract.

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“Modeling of the rotor downwash and its interactions with the sea surface, ship deck and ship superstructures is key in understanding the adverse effect on the flight dynamics and performance of rotorcraft in shipboard operations,” Saetti said. “Moreover, the ability to replicate these interactions in real-time flight simulations could help supplement the creation of Launch and Recovery Envelopes (LREs) aboard naval vessels. This virtual approach to LRE certification could be used to replace potentially unsafe live simulations during a dynamic interface (DI) period.”

“I am particularly proud of being awarded this contract because it builds upon my master’s and doctoral work, which were also funded by the Army through the VLRCOE program,” said Saetti, who recently completed post-doctorate work at Georgia Tech and joined the Auburn faculty in summer 2021. “The fact that the Army decided to fund this research is, in part, a recognition of the work done in the past years in this area, along with my now colleagues, and former advisors, Drs. Joe Horn and Ken Brentner at Penn State. Additionally, a contract of this magnitude gives me the opportunity to affirm myself as a thought leader in the rotorcraft research community, while still having the chance to collaborate with my alma mater, Penn State, and continue learning from leading figures such as Drs. Horn and Brentner,” he added.

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Researchers earn NASA grant to reinvent electronics manufacturing in space

NSF ranks Auburn University among top U.S. research institutions

Manufacturing electronics and sensors in space are becoming an inevitable part of future space exploration and activities. But Masoud Mahjouri-Samani and Nima Shamsaei even today’s state-of-the-art liquid-based printing machines present challenges within microgravity or antigravity environments. That’s a problem. A team of Auburn multi-disciplinary researchers, however, have a proposed solution.

Auburn University is ranked in the top 11% of U.S. research institutions, coming in at No. 100 among 915 universities, according to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) recent Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. Among public universities, Auburn is ranked No. 67 out of 415 institutions.

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering, Nima Shamsaei, Philpott-WestPoint Stevens distinguished professor of mechanical engineering and director of the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME), and Stephen Mills, director of business development for the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, are investigating means to manufacture functional devices in space via dry printing technology. Their project, “In Space Additive Nanomanufacturing and Dry Printing of Multi-materials Electronics,” was recently awarded by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.

“Auburn’s ranking among the nation’s top 100 research institutions is a significant accomplishment,” said James Weyhenmeyer, Auburn vice president for Research and Economic Development. “Our innovative researchers have remained committed to engaging in impactful research even during the challenges of a global pandemic. Their dedication and ingenuity are reflected in Auburn’s rise in the rankings.”

“The cooperative agreement’s goal is to establish a technological foundation that enables the in-space manufacturing and printing of electronics and sensors,” said the project principal investigator, Mahjouri-Samani.

The annual survey, compiled from fiscal year 2020 research expenditures, saw Auburn climb five spots from the previous year.

Auburn hosts 65th annual Alabama Transportation Conference

In addition to the high ranking in the NSF HERD Survey, Auburn is recognized by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as a top-level, or R1, university with “very high research activity.”

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The team’s research demonstrates a transformative, laser-based dry additive nanomanufacturing approach that enables the printing of electronics in space. The primary advantage of the system is generating a jet of dry nanoparticles on-demand that can readily function in microgravity environments. When these nanoparticles are directed toward a substrate placed on an x-y stage, they can be sintered in real-time, forming desired electronic circuits.

Nearly 1,000 private and public transportation experts from across the state and the Southeast attended the annual Alabama Transportation Conference in Montgomery in February to exchange innovations in transportation planning, design, construction and operations. The conference has been hosted by Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, in partnership with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), since 1958. “The conference is a must-attend event for Alabama’s best and brightest minds in the transportation, highway, construction, design and associated industries, and has

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been for 65 years now,” said Rod Turochy, the James Madison Hunnicutt Professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Alabama Transportation Assistance Program (ATAP), who presided over the conference’s opening general session and also presented. “I’m definitely proud of how Auburn assists transportation professionals in delivering the safest, most efficient transportation system possible for Alabamians.”

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College recognizes scholarship, leadership at annual spring awards ceremony The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted its annual spring awards ceremony in April to honor outstanding students, faculty, staff and alumni. The event, hosted by Interim Dean of Engineering Steve Taylor, recognizes scholarship, leadership and a demonstrated commitment to the college. “The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering attracts many of the top students and faculty in the state, region, nation and from all around the world,” Taylor said. “We are very proud of their success and are delighted to showcase their achievements.” Below are the 2022 award recipients: Frank Vandegrift Co-op Award • Justin Tran Computer Engineering

100+ Women Strong Leadership Award • Liana Grace Wood Industrial and Systems Engineering • Yukun Song Civil and Environmental Engineering

Samuel Ginn Outstanding Student Award • Liana Grace Wood Industrial and Systems Engineering

Alley Family Graduate Student Leadership Fellowship • Avinash Baskaran Mechanical Engineering • Mohammadjafar Hashemi Chemical Engineering

Jeff and Linda Stone Leadership Award • Camille DiCarlo Industrial and Systems Engineering • Tyler Kynard Electrical Engineering • Ben Porter Chemical Engineering

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Most Outstanding Student Organizations • Auburn Biomedical Engineering Society • Engineers Without Borders

Birdsong Study Abroad Scholarship • Charley Golden Biosystems Engineering • Garrison Haigh Aerospace Engineering • Levi Hoey Mechanical Engineering • Greg McCallum Aerospace Engineering • Joseph Perrella Aerospace Engineering

100+ Women Strong Study Abroad Award • Jessica Brouillette Chemical Engineering • Melanie Comoglio Biosystems Engineering • Emery Keen Mechanical Engineering • Caroline Kinney Mechanical Engineering

100+ Women Strong Graduate Fellowship • Layla Araiinejad Industrial and Systems Engineering

Outstanding Student Awards • Justin Brouillette Aerospace Engineering • Dylan Bowen Biosystems Engineering • Danika Louw Chemical Engineering • Brie Palmer Civil and Environmental Engineering • Sanchit Sethi Computer Engineering • Brianna Kristen Brown Computer Science • Tyler Daniel Bottomlee Electrical Engineering • Liana Grace Wood Industrial and Systems Engineering • John Snitzer Materials Engineering • Tanner Middleton Mechanical Engineering • Matthew Levoy Bankston Software Engineering • Chad Beibide Wireless Engineering

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Mark A. Spencer Creative Mentorship Award • Neil Hudson Industrial and Systems Engineering • Richard Sesek Industrial and Systems Engineering Outstanding Faculty Members • Eldon Triggs II Aerospace Engineering • Sushil Adhikari Biosystems Engineering • W. Jeffrey Horne Chemical Engineering • Jeffrey LaMondia Civil and Environmental Engineering • Dean Hendrix Computer Science and Software Engineering • Jason Clark Electrical and Computer Engineering • Gregory Purdy Industrial and Systems Engineering • Edward Davis Materials Engineering • Mark Hoffman Mechanical Engineering Fred H. Pumphrey Teaching Award • Sushil Adhikari Biosystems Engineering

HAPPENINGS William F. Walker Teaching Awards Merit • Richard Sesek Industrial and Systems Engineering • Russell Mailen Aerospace Engineering Superior • Jeffrey LaMondia Civil and Environmental Engineering 100+ Women Strong Leadership in Diversity Faculty/Staff Award • Jessica Bowers Office of Career Development and Corporate Relations

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Research Awards for Excellence Junior Award • Bryan Beckingham Chemical Engineering • Masatoshi Hirabayashi Aerospace Engineering Senior Award • Lorenzo Cremaschi Mechanical Engineering • Xinyu Zhang Chemical Engineering Outstanding Alumni Awards • John Junkins Aerospace Engineering • John Bolte Biosystems Engineering

Computer science and software alumnus part of winning Tiger Cage team The eSports industry accrued more than $1 billion in revenue last year with major sponsors accounting for a hefty slice of the pie. But there’s a problem. Most sponsorships are event or partnership-related and do not utilize the benefits of live-streaming. Emmett Deen, a 2019 graduate in computer science and software engineering, and Jacob Cordero, a student in business administration, have the answer. The team co-founded IGNTE, a web-based platform that streamlines the process for live-streamers to display graphics, create engaging sponsorships, and increase affiliate links. Thus, increase revenue.

Engineering showcase brings hundreds to U.S. Space and Rocket Center The Samuel Ginn College of Engineering successfully completed its mission recently at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. More than 150 graduate students and faculty from all departments traveled to the Rocket City in March for the

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A panel of 11 industry professional judges believed in their idea so much, IGNTE walked away with first place at the 2022 Tiger Cage Business Idea Competition – Auburn University’s largest entrepreneurship event. The pair was awarded $25,000 in early-stage startup capital and another $5,000 legal services in-kind bonus from the law firm Burr & Forman, LLP. “These awards give us the runway to do

• Keith Jones Chemical Engineering • Angela Fannéy Civil Engineering • Sean Cook Computer Science and Software Engineering • Gizman Abbas Electrical and Computer Engineering • Margaret Haack Industrial and Systems Engineering • Carolyn Russell Materials Engineering • Veronica Sherard Mechanical Engineering • Rochelle Cook Polymer and Fiber Engineering

more of what we know is working, which should hopefully generate recurring monthly revenue,” said Deen, a mobile app and web developer at Black Airplane, a digital product design and development firm in the Atlanta area. “We’re going to use this to get more people on our platform and we’ve already started optimizing our marketing strategies. “Working at a software agency, I’ve had the opportunity to build many types of software and its applications, so you learn with every new project that you build. But I still learned a lot throughout the Tiger Cage process with IGNTE. This wasn’t our first iteration, and it won’t be our last. One thing I’ve learned in engineering is we’re constantly improving and trying to hunt down the best product market fit every day.”

Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, presenting their posters in the Davidson Center for Space Exploration to members of the Huntsville community and Auburn Engineering alumni. “This was a fantastic day for the College of Engineering,” said Maria Auad, associate dean for graduate studies and faculty development. “We had more than 275 Auburn University alumni and Huntsville industry representatives visit the showcase

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to see our students’ exciting research and build relationships with Auburn and each other.”

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Army invests $4.3 million in Auburn University additive manufacturing research The U.S. Army has asked Auburn University to help build the future of American combat readiness. Through a recent $4.3 million Army grant, the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) at Auburn University will soon initiate a twoyear project focused on materials, parts and process qualification, all of which are necessary for furthering the adoption and implementation of additive manufacturing in Army operations. “Material variation is what I call the ‘Achilles heel’ of additive manufacturing,” said Nima Shamsaei, NCAME director and project principal investigator who also holds the title of Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering. “It can make the qualification and certification of additively manufactured materials and parts challenging.” Even more challenging, Shamsaei said, is ensuring the consistency and transferability

NCAME awarded $4 million for additive manufacturing high-temperature material characterization Thanks to multiple recent contracts from Lockheed Martin and NASA totaling more than $4 million, the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) is expanding the scope of its world-renowned additive manufacturing (AM) material characterization research to include developing AM process parameters as well as high-temperature thermal and mechanical characterizations on materials necessary for next-generation harsh environment applications. Three specialized furnaces have been added to mechanical load frames within the center’s state-of-the-art facilities inside the Gavin Research Laboratory.

From left: Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, Shuai Shao, Nima Shamsaei and Elham Mirkoohi

of process output among different additive manufacturing machines, a project goal that NCAME researchers hope to achieve not only with exhaustive mechanical testing but with AI — machine learning, specifically. Co-principal investigators include Elham Mirkoohi, assistant mechanical engineering professor; Shuai Shao, associate professor of mechanical engineering; and Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. Aaron LaLonde, who as technical specialist for the U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center, helped facilitate the Army grant, believes the project will be crucial for further integrating AM into the Army’s modernization and sustainment efforts. “NCAME,” LaLonde said, “has become one of the main key players in additive research along these lines.”

“Materials obviously behave differently at different temperatures, so whether you’re operating under very hot or cold conditions, you need to understand their behavior and functionality precisely,” said Nima Shamsaei, NCAME director and Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering. “We want to make sure these materials can endure their intended service during the harsh operational environments.”

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NCAME researchers monitor one of the center’s three EOS M290 printers.

NCAME boosts AM qualification capacity with state-of-the-art in-process monitoring system Auburn University’s National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) will soon install state-of-the-art in-process quality assurance software on one of its three EOS M290 printers. The step is part of an academic and industrial collaboration between the center and Sigma Labs in support of several funded projects fostering the use of additively manufactured (AM) components in commercial air and space travel. Created by Sigma Labs, PrintRite3D provides real-time detection and classification during the manufacturing process, enabling significant cost-savings and production efficiencies. NCAME will use the software to detect anomalies during fabrication and relate them to the variations in mechanical performance of 3D-printed parts. Funded by several grants from the Federal Aviation Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and ASTM International, the projects aim to address issues related to the variability in additive manufacturing machines and products, as well as generate an understanding on how microscopic anomalies in the 3D-printed metals affect overall fatigue and fracture properties. “Such variations make the qualification and certification of AM materials and parts challenging. We intend to use PrintRite3D to detect anomalies during fabrication and relate them to the variations in mechanical performance of 3D-printed parts,” said Nima Shamsaei, NCAME director and Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering.

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Auburn leads statewide NASA project on simulation-based qualification for additive manufacturing Auburn’s reputation for additive manufacturing (AM) research has again preceded itself. A team of faculty from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and the Harbert College of Business, composed mostly of leadership and affiliated faculty within the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME), received $750,000 in funding for their winning NASA EPSCoR — Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research — project proposal to investigate the structural integrity of additively manufactured (AM) metallic materials. The team also includes researchers from the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa and University of Alabama-Huntsville.

engineering. “In essence, this project integrates experiments and simulations to understand how defects — AM processes are prone to induce them — affect AM metal parts’ mechanical properties. From left: Nima Shamsaei, Hareesh Tippur, LaKami Baker, Shuai Shao and Jeff Suhling

Titled “Synergistic Effects of Defects and Microstructure on Mechanical Behavior of LB-LBF Metallic Materials,” the three-year project aims to combine state-of-the-art numerical modeling and experimentation to address part and material qualification, the main hindrance of adopting additively manufactured materials in flight critical applications. “There is a lack of quantitative knowledge regarding the harmful effects of AM anomalies on structural integrity,” said project scientific lead Shuai Shao, associate professor of mechanical

Researchers collaborate to address affordable housing through 3D printing An interdisciplinary project connecting several Auburn University faculty and fellow scientists will address the hard-hitting reality that affordable housing is out of reach for many Americans living in rural areas. But the path of this research may lead to viable solutions that would have seemed futuristic mere years ago: planning advanced manufacturing that helps utilize waste biomaterials, which can then be produced through additive manufacturing— more commonly known as 3D printing—to create housing or building components. The interdisciplinary study, which spans the disciplines of engineering, chemistry, forest resources and architecture, includes faculty experts from Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, College of Agriculture and College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, in collaboration with the University of Idaho.

From left, Maria Auad and Sushil Adhikari of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, and Brian Via and Maria Soledad Peresin of the College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

The Auburn-led portion of this interdisciplinary project will focus on bioresin development as a feedstock for 3D printing, which will be done at Idaho. This process will include conversion of biomass into chemicals and nanomaterials to help improve the sustainability of the resin. The proposed interdisciplinary project, “Developing a Circular Bio-Based Framework For Architecture, Engineering and Construction Through Additive Manufacturing,” targets what is called the Advanced Manufacturing Industry of the Future.

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“It lays a foundation for simulation-based qualification for additively manufactured materials and components,” he added. In addition to Shao, Auburn Engineering investigators on the project are NCAME director Nima Shamsaei, the PhilpottWestPoint Stevens Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering; Jeff Suhling, the Quina Professor and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Hareesh Tippur, the McWane Endowed Chair Professor of mechanical engineering. LaKami Baker, associate professor in Auburn’s Harbert College of Business, will lead entrepreneurship and outreach activities.

“The thematic basis of our proposal is to develop innovative materials that will be environment-friendly, less dependent on depleting petroleum resources and will use natural sources or waste products with the realization of the impact on the environment that the current generation of composite materials have at the end of their life,” said Maria Auad, the W. Allen and Martha Reed Professor in Auburn’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and director of the Center Polymer and Advance Composites at Auburn.

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Auburn joins NASA’s Artemis rover mission to explore volatiles near the lunar South Pole

by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander via NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative in late 2023.

How much water is on the moon and where is it distributed? Masatoshi Hirabayashi will soon have answers. Hirabayashi, assistant professor in aerospace engineering, is one of newly selected eight co-investigators involved in NASA’s 100-day Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission. As part of NASA’s Artemis series of missions, including a historic mission that will send the first person of color and first woman to the Moon, VIPER will explore volatiles and soils in highland regions west of Nobile Crater near the lunar South Pole and create the first resource map of this region. This roughly 1,000-pound, robotic four-wheeled rover will be 8 feet tall and 5 feet across, and delivered to the Moon

In the Earth’s atmosphere, water is a liquid at room temperature but frozen when the temperature is less than 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 Celsius). However, on the Moon, because of its deficient atmosphere, water can stay still on the surface as ice only when the temperature is less than minus 160 degrees Celsius (minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit); however, water molecules start moving away as the temperature increases. VIPER will explore shadowed regions that satisfy such low temperatures to see whether ice and other volatiles exists. Hirabayashi said the mission, a prelude to future missions to Mars, has a two-fold objective. “The scientific question remains … where did the water and other volatiles on the Moon come from? This is directly related to the origin of our lives,” he said

The second is In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU): can we harvest the Moon’s resources for future space exploration? When spaceships go far and stay long in space, it is impossible to bring all necessary items from the Earth. Using onsite resources, for example, as fuel, may be one way to solve this issue. Hirabayashi’s investigation is titled, “Statistical and Thermal Approaches to Constrain the Impact Induced Right Regolith Volatile Distribution Mechanisms.” More simply, he’s going to explore the distribution of water beneath the lunar surface.

Assistant professor collaborates on NASA’s first planetary defense system Will crashing a spacecraft into the heart of a celestial object change its trajectory? That’s what Masatoshi Hirabayashi, assistant professor in aerospace engineering, and a team of NASA scientists, aim to find out. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission’s launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in November. It uses a 1,345-pound spacecraft to eventually impact Dimorphos, the moon of the asteroid Didymos. Impact is expected in the fall of 2022 and occur 6.8 million miles from the Earth. Why? In the name of planetary defense, though Hirabayashi stressed that Didymos, Dimorphos, nor any other asteroid pose a known threat to Earth. “This is a pure technology demonstration and test,” said Hirabayashi. “In terms of planetary defense, when we consider the possibility of an asteroid striking the earth, that possibility is astronomically low. But should that ever happen, damage would be catastrophic. For this mission, we want to establish our technologies to be prepared for that type of situation.”

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Chemical engineering professor collaborates on $6 million NSF biosensor project Biomanufacturing, or the production of biomaterials, is an emerging economic sector with significant growth potential in states like Alabama, Maine, New Hampshire and Wyoming. Research underway in Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering is poised to help these states realize that potential. As part of a recently awarded National Science Foundation EPSCoR grant, assistant chemical engineering professor Robert Pantazes will participate on an interdisciplinary research team to develop sensors to promote quality control in the biomanufacturing sector. The four-year, nearly $6 million project – approximately $550,000 of which is designated to Auburn – combines Pantazes’s efforts with those of researchers from the University of New Hampshire, the University of New England, the University of Wyoming and the University of Maine to develop the biosensors and integrate a workforce development program to train a new biotechnology workforce in these jurisdictions. “There is a widespread belief that the fourth Industrial Revolution is happening

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right now and it’s related to continuous monitoring of processes,” Pantazes said. “It’s knowing exactly what’s happening throughout your entire manufacturing process so that whenever an issue comes up, you can adapt to it in real time and keep the manufacturing process going as smoothly as possible as opposed to potentially shutting down an entire manufacturing line when there’s an issue at one station.” The research will be divided into four parts across the participating universities. At Auburn, Pantazes will lead the development and validation of computational methods to design protein recognition elements with targeted hotspot interactions. Simultaneously, researchers at the other universities will be developing separate sensor elements. The project’s lead researcher at the University of New Hampshire will combine the results of the four projects into a single sensor device capable of measuring changes in protein levels continuously and in real time for industrial applications.

Graduate student in aerospace engineering wins research poster competition Abbishek Gururaj, a doctoral student in aerospace engineering, was recognized as one of the premier student researchers in fluid dynamics. Gururaj won first place in the student poster competition at the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics annual conference in November 2021. Gururaj’s project, a novel methodology known as rotating three-dimensional velocimetry (R3DV), revealed the methodology’s feasibility by comparing and

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Student 1 of 8 nationally to earn Sigma Gamma Tau Outstanding Senior Award Nicholas Rush, a senior double-majoring in electrical engineering and aerospace engineering, is one of eight students nationally to receive the 2021 Sigma Gamma Tau National Aerospace Honor Society’s Outstanding Senior Award. Fiftyfour chapters from universities nationwide entered undergrads for the award. The award recognizes Rush, who represents the organization’s SouthCentral region, as one of the top seniors in the U.S. based on academic, service and extracurricular accomplishments. Rush, a native Texan who came to Auburn from Hillsdale, Michigan, began working with the Auburn Nanosystems Group in 2019, the summer following his freshman year. There, he has been deeply involved in a variety of projects ranging from process development for thin film oxides used as superconductor passivation layers to microcircuit fabrication to digital signal processing for high frame rate cameras used in supersonic wind tunnels. To sum: he’s experienced much in his time at Auburn.

Abbishek Gururaj, center

corroborating results from past studies. The project was co-authored by Vrishank Raghav, assistant professor in aerospace engineering; Brian Thurow, the W. Allen and Martha Reed Professor and aerospace engineering department chair; Mahyar Moaven, aerospace doctoral student; and Sarah Morris, postdoctoral fellow in aerospace engineering.

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“I chose to work with this group for the wide scope of knowledge I could capture,” he said. “My passion is focused towards designing digital hardware for aerospace applications. However, this position has opened my eyes to the niche of superconductors, as well as RF design and circuit manufacturing processes, and more. Knowing many facets of circuit design will aid in my own future designs when I begin my career.”

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Cremaschi named Auburn University’s director of undergraduate research Lorenzo Cremaschi, professor of mechanical engineering, has been named the university’s director of undergraduate research. He started the new role Jan. 1. In this role, Cremaschi oversees the Office of Undergraduate Research, which promotes research and creative scholarship among undergraduate students across all disciplines. As director, he also provides guidance for the Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program and the Auburn University Journal of Undergraduate Studies, in addition to providing leadership for the annual Auburn Research: Student Symposium. “Dr. Cremaschi brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role of director of undergraduate research,” said James Weyhenmeyer, vice president for research and economic development. “We are delighted to have him on board to provide leadership for our undergraduate research programs, which are a vital part of the university’s success as a top-tier research institution.”

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Cremaschi has mentored 22 undergraduate students in their research and scholarly activities and eight international visiting exchange scholars. He also serves as the faculty advisor of Auburn’s student branch of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. “The research and creative activities carried out by our students bring much visibility to Auburn across the state and the nation,” he said. “We are home to high-caliber students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters and have a track record of fantastic innovation and meaningful impact through undergraduate research. I am excited to work with and learn from all of them and help grow our impact and create more opportunities for undergraduate research to impact the world. I am looking forward to building a shared strategic vision to help accomplish this goal.”

Software engineering alumnus co-narrates National Geographic special on Africatown Viewers learned more about the resiliency of survivors from various tribes in Africa, who established Africatown, a Mobile community, and their journey aboard the ship Clotilda on National Geographic’s documentary, “Clotilda: The Last American Slave Ship,” which aired Feb. 7. Jeremy Ellis, who earned a degree in software engineering from Auburn Engineering in 2003, is a sixth-generation descendant of two Clotilda survivors, Pollee and Rose Allen. He co-narrated the documentary with other descendants, archaeologists and historians.

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“My hope is viewers learned what the survivors endured and then accomplished in the years after the Civil War,” said Ellis, a change management professional at Accenture in Atlanta. “For them to establish the community, Africatown, with a governing body, build schools and churches—and become U.S. citizens is very inspirational. It’s a story we need to continue to tell because it is part of American history.”

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Auburn University hosts inaugural ASCE Gulf Coast Student Symposium, places first overall For the first time in more than a decade, the Auburn University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosted the annual three-day Student Symposium for the American Society of Civil Engineers. The event took place from March 31-April 2. Thirteen schools and more than 300 students from Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi participated in the inaugural Gulf Coast Student Symposium in the newly realigned conference. The symposium’s theme was “Back on Track,” a nod to the National Center for Asphalt Technology’s world-renowned 1.7-mile asphalt test track, as well as a statement of purpose — reviving inperson professional development and extracurricular opportunities after two years of unprecedented challenges. Students across the region formed multidisciplinary teams to compete in 19 civil and environmental engineeringthemed competitions, including the well-known steel bridge competition and concrete canoe race. Auburn’s team ultimately placed in 16 different competitions, enough to place first overall and advance to national level competitions for Innovation, Construction, and Timber-Strong Design Build competitions.

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College takes home nine Educational Advertising Awards

Bronze award, Student Viewbook category Student Viewbook

The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Office of Communications and Marketing has won nine awards for marketing excellence in the 37th annual Educational Advertising Awards competition. In total, the office won four gold awards, two silver awards and three bronze awards. The following projects won awards in the competition:

Gold award, Equality and Diversity Promotion category Engineer Together

Gold award, Outdoor category Concourse Banners

Silver award, Podcasts category #GINNing podcast

Gold award, Website category eng.auburn.edu

Silver award, Outdoor category Digital Billboards

Gold award, Catalog category Global Programs Brochure

Bronze award, Annual Report category 2020-21 Dean’s Report

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducts Class of 2027

• Mike Spoor, ’89 industrial engineering, vice president of Florida Power & Light (FPL)

The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducted seven new members to the group during its annual spring meeting. Each council class is active for five years, and those inducted into the Class of 2027 were: • Mike Forte, ’82 aviation management, B777 international captain and check airman at American Airlines • Stephen Hamilton, ’84 chemical engineering, ophthalmologist at Eye Associates of Atlanta • Keith Jones, ’84 chemical engineering and ’86 electrical engineering, founder, president and CEO of Prism Systems • Katie Kirkpatrick, ’95 civil engineering, president and CEO of the Metro Atlanta Chamber • JD McFarlan, ’84 mechanical engineering, vice president of ADP Engineering and Technology at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Bronze award, Publication/External category Auburn Engineer magazine “These awards are a testament to the hard work that goes into showcasing the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and its many accomplishments,” said Austin Phillips, director of engineering communications and marketing. “Without the exceptional students, faculty, staff and alumni who make the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering one of the best engineering colleges in the nation, these awards wouldn’t be possible. We are excited to continue to promote the remarkable things happening in and around the college.”

• Jamie Welch, ’94 mechanical engineering, president and CEO of Dubolyu Logistics “This highly accomplished group represents the best of the best of what Auburn engineers bring to the American workforce,” said Brad Christopher, ’91 and ’93 civil engineering who serves as chair of the council and president of LBYD Engineers. “This group brings a breadth of knowledge and experience to the table, and we look forward to working together to help Interim Dean Steve Taylor carry on the college’s vision of being the best student-centered engineering experience in America.” During the meeting, the council received an update from Taylor and addressed other matters to provide leadership and participation in areas such as academics, development, diversity and inclusion, governmental affairs and public relations. The group also approved its slate of award winners, which will be presented during the fall banquet.

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Christopher was installed as the new chair of the council, succeeding Kenneth Kelly, who served from 2020-22. The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council was established in 1965 and is a group of Auburn Engineering alumni who work together to support the vision and goals of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. The council meets twice annually to assist and advise the college, and its members serve on a variety of committees geared to the mission and operation of the college. Council members demonstrate a continuing commitment to move the college to new levels of excellence and take its place among the nation’s premier engineering institutions. The council provides leadership and participation in areas such as academics, development, diversity and inclusion, governmental affairs and public relations.

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Aerospace engineering study encourages face mask redesign in the future

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Student in CSSE earns invite to Grace Hopper Conference, Google mentorship program Mousumi Akter, a third-year doctoral student in computer science and software engineering, was awarded a student scholarship to attend the Virtual Grace Hopper Celebration Conference in the fall, and was selected for the Google CS Research Mentorship Program. “This was such a tremendous honor, earning this prestigious scholarship and having the opportunity to represent Auburn University in the world’s largest gathering of women in computing,” said Akter, who works as a research assistant in the Big Data Intelligence Lab at Auburn. Akter had the opportunity to network and learn from prominent female computer scientists across the world during the annual Grace Hopper Celebration, which provides scholarships to excellent computer scientists based on merit and purpose. “I came to Auburn from Bangladesh, where women face several obstacles and limitations,” she said. “The conference provided me with the opportunity to hear from female leaders who had gone through similar experiences and encountered comparable barriers. But they’re glowing now, which gives me even more motivation to keep going.” According to Google Research, the CS Research Mentorship Program (CSRMP) encourages students to pursue computing research by providing professional mentorship, peer-to-peer networking, and raising knowledge about different paths within the discipline.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought about the use of face masks as a means of reducing the airborne transmission of diseases to the center of attention of people around the world. Auburn aerospace engineering researchers are leading a study that will help improve our understanding of the science that can be expected to guide the design and use of masks in different situations and environments moving forward. Their research has found that while basic surgical masks offer a first line of defense to both the wearer and the people around them, they are not foolproof as flow leakage occurs around the mask and their effectiveness under realistic coughing conditions is not known.

From left, William McAtee, Vrishank Raghav and Sarah Morris

Assistant Professor Vrishank Raghav, Sarah Morris, a postdoctoral research fellow, and William McAtee, a graduate research assistant, found that repetitive ‘pulsatile’ coughs allow expiratory particles to escape through a surgical mask’s sides and above the nose in their co-authored paper, “Influence of expiratory flow pulsatility on the effectiveness of a surgical mask.” The study is part of a $464,846 National Science Foundation grant in collaboration with the University of Michigan funded in 2021.

Auburn biosystems engineering project receives $700K in ADECA funding Five universities across the state of Alabama were awarded a portion of a $4.8 million award given by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs out of the Alabama Research and Development Enhancement Fund. Out of this amount, the college was awarded $1.6 million for various projects. Sushil Adhikari, professor of biosystems engineering and director of the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, was awarded more than $700,000 for the project “Advanced Liquid Transportation Fuels from Co-Liquefaction of Forest Biomass and Waste Plastics”. “Our project is focused on converting forest biomass and plastic waste into transportation fuels,” Adhikari said. “Alabama is rich in forest resources, whereas most of the plastics we discard end up in landfills, which is an environmental nuisance.”

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Most of the money will be used to recruit graduate students and postdocs who will be working on this project, according to Adhikari. Some money will be used to purchase major pieces of research equipment for biomass and plastic pyrolysis. “The research will be focused on developing a process that would require lower capital and operating cost for biomass liquefaction, catalysts for the production of jet and diesel fuels, and a pathway for recycling waste plastics for the production of liquid fuels along with woody biomass,” Adhikari said. The project team will leverage existing infrastructure and expertise at the Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts at Auburn.

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Auburn Engineering becomes key player in two Air Force Research Laboratory programs

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Student passionate about inspiring women to pursue education in computer science Sanjana Ruhani Tammim received her first computer when she was just five years old and instantly fell in love. “I was very engaged with this computer from the day I received it,” she said. “My family wanted me to become a doctor as they believed that would be a suitable profession for me as a female. But I loved computers and I wanted to be an engineer. With computers, you can choose your own path.” Not only did Tammim, a first-year doctoral student in computer science and software engineering, choose her own path – she’s passionate about helping young women pursue their computer education dreams and open pathways of their own. Tammim works as a graduate research and teaching assistant in the college’s Laboratory for Education and Assistive Technology directed by Daniela Marghitu. She was invited to develop her skills as a computer scientist and collaborate with experienced professionals at the prestigious 2022 Computing Research Association Grad Cohort for Women April 21-23 in New Orleans. Grad Cohort for Women attendees spent two days interacting with 20 senior female computing-related researchers and professionals, who will share pertinent information on graduate school survival skills, as well as more personal information and insights about their experiences. The workshop included a mix of grad cohort presentations and informal discussions and social events.

Auburn University is among 10 universities chosen to participate in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) University Nanosatellite Program, a two-year partnership to design, fabricate and test small satellites. In addition, Auburn was also selected to participate in the AFRL’s prestigious Information Institute, an education partnership where it joins dozens of other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) — related institutions for collaborative research opportunities. “An important part of our mission as a land grant university is to conduct research that advances our knowledge of science and engineering and ultimately leads to the development of new technology and technology solutions,” said Steve Taylor, interim dean of engineering. “We understand that Auburn engineering has an opportunity to play a key role in this relationship with the Air Force Research

Laboratory, whether it’s helping to create new technology for small satellites or collaborating with peer scholars nationwide to produce research that makes an impact on American industry.” Established in 1999 and managed through the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, the University Nanosatellite Program’s objective is to promote and sustain university research and education focused on small satellite and related technologies. Auburn Engineering is among institutions exploring advanced technologies within what AFRL deems “satellite form factor.” This includes novel experiments in communications/networking, formation flying and space domain awareness.

Junior in aerospace recipient of German Academic Exchange Service Scholarship Maggie Nelson of Birmingham is Auburn University’s newest recipient of the German Academic Exchange Service Scholarship. Nelson, a junior majoring in aerospace engineering and minoring in sustainability studies and philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts, will attend Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering in Leipzig, Germany. The scholarship is through the DAAD Rise program, an acronym for Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, or German Academic Exchange Service, Research Internships in Science and Engineering. It is Germany’s premier scholarship program, and it awards competitive

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merit-based grants for use toward study and/or research in Germany at any of the accredited German institutions of higher education. DAAD Rise annually offers approximately 300 grants to undergraduate students from North America, Great Britain and Ireland. Nelson will research anti-biofouling properties of new hybrid membrane systems. According to Nelson, porous polymer membranes are commonly used for filtration of drinking water, wastewater treatment, medicine, food and more.

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Former Dean Chris Roberts was selected as Auburn University’s 21st president in February, and he assumed the role in May

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Under Roberts’ leadership, student enrollment grew by nearly 2,000 students.

Growing up in tiny Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River, Chris Roberts’ future was destined for the music industry. His father owned a music store and Roberts spent hundreds of hours and many summers in the shop. But that all changed in a chemistry class during Roberts’ freshman year of college. “My professor pulled me aside one day and frankly asked me, ‘What are you doing?’ and I said ‘What do you mean? I’m trying to survive your class,’” Roberts said. The professor and Roberts then went back to the professor’s office where he outlined Roberts’ skillset and how he could affect positive change as a chemical engineer. “He recognized that I had potential that I didn’t see in myself,” Roberts said. Since that moment, Roberts has dedicated his life to creating those same life-changing moments for students who are like him. “I’ve spent my whole life trying to emulate him,” Roberts said. “That

was very motivating for me to know that you could recognize in a young person something and to motivate them to achieve beyond even what they thought was their potential.”

From Touchdown Jesus to Touchdown Auburn After earning his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri, the born-and-raised Catholic made the move to the University of Notre Dame to pursue his master’s and doctoral degrees. During his time as a doctoral student, his Notre Dame professors also saw his academic potential and highly encouraged him to pursue a career in academics. When the time came, Roberts began interviewing at numerous institutions, but it was at the advice of his brother, Steve, to interview at a special place called Auburn University. “I knew of Auburn through athletics, but I really didn’t know much about it as an academic institution,” Roberts said. “I don’t know exactly why my brother knew so much about Auburn, but he did. When I came to campus, I fell in love with the place. I instantly felt connected to Auburn.” During his interview on The Plains, someone handed Roberts a copy of the Auburn Creed. That night, while in his hotel room, he pulled out the copy and began to read it.

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During his tenure, the college became a Top 25 producer of African American engineering graduates.

“This is an institution that has a stated set of values and doesn’t shy away from it,” Roberts said. “Frankly, coming out of the University of Notre Dame, I had a deep appreciation for an institution who knew who it was. It’s a differentiator for Auburn, and the Auburn people own it.” Roberts quickly knew Auburn is where he wanted to be. Even though he had not been offered the job yet, he called home and told his father this was the place for him. Years later, Roberts was invited to Notre Dame to deliver a speech to graduating doctoral students. During the event, he read the Auburn Creed to the graduates. “I hoped even they would identify it with parts of their lives that connect with their own set of values. Auburn has done that for me,” Roberts said. “I hope to help continue to make Auburn an institution where our students and alumni identify with the university through these ideals.”

A Vision Fulfilled Roberts joined Auburn University’s Department of Chemical Engineering as an assistant professor in 1994. Within a decade, he was named as the department’s chair in 2003, as well as the Uthlaut Professor. Similarly, less than a decade later, he was named dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering in 2012.

As he looks back at each of those tenures, he still sees himself as that professor making an impact in students’ lives. It’s at his core. “That’s where my heart is. I loved interfacing with students at the frontier of technical challenges, innovation and their discovery and learning. It was a such a pleasure,” Roberts said. During his time as department chair, he began to experience a new joy, a joy similar to that of seeing his students excel. “I learned to live vicariously through the successes of my colleagues, and was perhaps personally experiencing more joy watching my colleagues develop into master educators and master researchers,” Roberts said. “That gave me confidence that we could have that effect across the college.” As dean, Roberts led the College of Engineering through exponential growth in undergraduate and graduate enrollment; underrepresented student enrollment and graduation; faculty recruitment; alumni gifts and involvement; new research awards and grants; and facility additions and enhancements.

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Roberts led the college’s efforts to construct the $44 million, 142,000-square-foot Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center, the renovation of the old Textile Building into the Gavin Engineering Research Laboratory and the construction of the Carol Ann Gavin Garden.

During his tenure, Roberts led and oversaw: • Growth in total enrollment of nearly 2,000 students • Growth of new external research contracts by $55 million • Growth in faculty by approximately 100 members • Becoming a Top 25 producer of African American engineering graduates • Growth of female enrollment to more than 22% • Launching the 100+ Women Strong program • Launching the Young Alumni Council • Fundraising a record $65 million in donor funds in 2015-16 • Construction of the $44 million, 142,000-square-foot Brown-Kopel Center • Renovation of the Textile Building into the Gavin Research Laboratory • Construction of the Gavin Garden • Renovation of Broun Hall to include the Davidson Pavilion • Construction of the $22 million Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory • Acquisition of the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville “My time as dean has illustrated to me, and I hope others, that we can do really ambitious things at Auburn while staying true to who we are,” Roberts said. “What I’m most proud of is that we did this together. It took a lot of people — a lot of people — to come together with a shared vision and a desire to make an impact.” In February 2022, after a national search, Roberts was named as Auburn University’s 21st president. He assumed the role in May, succeeding Jay Gogue.

“I didn’t wake up one day and just decide I want to pursue the presidency at Auburn, but rather over the course of the past 28 years that I’ve been here I think I’ve developed a deep appreciation and understanding of the institution and a desire to see it reach its full potential,” Roberts said. “I’m convinced that, in this new role, we’ll be able to take on ambitious things and really further propel Auburn as a preeminent land grant university, while at the same time doing it in a uniquely Auburn way. I think that’s what I’ve been able to hone over these years as a professor, department chair and dean here on this campus. Auburn is an amazing university with tremendous potential for greatness, and I hope to help us reach that full potential.” And while the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering will always be thankful of the role Roberts played in making the college the best student-centered engineering experience in America where everyone is made to feel welcomed, valued, respected and engaged, those in the college are comforted and confident that the entire university will soon experience the same upward trajectory felt on the engineering campus. Or, as you could say, it’s music to their ears. “I’m really honored to have this opportunity. It’s the honor of a lifetime to serve Auburn in this truly unique way. There’s nowhere else I would like to do this than right here,” Roberts said. “And I can rest easy knowing the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is a great college with strong leadership across the board with amazing, world-class faculty members and a high-achieving student body. Knowing what I know about this next generation of faculty and students across this college, watch out! Auburn is on the rise.”

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SURPRISE! Walt and Ginger Woltosz are among the university’s most ardent and dedicated supporters, so it was no surprise to everyone when they gave $5 million to the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering to support the construction and programming of the Brown-Kopel Student Achievement Center. Well, almost everyone. On April 8, the Woltoszes surprised former Dean and now President Chris Roberts by naming the grand atrium in the Brown-Kopel Center in his honor. The area, which serves as the front door to the college, is now known as the Christopher B. Roberts Grand Atrium. The space was initially named by the college in honor of the Woltoszes, but Walt wanted

to name the space after the person who had the vision to make the facility a reality. During the Brown-Kopel Center’s dedication ceremony in 2019, President Jay Gogue mentioned during his remarks that the facility was Roberts’ vision, and that spurred the Woltoszes to make the generous gesture. Although COVID postponed the Woltoszes being able to formally recognize the name change, they were finally able to unveil it in front of a packed house of Auburn alumni, administration, faculty, staff and students. Interim Dean Steve Taylor presided over the event, which featured speakers Gogue, Board of Trustee member Mike DeMaioribus, Interim Provost Vini Nathan, Engineering Assistant Dean and Director of Student Services Janet Moore and the Woltoszes. “Chris had this vision for a student achievement center, and I wish we had known that before it was too late and all

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the names were put up,” said Walt, who earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Auburn in 1969 and 1977, respectively, and an honorary doctorate from the university in 2021. “Well, Chris, it’s not too late.” A visibly stunned Roberts gasped as the drapes were pulled back, revealing the formal name change. “This was an entire college project. This was probably the best project I’ve ever worked on, by a really significant margin,” Roberts said. “But now, to know that you have done this, Walt and Ginger, I just can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.”

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Members of Auburn Engineering’s Weatherby Society, named in honor of Dennis Weatherby, the program’s founding director.

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Cordelia Brown, the fourth director of the program now known as the Center for Inclusive Engineering Excellence, shared that the program exceeded its fundraising goal of $2.5 million, raising more than $3.4 million over the anniversary year.

“When students come and do well academically and go out and talk about their success at Auburn, that is the best student recruiting tool you can have.” – Dennis W. Weatherby It’s a simple philosophy — one that has remained true for more than a quarter-century when it comes to recruiting and retaining underrepresented students in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. It’s reminiscent of the famous phrase, “if you build it, they will come.” In this case, however, the “it” represents community and a vital student support network. Those are what the late Dennis W. Weatherby spent his time as the founding director

1978 Minority Introduction to Engineering

(MITE) Program first held at Auburn, welcoming prospective students to a two-week summer introduction to the basics of engineering and life on the Auburn campus with a focus on student recruitment.

of the Minority Engineering Program (MEP) building. And his hard work has continued to pay off. In April, Auburn Engineering wrapped up its year-long 25th anniversary campaign celebration of the Engineering Academic Excellence Program (AEP) — formerly known as MEP — with a gala reception and dinner held at the Hotel at Auburn University. In front of more than 150 guests, the program recognized the impact of Weatherby and the three other program directors — Shirley Scott-Harris, Cheryl Seals and the current director, Cordelia Brown — as well as the donors and friends without whose support, the program would not be the success story it is today. “This program, which started as the Minority Introduction to Engineering Program (MITE), grew into the Minority Engineering

1996 Minority Engineering Program (MEP) established at Auburn, initially intended to augment the existing MITE program with a primary focus on student retention. Dennis W. Weatherby was hired as the program’s first director.

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2000 BellSouth Corp. committed $150,000 per year for seven years to support MEP. As a result, the college renamed MEP the BellSouth Minority Engineering Program (BMEP).

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K-Rob Thomas, ’01 civil engineering, reflected on his time in the Minority Engineering Program and the impact that the program’s founding director, Dennis Weatherby, had on his life. “Dr. Weatherby changed the trajectory of my life,” he said.

Program in 1996 and has evolved into the Academic Excellence Program, is poised to reach new heights and touch even more underrepresented engineering students through your generosity and commitment to its success,” said Steve Taylor, interim dean of engineering.

program outpaced the original fundraising goal for a total of more than $3.4 million.

New heights, indeed.

“Thank you all for believing in our mission, for recognizing the results we have achieved over the last quarter century and for joining our vision for the future of this meaningful program,” Brown said to the audience of supporters.

At the outset of the anniversary year, a new giving society — the Weatherby Society — was established to provide programmatic and scholarship support to AEP. A fundraising goal of $2.5 million was set and the plan for the funding, according to AEP Director Brown, was to expand staffing and student support to serve even more students “as we strive to reach our recruitment, retention, impact and graduation goals.” Over the course of the year, the

More than 250 individual donors gave to AEP over the 202122 academic year and of that total, 57 were inducted into the Weatherby Society. But throughout the program’s history, corporate sponsors have played an important role, especially Alabama Power Company, which has been the program’s title sponsor for the past 12 years. Auburn Engineering alumni Zeke Smith, ’82 industrial engineering, Auburn University trustee and

2002 Weatherby was promoted to assistant dean of engineering for minority affairs and continued as BMEP director.

2005 After completing his 10th year as MEP director, Weatherby left Auburn to pursue new opportunities. He was succeeded as program director by Shirley Harris, who had previously served as an academic advisor in the Office of Engineering Student Services.

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2006 When AT&T acquired BellSouth Corp., BMEP became known as the AT&T Minority Engineering Program.

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Alabama Power executives and Auburn Engineering alumni Zeke Smith (left), ’82 industrial engineering, and Jim Heilbron, ’94 and ’96 civil engineering, announced a new significant gift to the program and unveiled the program’s new name - the Center for Inclusive Engineering Excellence.

executive vice president of external affairs at Alabama Power, and Jim Heilbron, ’94 and ’96 civil engineering and senior vice president and senior production officer also at Alabama Power, paid tribute to the past and current corporate philanthropic supporters to the program over the years starting with the program’s original sponsors, BellSouth Corporation and AT&T; AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company; Brasfield and Gorrie; Hoar Program Management; Georgia Power Foundation; Chevron; CGI Group Inc.; Lockheed Martin; Intradiem; Westrock; Trane; Volkert; Amazon Web Services and Robins & Morton. But they didn’t stop there. “It’s really a part of our DNA at Alabama Power — that diversity matters and providing opportunities for all is just imperative,” Smith said. “We believe in AEP. We believe in our students and we celebrate them tonight. We know that when they leave the

2010 When BellSouth/AT&T’s commitment

to support the program ended, Alabama Power stepped in to fund the program at $250,000 annually and renamed it the Alabama Power Academic Excellence Program (AEP).

2014 Harris retired and was succeeded by Cheryl D. Seals as acting director of AEP. Seals served in the role for one year before returning to her full-time faculty position in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering.

program, they are prepared to go out into the world to solve problems and make a difference. “Just like we’ve enjoyed witnessing the success of AEP over the past 25 years, we are excited to announce tonight that we’re making a new significant gift on behalf of Alabama Power Company to continue our legacy of giving to this program for the next 25 years,” he added. Heilbron underscored the announcement of Alabama Power’s impactful gift by unveiling Auburn’s Center for Inclusive Engineering Excellence — the program’s name going forward. “We feel that this new name truly speaks to the important focus of this program, which is ultimately giving opportunities to diverse

2015 Cordelia Brown was hired as the new AEP director and a senior lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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Christy “Stacey” Ogletree, ’88 industrial engineering, and Shirley Boulware, ’91 chemical engineering, were among those present who were welcomed into the Weatherby Society with a special pinning ceremony.

and underrepresented students coming to this school to pursue an engineering degree. We believe the Center for Inclusive Engineering Excellence is more representative of the broader support and expanded mission and will bring a new level of prominence to the program we all know and love,” Heilbron said. Weatherby, and the impact he left on the Auburn Engineering campus, loomed large throughout the evening. Beverly Banister, ’83 chemical engineering and retired EPA Region 4 deputy regional administrator, lauded his professional achievements at Procter & Gamble, where he created a lemon-scented dishwashing detergent, and then his choice to leave the chemical industry and pursue a new career path in academics, eventually joining Auburn University as the MEP director in 1996 as the program was just getting off the ground.

“Though he passed away in 2007, his role in establishing the Minority Engineering Program continues to have a profound impact on generations of Auburn graduates,” Banister said. K-Rob Thomas, ’01 civil engineering and vice president of origination and acquisitions at Alabama Power, served as the cochair of the AEP anniversary planning committee. Thomas reflected on his time as one of Weatherby’s earliest students at Auburn, sharing that Weatherby himself invited Thomas to his first Sunday evening study session, a hallmark of the AEP student experience. “There are few times in life where people or experiences transform the trajectory of your life. Dr. Weatherby changed the trajectory of my life. When I walked in to that first Sunday night study session,” Thomas said, “I looked around at a room full of people who looked

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Alabama Power recommits to its sponsorship of AEP. The program was renamed

2021 AEP kicks off a year-long campaign to celebrate the program’s 25th anniversary.

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DENNIS W. WEATHERBY Dennis W. Weatherby was an inventor, scientist, university administrator and proponent of minority college students’ success. Weatherby attended Central State University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1982. From there, he moved to the University of Dayton and completed a master’s degree in chemical engineering in 1984. Soon after finishing his studies, Weatherby began working for Procter & Gamble Corp. in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a process engineer. At the age of just 27 he was given a chance to lead a team to create a new consumer product, and the result of that effort was a lemon-scented, liquid dishwashing detergent that became a long-term success. As a chemist, Weatherby will forever be associated with one of the United States’ most well-known household cleaning products, the automatic dishwasher detergent known as Cascade. In 1989, he began working for his alma mater, Central State University, as an academic adviser and recruiter. According to the school, which historically catered to minority students, under Weatherby‘s leadership, the program experienced a more than 400% growth in student enrollment with a better than 80% retention rate. In 1994, he became an assistant professor of water quality at CSU. In 1996, Weatherby moved on to the institution where he had completed his doctoral studies, Auburn University, to become director of the new Minority Engineering Program. There he served as a role model and adviser for underrepresented students. As the founding director of Auburn University’s Minority Engineering Program, he made Auburn one of the top universities for graduating African Americans in the field of engineering. After leaving Auburn in 2004, Weatherby became associate dean of the graduate school at the University of Notre Dame, and in 2006 Weatherby became the associate provost for Student Success at Northern Kentucky University, where he served until his premature death in September 2007. *Adapted from Central State University’s Hall of Fame

like me. I had no idea there were so many African American engineers at Auburn.” Members of Weatherby’s family joined in the anniversary celebration, reflecting on the legacy he left at Auburn University. Helping others succeed was Weatherby’s passion and he aimed to inspire others with his leadership, according to Lissa Weatherby, Weatherby’s sister. And his daughter, Elaine Weatherby, shared how it felt seeing her father make an impact in the lives of his students. “I realized that my dad not only meant a lot to me, he meant a lot to everyone else, too. And it shows in the legacy and the people he touched along the way,” she said. “Dr. Dennis Weatherby was not a boastful man, but I know that he would be absolutely honored to see how far the Academic Excellence Program has come and the fruits of those efforts. On behalf of the Weatherby family, we want to thank you so much for continuing those efforts and celebrating his legacy.”

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Weatherby Society In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Engineering Academic Excellence Program (AEP), a giving society was established in memory of the late Dr. Dennis W. Weatherby. The Weatherby Society recognizes those who have made gifts of $25,000 or more in support of scholarship or programmatic support of AEP during the 25th year of the program. Our generous Weatherby Sponsors include:

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Ms. Muriel J. Foster ’00 Ms. Mellany Jatone George ’05 Mrs. Melody George-Jones ’05 Mr. Gary Ross Godfrey ’86 and Mrs. Carol J. Godfrey ’86 Mr. James Everett Goosby ’00 and Mrs. Erica Goosby Mrs. Antoria Arnold Guerrier ’00 Mr. Jim Palmer Heilbron ’94 and Mrs. Markell A. Heilbron ’96 Mr. Duriel Ramon Holley ’03 and Mrs. Olivea Holley Mr. John Jones ’59 and Mrs. Jo Jones Mr. Keith Allen Jones ’84/Prism Systems Mr. Kenneth Kelly ’90 and Mrs. Kimberly Kelly Lockheed Martin Mr. Bill McNair ’68 and Mrs. Lana McNair Ms. Christy ‘Stacey’ Ogletree ’88 Robins & Morton Ms. Regenia Rena Sanders ’95 Mr. Allen Taylor Sasser ’12 Mr. Anthony Antonio Smoke ’84 and Mrs. Jacqueline Smoke Mr. Jeffrey Ira Stone ’79 and Dr. Linda Johnson Stone ’79 Mrs. Susan Nolen Story ’81 Mr. K-Rob Thomas ’01 and Mrs. Marcia Leatha Thomas ’01 TRANE Technologies Mrs. Casey Robinson Troutman ’00 Volkert Mr. Lawrence Whatley ’85 and Mrs. Ywonna H. Whatley ’85 Mr. Walter Stanley Woltosz ’69 and Mrs. Virginia Woltosz Mr. Jeremy Brian Woods ’16 Mr. Brandon Devaghn Young ’10

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A framed photo of Mike Ogles bearing the inscription “Do big things for God, family, and Auburn” hangs on the second floor the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus’ main building.

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Steve Taylor, interim dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, has a sign above the door to his office that reads “Be like Mike — Do big things for Auburn.” It’s a tribute to his colleague and friend, Mike Ogles, inspired by the words of the Microsoft Outlook calendar reminder Ogles woke up to every day before losing a six-month battle with cancer in October 2021. A 1989 Auburn University mechanical engineering graduate who served the college 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, Ogles was an invaluable resource for Auburn University. Working largely behind the scenes, his connections with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville helped secure several major research contracts and partnerships for Auburn Engineering, including an $11.6 million NASA contract for work on the Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology project that helped establish NCAME as an

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The new 40,000-square-foot Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus is situated on a 9-acre lot located at 345 Voyager Way NW just outside Redstone Arsenal’s Gate 9 entrance. LogiCore — a technology services company providing life cycle logistics, systems and software engineering, cybersecurity, information technology, programmatics and training services — operated the facility from 2015-22.

international leader in additive manufacturing characterization and qualification research. So, it came as no surprise that when talk of expanding Auburn’s Huntsville footprint and updating its long-term Rocket City research strategy reached Taylor’s ears in early 2021, many of the words belonged to Mike Ogles. The timing just seemed right. Huntsville continued to top lists ranking the fastest growing tech hubs in the nation. The U.S. Space Command had just announced plans to relocate to Redstone Arsenal. In that first meeting, Taylor sat down with Ogles and Melanie Baker, director of Auburn Engineering’s Army and Missile Defense Programs, with a vision: Do something big for Auburn in Huntsville. Purchasing two buildings with more than 40,000 square feet of space situated on a 9-acre parcel of land is pretty big. “I think Mike would be proud of the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus,” Taylor said.

Located at 345 Voyager Way NW within minutes of Redstone Arsenal’s Gate 9 entrance and near many of Auburn University’s research partners in defense, aerospace, law enforcement and biotech sectors, the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus (AURIC) lays a permanent foundation from which Auburn can leverage its regional reputation and thriving public-private partnerships into unprecedented national prestige and influence. Jim Weyhenmeyer, university vice president for research and economic development, called the decision to move forward on the project “a defining moment for Auburn University and the Huntsville community.” “This facility,” Weyhenmeyer said of AURIC, “will fast-track connections that change the world through our valued research partnerships.” LogiCore — a technology services company providing life cycle logistics, systems and software engineering, cybersecurity, information technology, programmatics and training services — operated the facility from 2015-22.

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The main building of the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus features an event center large enough to host 300 people plus a 100-seat auditorium. The entirety of the second floor is dedicated to engineering research space.

I think Mike would be proud of the Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus.

“It was just obvious to Mike and Melanie that we needed a greater physical presence in Huntsville,” Taylor said. “We’ve obviously done very well and expanded our research efforts in Huntsville since Auburn opened an office there in 2010, but if we were going to truly grow our research portfolio, they knew we had to have a home — a physical headquarters that belonged to us.” Ogles and Baker, Taylor said, envisioned the campus as a collaboration engine that focused Auburn’s expertise and nextgeneration resources on the defense, aerospace and law enforcement agencies that call Redstone Arsenal home. When it officially opens its doors later this year, that, Taylor said, is exactly what it will be. “When you look at the Redstone Arsenal, most people think of NASA and Marshall Space Flight Center,” Taylor said.

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“But there are so many other agencies and groups. There’s United States Army Materiel Command, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, the Missile Defense Agency, the Missile and Space Intelligence Center, Redstone Test Center — you can go on and on, and we already have working relationships with many of those groups,” he added.

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The Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus’ second building is reserved mostly for laboratory space that in coming years will allow industry partners and government agencies to harness Auburn University resources and expertise.

Taylor also expects AURIC to help facilitate Auburn Engineering’s growing work with the FBI. “The FBI now has a significant presence inside the fence at Redstone, and we significantly collaborate on cybersecurity with the FBI, as well as the Army,” Taylor said. “There’s also, of course, a lot of interest in Auburn’s additive manufacturing research through NCAME within the Army, as well as from our long-term additive partners at NASA.” The U.S. Army recently awarded Auburn’s NCAME a $4.3 million contract on a two-year project focused on materials, parts and process qualification, all of which are necessary for furthering the adoption and implementation of additive manufacturing in Army operations. “We are excited about the opportunities to expand our research capability in Huntsville, which is home to many members of the Auburn Family and our valued research partners,” said former Auburn University President Jay Gogue. “We hope this facility will quickly become the primary connection for the Huntsville community to Auburn University and will be the go-to destination for government and industry entities around Redstone looking to meet in an unbiased, trusted location for technical interfacing.”

Taylor agrees. “The space we’re creating at AURIC will allow Auburn to serve as a trusted partner where we can convene different agencies and different companies in an impartial territory and work through big problems with complex multidisciplinary solutions,” he said. The campus’ main building features an event center large enough to host 300 people plus a 100-seat auditorium. The entirety of the second floor is dedicated to engineering research space. The second building is reserved for even more laboratory space that will be built out in the coming years. “In terms of long-term goals, we want to significantly grow our research funding that comes from agencies in Huntsville,” he said. “We’re conducting millions of dollars of research with Huntsville partners, but I think we can easily triple our current numbers.” If the generated buzz is any indication, he’s right. “It’s already generated interest among our peer universities and of our existing partners,” he said. “I’ve had several conversations already. People keep asking, ‘What will be happening here?’” Big things, Taylor tells them — big things.

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Diagnosed with ALS in 2019, Gary Godfrey, ‘86 industrial engineering, was able to participate in the 2022 Bo Bikes Bama charity bike ride thanks to a custom bicycle designed and built by an Auburn Engineering senior design team.

On Saturday, April 23, 1,061 people from 44 states, led by two-sport legend Bo Jackson, participated in the annual Bo Bikes Bama charity ride benefiting the Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund.

Godfrey, a 1986 industrial engineering graduate who played alongside Charles Barkley as the Tigers reached the Elite 8 before embarking on a highly successful 30-year career in logistics and brand management consulting, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS degrades nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It causes loss of muscle control, paralysis. He can’t move. He can’t talk. He’s not supposed to be able to do things like complete a 20-mile bike ride.

One of them was former Auburn basketball player and engineering alumnus Gary Godfrey.

But he did, thanks to 13 students in Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering who said “yes” to the challenge.

Apparently, he didn’t get the memo.

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A week earlier, a senior design team comprised of eight mechanical engineering seniors, an industrial master’s student volunteer, three mechanical engineering graduate teaching assistants and an undergraduate teaching assistant completed a custom studentdesigned adaptive bike that could accommodate Godfrey, and the vehicle’s operator, Chuck Smith, an experienced cyclist who has known Godfrey for years. The team was supervised by assistant mechanical engineering professor Kyle Schulze and mechanical engineering lecturer Jordan Roberts, who also serves as the director of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s Design and Manufacturing Lab. The bike is a modified cargo ebike with a custom-built frame that includes a hot-swappable battery for continuous operation. Godfrey sat securely in the front of the bike between two 20-inch tires pushed by the powered rear wheel and was monitored by three primary sensors — two GoPro cameras and a “twitch switch” — that allowed his support team to monitor his vital signs during the race. The switch was attached to Godfrey’s cheek and connected to a light and siren system allowing him to signal the team via the slight facial mobility he

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Thirteen mechanical engineering seniors worked nearly non-stop for four months in order to complete Godfrey’s custom bicycle in time for the Bo Bikes Bama charity ride April 23.

maintains had he been in distress. He was secured to a racing seat with a five-point harness and his head was supported with a HANS device typical of motorsports safety. “Building the bike for Gary was a great experience because it was an example of a real-world design and build process — we were working on a tight schedule with a big group,” said mechanical engineering senior Joshua McCreight, the project’s team lead, one of several team members who rode alongside Godfrey. “I’m really pleased we got it done in time

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Gary Godfrey poses with Auburn students during a basketball game at Neville Arena in 2019. Godfrey played for the Tigers under head coach Sonny Smith in the 1980s.

for Gary to participate in Bo Bikes Bama. We were committed to finishing it, not only because it was our senior design project, but because it’s such a great way to share the positive impact of Gary’s story.” Gary’s story — at least this chapter — started in late 2018. One day, he was just weaker. He was shooting hoops. Then he wasn’t. He couldn’t get the ball to the rim. For a 6-foot-8 former college basketball player, that was strange. He went to a doctor. He got weaker. He went to another doctor. On Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, he got the diagnosis. It was almost a relief. He knew what he was working with. He knew what he would be living with — emphasis on the living. “I had a choice,” Godfrey said through the text-to-speech app on the computer he controls with his eyes. “I could spend my energy on fighting ALS, or I could focus on living with ALS. I chose the latter. That’s when all of my Auburn basketball experiences kicked in. What did I have to do to stay on the court — which probably is not the best metaphor since I wasn’t on the court that much during my career at Auburn — or in this case, what do I have to do to live a full life with ALS?”

Cycling was on the full-life list. He’d been an avid bike rider before ALS. He’d done Bo Bikes Bama twice before ALS. No reason to stop now. “After I retired, I wanted to get back in shape,” Godfrey said. “I took up cycling. It became my passion. I was riding three to four times per week, riding between 200 to 250 miles. I lost over 80 pounds. I became a MAMIL — a Middle Aged Man in Lycra.” Godfrey and his wife, Carol, a fellow 1986 Auburn industrial engineering graduate who led a distinguished career in marketing and product development for Southwire Company, first approached the college about the project late last year. “I had ridden in Bo Bikes Bama a few times before my ALS diagnosis,” Godfrey said. “I read about a man from Colorado, named Mike Cimbura. Mike was an avid cyclist before he was diagnosed with ALS. He didn’t let ALS prevent him from riding. Mike teamed with Zach Yendra who built him a bike that could accommodate his needs and still go up to 60 miles per hour through the Colorado mountains. That inspired me to do the same thing for Bo Bikes Bama.” Gary showed a picture of Cimbura’s bike to Carol. He typed out “I

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Auburn University President Chris Roberts, former dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, powered Godfrey on a pre-ride demonstration of the bike’s functionality.

want to ask Auburn Engineering students to build me something like this.”

Neither could Auburn University President Chris Roberts, former dean of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

“I was like, ‘I don’t know about going 60 miles per hour, Gary,’ we might need to slow that down,’” Carol said. “But still, he always talks about living with ALS. Folks often ask me why we’re doing things like returning to bike riding or pushing to be at Auburn basketball and football games or at a meeting of the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council. I guess their rationale is that Gary has ALS, can’t move or talk or breathe on his own, or this, or that. And yet, what I’d tell you is that Gary’s mind is sharper than ever, allowing him to dream up ideas like riding a bike again, and some amazingly bright young Auburn engineers were along on this ride with us.”

“This project and this day represents the full circle of the Auburn mission of education, research and outreach,” Roberts said after powering Godfrey on a short demonstration of the bike’s capabilities before the ride. “The bike ran incredibly well. I’m so proud of these students and so happy for Gary. This is what the Auburn Family is all about.”

Amazingly bright, said Schulze, doesn’t even begin to describe it.

It was there at the starting line. Twenty miles and two hours later, it was there at the finish line.

“Senior design projects typically take two semesters, but, with the way this worked out, the students had barely four months to finish,” he said. “To be honest, what typically happens in situations like this is that the advisors end up having to finish the job because the students just don’t have the technical know-how to meet the deadline. Any senior design professor out there would look at that bike and assume that’s what happened here.”

Godfrey couldn’t be more grateful that it is. The smile is subtle. But it’s still there. It’s the one physical form of expression the disease hasn’t taken from him.

“Thanks to these Auburn Engineering students,” Godfrey said. “I got to feel the wind in my face again.”

But it didn’t. “Jordan and I looked at each other just before the ride started and said ‘they don’t need us,’” Schulze said. “That’s the biggest compliment I can give them. I couldn’t be prouder.”

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M . TWI TER Assistant civil and environmental engineering professor David Roueche is using AI to save lives one crowd-sourced tornado video at a time

F E A T U R E S /// T W I S T E R

Shown here with a 3D laser scanner, David Roueche, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, researches the performance of low-rise buildings under extreme wind loads, including hurricanes and tornadoes.

“Twister” came out in 1996. David Roueche may be the only assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering specializing in extreme wind loads on low-rise buildings, post-tornado disaster field investigations, performance-based wind engineering and wind resistance of light wood-frame structures in the world who still hasn’t seen it.

tornado’s wind speed rather than just estimate it from the damage it’s caused.” Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt did it with a big bucket of spherical sensors — Dorothy, they called it. If you got Dorothy in just the right spot, the idea was that a tornado would suck the sensors into its funnel and transmit in 30 seconds more statistical insight into what makes twisters tick than weather scientists had acquired in 30 years. It was based on an actual instrument that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Severe Storms Laboratory researchers developed in the 1980s, the TOtable Tornado Observatory (TOTO).

He tries to keep quiet about it. TOTO didn’t work. The movie is a kind of a cult classic among his colleagues, inspiring a generation of meteorologists and storm chasers and weather nerds and such. So, when it comes up he’ll just smile and nod along. When it comes on TBS and the scientists and engineers he interacts with on Twitter have their impromptu online watch parties and start sharing memes with the cow flying through the air, he’ll click the heart button. Whenever they share little clips, he’ll sometimes hit play. It’s been plenty enough for him to get the gist over the years — enough for him to start nodding before you even finish asking if the real science in the script parallels the research he’ll begin late this summer, at least in terms of an ultimate goal. “Yes, basically,” he said. “With both, you’re trying to understand the behavior of tornadoes. You’re trying to accurately determine a

Roueche thinks his new approach just might.

Digitizing Debris He’s already an expert in analyzing the aftermath; where there’s rubble, there’s Roueche — taking photos, taking measurements, taking stock. What could have kept that wall from crumbling? What could have kept that manufactured home on the ground? Why was this 10-year-old site-built home torn apart while the 20-year-old home next to it only lost a few shingles? Which building codes were violated? Which foundations did what they were supposed to do? Combined with an active social media presence, his rapid, bootson-the-ground approach to research — mounting a 360-degree

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F E AT U R E S camera system to his car and immediately deploying to disaster areas — has turned the field work aficionado into a go-to source for outlets like the Washington Post and NPR looking to shine a spotlight on headline-making southern storms. He was tapped to be associate director of data resources for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance Network for a reason. In 2020, he received a $573,297 NSF Early Career award to develop better methodologies for utilizing post-windstorm reconnaissance in enhancing resilience. But, apparently, the aftermath — the “post” part of “postwindstorm” — can only tell us so much. As it turns out, in terms of wind speed, those Fujita scale ratings you hear about — EF3 and EF4 — are, technically, just guess work, Roueche said, based mostly on damage assessment that also leaves plenty of other crucial questions unanswered. Were the winds straight line? Were they horizontal? Were there vertical components? Were there updrafts? “A lot of people don’t realize that we really don’t know a lot of what characterizes wind speeds in tornadoes, at least near-surface where our buildings are,” Roueche said. “We have instrumentation

on towers, we have anemometers set up at airports and in different locations, but tornadoes rarely pass directly over them, and when they do they typically damage the instrumentation. So, we don’t have a way of reliably measuring wind speeds in tornadoes.” Yet. It’s kind of a simple idea, one that Roueche thinks should be able to happen easily enough in 2022. The technology is there. Social media is there. Now the funding is there. In October 2021, the NSF awarded Roueche and research partners Franklin T. Lombardo, a structural engineering professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Mani Golparvar, an associate civil engineering professor specializing in computer science and technology entrepreneurship also at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, nearly $400,000 toward the 4D Wind Field Reconstruction of Near Surface Wind Environment and Other Convective Storms project. That should be enough to pay for the time in Florida International University’s Wall of Wind, to pay for all the Ring doorbells and GoPros and iPhones and security cameras they’ll set up to record what happens to the nails and 2x4s and windows and rocks and dishes and staplers and Teddy bears and photo albums (and any

A still from a cell phone video of a 2019 tornado in Toronto, Canada, shows an early version of the debris tracking technology Roueche and research partner Frank Lombardo will employ for their NSF-funded project “4-D Wind Field Reconstruction of Near Surface Wind Environment and Other Convective Storms.”

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F E A T U R E S /// T W I S T E R other real-world debris they can find) when they turn the knobs of the largest and most powerful university wind research facility of its kind up to 100 and 130 and 150 miles per hour.

But extreme wind events actually have a habit of skipping Jacksonville. Hurricanes typically bounce off Florida’s northeast coast. Tornadoes are few and far between.

The goal? AI for tornado research; instead of facial recognition, wind-speed recognition.

“I was first exposed to what tornadoes can really do when I went to Tuscaloosa,” Roueche said.

Build an algorithm. Train it with gigabytes of video recorded under known conditions. Develop a debris pattern database that computer vision can compare to crowd-sourced footage of tornadoes. Mix in the latest, state-of-the-art debris-flight models. Save lives.

It was 2011, the day after he received his civil engineering degree from the University of Florida. His professor, David Prevatt, a wellknown researcher in structural resilience, encouraged him to join his team on a trip. Days earlier, on April 27, an EF4 tornado — that at one point was 1.5 miles wide — leveled portions of Tuscaloosa. Prevatt’s team planned to drive the 15 hours to assess the damage. Roueche said yes.

“Our buildings are not as strong as they should be and they’re failing much sooner than they should,” Roueche said, “and one reason is that there’s just a dearth of actual measurements of what happens inside a tornado.” What there isn’t, though, is a dearth of footage of what happens in and around tornadoes. “There’s now a wealth of sources that capture tornadoes,” Roueche said. “There are cameras everywhere. So, the basic idea of the project is to use the footage we record to build a way to parse all of the tornado video we can source in order to extract useful information from it that can help us design safer buildings.”

Life-Changing David Roueche did not grow up in a safe building, structurally speaking. His family lived in a manufactured home in Jacksonville, Florida. They had to stay on their toes come hurricane season. Do they drive to Grandmama’s brick house further inland? Shelter in a church? Stay put?

It changed his life. “I still vividly remember those images,” Roueche said. “That’s what really ignited my passion to pursue this avenue of structural engineering, which, of course, Auburn has been perfect for, not only in the terms of the resources we have here, especially now with the new Advanced Structural Engineering Lab, but, geographically, we’re strategically positioned kind of in the heart of what they call Dixie’s tornado alley.” Alabama is a tied with Oklahoma, which has 17,480 more square miles, for the state with the most confirmed EF5 tornadoes. It frequently leads the nation in annual tornado fatalities. In 2019, it wasn’t close.

Close to Home It was the morning of March 3, 2019. It was easy for Roueche to be one of the first engineers on the scene, along with associate professor Robbie Barnes, his colleague in Auburn’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Beauregard was just 10 minutes from his home in Opelika. Roueche had been hunkering down with family like the rest of Lee County, watching the news, watching Twitter, tracking the storm on his phone with a specialized app. “When I saw a debris field with debris 20,000 feet in the air, I knew, yeah, this was bad,” Roueche said. The development of the debris field is when the comparisons started. Josh Johnson, chief meteorologist for WSFA, was as emphatic as he could be without shouting.

As the associate director of data resources for the NSF’s StEER (Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance) Network, David Roueche’s rapid deployment, boots-on-the-ground approach to research has made him a go-to expert for national media covering the aftermath of severe southern storms.

David Roueche poses with Jordan Nakayama (right), one of his doctoral students, during a reconnaissance research trip to Princeton, Kentucky, following the QuadState tornado in December 2021. On the left is Mohammad Alam, a fellow researcher with the NSF’s StEER (Structural Extreme Events Reconnaissance) Network.

“I haven’t seen a debris signature like this since April 27, 2011,” Johnson said, his voice shaking. “If you are in Beauregard, take cover now.” Roueche can still see the trees. Some had furniture in the branches that were still in place. Some were snapped in half. Some had mobile homes wrapped around them. The mile-wide, EF-4 tornado was on the ground for more than half an hour. It took the lives of 20 adults and three children. Roueche is convinced it shouldn’t have. “We’ll see catastrophic damage from a tornado and everyone will assume, well, it’s an EF-4, it’s an EF-5, it’s a super-strong act of God, nothing could have been done,” he said. “But we eliminate the fact that we could be building better. When you start applying engineering principles to it, and start forensically looking at it, it comes down to understanding that the goal isn’t to prevent all damage. That’s not practical. That’s not going to happen, especially in areas that need affordable housing. But what we can do is anchor structures in the ground better than what we’re doing now. I’ve investigated where fatalities occurred and I’ve talked with numerous survivors, and a lot of injuries and fatalities come from when the entire home gets lofted. That’s when things go bad very quickly. That’s what we have to prevent. That’s why we need a better, more accurate characterization of wind behavior to know what loads we need to be resisting.”

“For this new project, we’ll be simulating the debris motion in a controlled environment. We’ll know what the wind speed is, we’ll know what the turbulence is, we’ll know the vertical components of the wind, exactly what debris is flying through the air. We know all those characteristics that we need to ask... ‘how did the debris actually travel?’ and ‘what do our debris flight trajectory models, our numerical models say should happen?’” Roueche said. “That way we can better calibrate the models to a laboratory environment and then put all those pieces together. So, if we see some sort of unclassified flying debris in the field, we can extract type of debris and the trajectories of the debris motion using AI and then use these better, more validated models to infer wind speeds from the trajectory of the debris.” Would a flying cow count as unstructured debris? He smiles. “OK,” he said. “Maybe I should finally just sit down and watch it so I don’t have to turn in my tornado researcher card.”

So… lights, camera, reconstruction.

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IT’S MY JOB BY JOE MCADORY

CHRIS SCOTT ’16

Industrial and Systems Engineering AT&T

How long have you been at AT&T network operations and what is your role? I’ve been at AT&T going on six years, where I manage projects at five international data centers in Latin America. It’s my job to ensure network performance is adequate for our customers. I work closely with our customers supporting their network connections, our vendors, implementation managers, and design engineers on equipment deployment projects. I also manage process improvement projects within the data centers. At AT&T, our focus is customer satisfaction. Of course, without a dependable network, our customers wouldn’t be able to run their businesses efficiently. Therefore, it’s important to ensure that we can provide what is needed from a networking standpoint.

What do you enjoy most about your job? Problem-solving and managing large projects. My passion is to find inefficiencies and work through processes and solutions to fix those inefficiencies.

What’s your key to solving problems? First, you must identify the problem. Once that is addressed, you must create a plan and implement that plan with the stakeholders involved to create a resolution. When working with several different teams, it’s incredibly important to effectively communicate the problems I see. We work with multiple vendors to help solve hands-on issues. I develop the best solution and inform them on how to solve the problem.

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What is the biggest career lesson learned along the way? It would probably have to be a time I failed and missed a deadline on a project. I was in charge of two high impact projects at the same time. The first project I had been working on for a few months but during this same time, a hurricane hit at one of our sites and impacted several of our network locations. As an organization we were in scramble mode to get enough resources and people in the right place to solve this crisis. My boss taped me to be in charge of the supply chain of getting materials to the site. During this time, I prioritized the hurricane restoration project over the first project I was working on. This caused me to miss a few deadlines in my initial project. Looking back, I wish I would have leaned on my peers more for assistance. This taught me the valuable lesson of communication and delegation.

How has your Auburn industrial and systems engineering degree helped you thrive? My Auburn education taught me the discipline to figure things out and apply them to real-life scenarios. Industrial and systems degrees are the most diverse engineering degrees anyone can obtain. This is one of the main reasons the main reasons I decided to pursue this degree – it’s a perfect mix of technical and business. Having these skill sets has been very beneficial. I have the skills to understand technical aspects of problems and communicate them

in a business manner that non-technical people can understand. This is probably one of the most important skills to have when, for example, I’m communicating with leadership. Because many times leadership is very busy, and they don’t have time to hear the deep, technical background of an issue. They are more focused on what the impact would be to the business and being able to effectively communicate that in a way they can understand is an essential skill to possess.

What lasting impact did Auburn leave on your life? Coming to Auburn is probably one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, solely because I met so many amazing people. I made lifelong friends at Auburn. Experiences and connections made from joining a fraternity like the Theta Delta chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi has been beneficial in both my personal and professional life. Also, I grew up a lot as a person. Probably the most important piece of advice I could give any college student would be to network and cultivate as many relationships as possible while in school because these are the people that you will be growing with, personally and professionally. You will be their support system, and they will be your support system, in tough times. They can also be a career resource with business opportunities.

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Be the Creed B E T H E C R E E D /// S T U D E N T

I believe in education,

which gives me the knowledge to work wisely

a n d t ra i n s my m i n d a n d my h a n d s to w o r k s k i l l f u l l y. BY CASSIE MONTGOMERY

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VINITA SHINDE

engineering research, she worked as a research scientist in the petrochemical industry in India for two years before turning her sights to graduate school.

Doctoral Candidate Chemical Engineering

Vinita Shinde knew she wanted to be a researcher from an early age. She had even narrowed down her field of study by the time she was 12, thanks to the example set by her father. “My dad completed his education in chemistry, so I have had a growing interest in that area from childhood,” Shinde said. “I wasn’t exactly sure what my research area would be, but I knew I wanted to do something with chemicals and their applications.” While completing her undergraduate degree at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, she devoted her summer holiday breaks to logging time in the research laboratory and interning with different companies to build her research profile. After earning her degree, to follow her passion for chemical

The doctoral candidate in chemical engineering chose Auburn because of the vast opportunities for multidisciplinary research within the Department of Chemical Engineering. And in the five years she’s been on the Plains, she’s made a name for herself in the area of 3D printing of self-healing polymer research, advised by Bryan Beckingham. She will join Eastman Chemical as a polymer research scientist after graduation. “Engineered materials develop damages in the system at a certain stage of their life. Using self-healing polymers, we’re trying to build a system where damages in the 3D-printed polymeric materials will be healed automatically, without external human intervention to extend the service life and reliability of polymer materials used in the various industries,” Shinde said.

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F A C U L T Y /// B E T H E C R E E D I believe in the human touch, which cultivates sympathy with my fellow men and mutual helpfulness and brings happiness for all. B Y J O E M CA D O R Y

VRISHANK RAGHAV

Interactions in Pulsatile Flow.” Raghav will learn how pulsating blood flow impacts heart valve leaflets, and ultimately demonstrate how this accelerates wear and tear on the replacement devices.

Assistant Professor Aerospace Engineering

The CAREER Award is the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacherscholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Vrishank Raghav, assistant professor, is the first Department of Aerospace Engineering faculty member to receive the award while at Auburn. “I am pleasantly surprised and humbled,” said Raghav. “This award would not have been possible without the support system provided by the department, college and university.” Raghav’s CAREER Award will provide support for his integrated research and educational activities on “Fluid-Structure

“Our hope is to enable the design of robust leaflets that won’t flutter and reduce the chance of failure in the long-term,” Raghav said. “At the end of the day, this is about saving and improving the quality of lives.” For Raghav, research and education work symbiotically to not only develop new technologies to improve lives and medical practice, but also educate students and train future researchers to expand on these ideas. “All faculty are engaged in research to help society in some way,” Raghav said. “When we educate and train students, we want them to be next-generation problem solvers who will continue addressing such societal challenges by applying their critical thinking skills.”

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TAMMY WALKER

“My father never treated me any differently. If there was something I wanted to do, he never asked how I was going to do it, he just told me to go do it,” Walker said.

Senior Manager Human Resources

On the first day of Tammy Walker’s first job when she was 16 years old, something happened that sticks with her to this day.

“I think that’s why I’ve been successful because I see everyone equally and fairly. I want to be treated equally and fairly. Everyone should be given a chance to perform without judging prematurely,” she added.

“I walked in and the manager looked at me and said, ‘You’ve got one hand? You can’t have this job. You have to leave.’ I was stunned,” said Walker, who was born without the bottom half of her right arm from her elbow.

It’s that mindset that has allowed Walker to help the College of Engineering build a deep talent pool of faculty and staff, and create a culture where everyone feels welcomed, valued, respected and engaged.

“I had never had someone tell me that I couldn’t do a job because of my arm,” she added.

“I love the College of Engineering. I love working with managers to strategically plan their needs, strengthen their department, develop their talent and make a positive difference in employees’ lives,” Walker said. “HR is a resource to the college and that’s my job, to be a resource and contribute a value to each and every unit.”

Walker, who serves as the college’s human resources senior manager, spends her time ensuring that same experience never happens to employees at Auburn University.

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A L U M N I /// B E T H E C R E E D I believe in honesty and truthfulness, without which I cannot win the respect and confidence of my fellow men. BY AUSTIN PHILLIPS

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BRAD CHRISTOPHER ’91 & ’93 Civil Engineering President, LBYD Engineers

earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in civil engineering in 1991 and 1993, respectively, and then began his career at LBYD.

Brad Christopher knows what it’s like to have to work your way up.

At Auburn, Christopher had been the beneficiary of a scholarship from alumnus Mike McCartney, and at LBYD he was being mentored by another alumnus, Dale York. It was seeing how those men cared for Auburn and cared for Auburn people that stuck with Christopher the most.

He knows what it’s like for people to support you and help you along the way.

“Thinking back about what they did for me, it meant a lot to me,” Christopher said. “I love Auburn, and I just want to give back.”

That’s why the president of LBYD Engineers gives back his time, talent and treasure to Auburn Engineering in hopes of building up students as alumni once did for him.

And just as McCartney and York played leading roles with the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council, Christopher too is now in a leading role, taking over as chair of the council through 2024.

As a transfer student without any real allegiances to any instate school, Christopher matriculated to Auburn from Auburn University at Montgomery and quickly found he had made the right choice. With a solid foundation from AUM, Christopher

“It’s a little overwhelming,” he said. “This highly accomplished group represents the best of the best of what Auburn engineers bring to the American workforce, and I am honored and humbled to serve in this role.”

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FACULTY HIGHLIGHTS Quantum Materials conference at Photonics West and was also elected the secretary of the User Executive Committee for the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Bryan Beckingham, associate professor of chemical engineering, was named to the “Class of 2021 Influential Researchers - The Americas” list by Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

David Bevly, the Bill and Lana McNair Distinguished Professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded a $125,000 grant from Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S) and the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate GPS Abnormalities in Connected and Automated Vehicles.

Benjamin Bowers, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is one of three academics invited to join a National Asphalt Pavement Association task force aimed at achieving zero net carbon emissions by 2050.

Peter He, associate professor of chemical engineering, is the principal investigator on a $294,008 grant from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Addairs titled “A Novel Biotechnology That Converts Agricultural and Municipal Waste into Bioplastics.”

Robert Jackson, the Albert Smith Jr. Professor of mechanical engineering, served as chair of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Annual Meeting conference in May 2022.

Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, was named the chair of the Additive Manufacturing of Electronics symposium at the International Conference on Additive Manufacturing, became the chair for Nanoscale and

more than $100,000 from Torch Tech and IS4S to study navigation methods using signals of opportunity.

Shiwen Mao, the Earle C. Williams Eminent Scholar and professor of electrical and computer engineering, delivered a keynote speech at The 7th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Disaster Management (ICT-DM 2021), Hangzhou, China, Dec. 2021, and a keynote speech at The 2021 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (IEEE RFID-TA 2021), Delhi, India, Oct. 2021. He and his students also won the runner-up of the Best Paper Award at IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC’22), Virtual Conference, Jan. 2022, the 2021 Best Paper Award of Elsevier/KeAi Digital Communications and Networks Journal, the Outstanding Associate Editor Award of Elsevier/KeAi Digital Communications and Networks Journal, and the 2021 IEEE Internet of Things Journal Best Paper Award. Scott Martin, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was awarded

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Jack Montgomery, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, became a licensed professional engineer in the state of Alabama. Montgomery was also elected to the board of directors for the United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research.

Mark Schall, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, was named an editor of the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics for a three-year term. Anton Schindler, the Mountain Spirit Professor of civil and environmental

PROMOTIONS AND TENURE Bryan Beckingham was promoted to associate professor of chemical engineering and was awarded tenure. engineering and director of the Highway Research Center, was appointed to serve a three-year term as chair of the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee AKM50, Advanced Concrete Materials and Characterization starting April 2022.

Alice Smith, the Joe W. Forehand/Accenture Distinguished Professor in industrial and systems engineering, was named editor for Surveys of Computers & Operations Research. She also delivered several virtual keynote addresses: International Conference on Cognitive & Intelligent Computing (December 2021); Future LOG Sustainable Logistics of the Future (November 2021); Escuela de Verano en Inteligencia Computacional (November 2021); and Latin American Congress on Computational Intelligence (November 2021). Hareesh Tippur, McWane Endowed Chair Professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded a three-year $319,000 research grant on the

topic of “mechanics of dynamic fracture and damage evolution in glasses and ceramics.”

Jose Vasconcelos, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been recognized with the 2022 Outstanding Associate Editor Award by the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute. Vasconcelos serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, one of the worldleading publications in civil engineering hydraulics.

Aleksandr Vinel, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, has been appointed as area editor for Computers and Operations Research, a leading academic journal in the area of industrial engineering.

Fan Yin, an assistant director at the National Center for Asphalt Technology, received a $240,000 grant from the Florida Department of Transportation for a project titled “Determining the Effect on Asphalt Mixture Performance by Increasing New Asphalt Binder Content Due to Inactive RAP Binder in the Mixture.” Yin has also been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Transportation for a project titled “Validation of Loose Mix Aging Procedures for Cracking Resistance Evaluation in Balanced Mix Design.”

Lauren Beckingham was promoted to associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and was awarded tenure. Zhihua Jiang was promoted to Auburn Pulp and Paper Foundation Associate Professor of chemical engineering and was awarded tenure. Bo Liu was promoted to associate professor of computer science and software engineering and was awarded tenure. Jack Montgomery was promoted to associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and was awarded tenure.

Shiqiang (Nick) Zou, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is the principal investigator on a subcontract from the Department of Energy National Alliance for Water Innovation. The total threeyear project, led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is $2.5 million with $533,000 awarded to Auburn University.

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David Scarborough was promoted to associate professor of aerospace engineering and was awarded tenure. Jakita Owensby Thomas, the Philpott-WestPoint Stevens Associate Professor of computer science and software engineering, was awarded tenure. Michael Zabala was promoted to associate professor of mechanical engineering and was awarded tenure.

THE AWARD GOES TO...

Auburn University inductees in the Class of 2022 include: Steve Swinson, ’81 mechanical engineering; Brad Corson, ’83 chemical engineering; Don Arkle, ’77 civil engineering; and Jeffrey Langhout, ’86 industrial engineering.

The State of Alabama Engineering Hall

— a project and a corporation during a

This year’s inductees from the university include Don Arkle, ’77 civil engineering; Brad Corson, ’83 chemical engineering; Jeffrey Langhout, ’86 industrial engineering; and Steve Swinson, ’81 mechanical engineering. The ALDOT I-59/20 Central Business District Interchange and Bridge Replacement Project was inducted into the projects category, while Sain Associates was inducted into the corporation category.

ceremony in February at The Grand Hotel

Don Arkle, ’77 Civil Engineering

of Fame inducted eight individuals — including four Auburn University alumni

in Point Clear.

Don Arkle graduated from Auburn University in 1977 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He spent his entire 45year career with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), dedicating his life to improve the quality of life for the people of Alabama through the improvement of our state’s infrastructure. For the first 25 years of his career, Arkle worked with ALDOT’s design bureau. He was then promoted to assistant chief engineer for policy and planning, where he oversaw the bureaus of Transportation Planning and Modal Programs, County Transportation and Office Engineer. He was then promoted to chief engineer, where he spent the final five years of his career before retirement. As chief engineer, his role fell under the direction, control and supervision of the ALDOT director. He coordinated

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AWARDS the engineering sciences to the planning and design of highways and bridges in the state, and oversaw planning and preconstruction activities, established engineering policies and engaged in the planning and programming of projects and financial resources. He also assisted ALDOT’s director in policy matters related to the department’s business and represented the department on numerous national issues.

In 2014, he returned to Houston as vice-president of ExxonMobil Upstream Ventures and, in March 2015, he was appointed president of ExxonMobil Upstream Ventures and a vice-president of Exxon Mobil Corporation, where he oversaw the company’s global upstream acquisition and divestment programs, including purchases in the Permian Basin, Papua New Guinea, Mozambique and Brazil.

During his nearly half century with ALDOT, Arkle was instrumental in many projects that affect millions of Alabamians and visitors to the state each year. Some of those projects include work on the Tuscaloosa Eastern Bypass, the U.S. Interstate 22 corridor and most recently the U.S. Interstate 59/20 Bridges project. In regards to the 59/20 project, this immaculate undertaking was completed early, under budget and is one of the biggest infrastructure replacements in the state’s history.

Corson is an avid supporter of Auburn University, the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, the Department of Chemical Engineering and engineering tutoring services. He is a member of the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council and was named as a Distinguished Auburn Engineer by the council, and he’s been named as the Department of Chemical Engineering’s Outstanding Alumnus. He has supported facilities and excellence funds within the college and the Department of Chemical Engineering. For his support, the Tutoring and Learning Suite on the main floor of the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center has been named the Brad Corson and Family Tutoring and Learning Suite in his honor.

Arkle has supported engineering education through his membership in the Engineering Eagles Giving Society, and he is a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association. He serves on the advisory boards of the Auburn University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the University of Alabama Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. He most recently joined the Auburn Alumni Engineering Council, where he works together with a group of Auburn Engineering alumni to support the vision and goals of the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

Brad Corson, ’83 Chemical Engineering Brad Corson earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Auburn University in 1983. Upon graduation, he launched a successful nearly four-decade career with Exxon, now ExxonMobil. Now as the chairman, president and CEO of Imperial Oil — Canada’s largest petroleum refiner, major producer of crude oil and natural gas, key petrochemical producer and leading fuels marketer from coast to coast — he continues to shape the global natural gas market. Corson started his career with Exxon Company, USA in 1983 as a project engineer and has held a wide variety of technical, commercial and managerial assignments primarily in the upstream, but also in the downstream and human resources. He spent the first 21 years of his career based in the U.S. with assignments in Louisiana, California, Texas and Virginia before relocating overseas as manager of Hong Kong Power and chairman of CAPCO, ExxonMobil’s joint venture in the power industry. In 2007, he returned to Houston as vice-president of New Business Development for ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Company with global responsibility for commercializing ExxonMobil’s major gas resources and pursuit of new opportunities. From 2009-14, Corson was based in London as chairman and production director of ExxonMobil International where he had responsibility for ExxonMobil’s oil & gas production activities in Europe and Caspian regions. He also served as ExxonMobil’s lead country manager for the United Kingdom during this period.

Jeffrey Langhout, ’86 Industrial Engineering Jeffrey Langhout graduated from Auburn University in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree industrial engineering. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering management and a master’s degree in engineering, both from the University of Alabama at Huntsville. As director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) at Redstone Arsenal, the Huntsville native leads more than 11,000 engineers, scientists and researchers — the largest engineering workforce in the state — delivering advanced technologies as required by the Army’s strategic priorities and support to its Cross-Functional Teams. Under Langhout’s direction, AvMC is responsible for delivering collaborative and innovative aviation and missile capabilities for responsive and cost-effective research, development and life cycle engineering solutions. He has spent his exemplary 35-year engineering career refining processes by which the U.S. Army maintains its stark combat vehicle superiority on the world’s military stage. Langhout supported the Army’s Aviation program at Redstone Arsenal, helping to save millions of taxpayer dollars and countless lives while chief engineer for the Chinook Helicopter program. He also led the entire research and development efforts for the Army’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center, as well as fleet sustainment engineering for all U.S. Army ground vehicles and fleets from more than 60 allied nations. He is the only engineer in Army history to have led both engineering and research and development programs for two development centers. In 2004, Langhout was awarded the Department of the Army Civilian Service Achievement Medal for noteworthy achievements, one of the department’s highest awards. In 2006, he received the bronze Order of St. Michael’s Award, issued by the Army Aviation Society of American for significant and long-lasting contributions

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gallon thermal energy storage tank, the first 45 MW combustion turbine and HRSG unit, a new chiller building with 32,000 tons of additional chilling capacity, an additional support facility and additional campus thermal energy distribution systems. The completion of this project made TECO the largest chilled water district energy system in North America.

Steve Swinson, ’81 Mechanical Engineering

In addition to his Auburn education, Swinson also holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Steve Swinson graduated from Auburn University in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He began his career at Auburn University as an HVA engineer for Facilities Management, working on projects such as the university’s first chilled water plant, installing a new steam system on campus, renovating engineering’s Wilmore Laboratories and Ross Hall, constructing the chemistry and business buildings, raising the upper decks on Jordan-Hare Stadium, constructing of Plainsman Park at Samford Stadium, renovating all the campus dorms and installing air conditioning in Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum. Swinson later served as president of Trigen Energy Corporation’s Western Region; president of Midwest Mechanical Contractors’ Central Division; founder and president of The Sapphire Consulting Group; principal of Index Capital, chief financial officer and president of Cleveland Brothers Construction Company before ascending to his role as president and CEO of Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO), a not-for-profit district energy company serving thermal energy to the Texas Medical Center (TMC) — the world’s largest medical center — located in Houston. Swinson played a key leadership role in the development and implementation of TECO’s master plan, including the integration of combined heat and power and securing $369 million in funding for phase 1 implementation, which installed an 8.8 million-

He is a staunch advocate for higher education, and a dedicated supporter of engineering education in the state of Alabama. He and his brother, Mike, established the Dr. and Mrs. Frank Swinson Family Endowed Scholarship in the Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, which has provided financial support to students for many years. He also supports the college’s unrestricted fund and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame was chartered by the governor in 1987 to honor those individuals, corporations and projects associated with the state that have brought credit to the engineering profession. A total of 186 engineers, 44 projects and 32 firms have been recognized by the hall. These inductees span from border to border, across all industries, and personify the impact engineering has played on the economy, quality of life and standard of living for the people of Alabama. The Hall of Fame is overseen by engineering colleges and schools at Auburn University, Alabama A&M University, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Tuskegee University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the University of South Alabama.

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Lifetime Achievement Award recipients from the college include Maj. Jim Hoskins, ’81 electrical engineering, and Bill McNair, ’68 electrical engineering.

Five Auburn University graduates, including two Auburn engineers, received the highest honor given by the Auburn Alumni Association during Auburn’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony in April.

Lifetime Achievement Award recipients for 2022 from the College of Engineering included Maj. Jim Hoskins, ’81 electrical engineering, and Bill McNair, ’68 electrical engineering. Other recipients were Jim Bullington, ’62 science and literature, and Anita Newcomb, ’76 accountancy. The Young Alumni Award recipient was Erin McCreary, ’15 biomedical sciences and pharmacy.

Maj. Jim Hoskins, ’81 Electrical Engineering Jim Hoskins earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1981 and embarked on a career in the United States Air Force as an intelligence officer, ultimately achieving the rank of major while serving as a leader in the United States intelligence community. His government and military experience included key assignments at the Air Force Cryptologic Depot, the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office and the Central Intelligence Agency. In recognition of his contributions to the defense and intelligence community, he received the Distinguished Intelligence Service Medal from the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Bronze Medallion from the director of the National Security Agency and two Defense Superior Service Medals from the secretary of defense. In 1994, Hoskins retired from the Air Force and joined Scitor Corporation, one of the nation’s leading providers of engineering services to the intelligence community. He advanced in the company to become president, then CEO and chairman of the

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AWARDS Scitor board of directors. His vision, leadership and experience helped Scitor grow from an annual revenue of $16 million to more than $600 million, with more than 1,700 employees. For his professional achievements and commitment to engineering education, Hoskins was inducted into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2013. He has also received the College of Engineering’s Distinguished Auburn Engineer award in 2006. Hoskins is a founding member of the Auburn Research and Development Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering scientific and engineering research in the state and enhancing economic development in the region. Hoskins is a former member of the Auburn University Foundation Board, the Auburn University Real Estate Foundation, the Auburn Research and Technology Foundation, the BTIA Campaign Executive Committee, the BTIA Engineering Campaign Committee and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Council and Engineering Research Advisory Council. He is currently a member of the 1856 Society, Petrie Society, Shug Jordan Society, Keystone Society, Ginn Society, Foy Society, the Athletics Strategic Advisory Committee and a life member of the Auburn Alumni Association.

Bill McNair, ’68 Electrical Engineering Bill McNair earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1968 and went on to earn an MBA from Auburn University at Montgomery, or AUM, in 1977 and a master’s degree in management through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan Fellows program in 1986. McNair’s 33-year career in the telecommunications industry began as an engineer with South Central Bell in 1968. He held positions in the company’s engineering, operations, human resources and marketing organizations before retiring from BellSouth as vice president of network operations. McNair played a critical role in obtaining BellSouth’s funding for Auburn’s Minority Engineering Program, which was designed to

increase the recruitment and retention of minority engineering students. McNair and his wife, Lana, established the McNair Auburn Creed Scholarships, the McNair Ever Auburn Scholarship, the McNair Distinguished Professorship in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and the McNair Endowed Graduate Fellowship in the AUM College of Business. The couple’s contributions have supported the construction of the Shelby Center for Engineering Technology, supported Auburn’s underrepresented students and have been instrumental in establishing the new Office for Academic Advising suite in the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center. McNair has served on the Auburn University Foundation Board, the BTIA Campaign Executive Committee, the BTIA Engineering Campaign Committee, the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Alumni Council and the Strategic Leadership Team for engineering. McNair and his wife are members of the 1856 Society, Petrie Society, AUM 1967 Society, the Shug Jordan Society, Ginn Society, Keystone Society, Foy Society and life members of the Auburn Alumni Association. For his professional achievements and commitment to engineering education, McNair was inducted into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame in 2010. He has also received the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Distinguished Auburn Engineer award, the Department of Electrical Engineering Outstanding Alumni award and was recognized as one of AUM’s Top 50 Graduates at its 50th anniversary celebration in 2017. Presented by the Auburn Alumni Association, the Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes recipients for outstanding achievements in their professional lives, personal integrity and stature and service to the university. It was established in 2001 to honor extraordinary accomplishments by members of the Auburn family. Recipients of Lifetime Achievement Award and the Young Achievement Award are selected by a committee of Auburn administrators, trustees, faculty and alumni.

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KEYSTONE SOCIETY The Engineering Keystone Society consists of alumni and friends who recognize the importance of private support to the college’s ongoing success. These members have risen to the challenge of moving the college boldly into the future by making the highest commitment of annual giving – $50,000 or more – to the college’s unrestricted fund over a five-year period. Our sustaining members continue this commitment for more than five years. These gifts allow Auburn Engineering to be nimble in planning and take advantage of emerging educational opportunities. Mr. Thomas Denny Anspach ’94 & Mrs. Aneda Chandler Anspach ’95 Mr. Michael Patrick Batey ’79 & Mrs. Elizabeth Batey Ms. Leslee Belluchie ’83 & Mr. Rick Knop Mr. Felix C. “Kit” Brendle Jr. ’73 & Mrs. Gail Williams Brendle ’76 Mr. James Harrison Carroll Jr. ’54* & Mrs. Betty McNeice Carroll Mr. Patrick Thomas Carroll ’87 & Mrs. Cynthia L. Carroll Mr. Steven Glenn Cates ’85 & Mrs. Lyn Cates Mr. J. Edward Chapman Jr. ’56 & Mrs. Martha Lee Chapman Mr. Randall Clark Chase ’85 & Mrs. Beth R. Chase Mr. Shawn Edward Cleary ’82 & Mrs. Anne M. Cleary ’82 Mr. James L. Cooper Jr. ’81 & Mrs. Anna B. Cooper Mr. Joseph Lamar Cowan ’70 & Mrs. Jo Ann Culpepper Cowan ’69 Mr. Kevin Thomas Cullinan ’09 Mr. William J. Cutts ’55 Dr. Julian Davidson ’50* & Mrs. Dorothy Davidson Mr. Michael Arthur DeMaioribus ’76 & Mrs. Leta DeMaioribus Mr. Joe D. Edge ’70 & Mrs. Jayne W. Edge ’71 Mrs. Linda Ann Figg ’81 & Mr. Richard Drew Mr. C. Warren Fleming ’43* Mr. Phillip Alan Forsythe ’81 & Mrs. Margaret Long Forsythe ’81 Mr. Charles Earley Gavin III ’59 & Mrs. Marjorie Frazier-Gavin Mr. Charles E. Gavin IV ’82* & Mrs. Kimberly Kocian Gavin ’83 Mr. Gary Ross Godfrey ’86 & Mrs. Carol J. Godfrey ’86 Mr. Ralph B. Godfrey ’64 & Mrs. Lynda Godfrey Mr. Christopher Lynn Golden ’96 & Mrs. Carmen Ingrando Golden Mr. Glenn Harold Guthrie ’62 & Mrs. Carol Guthrie Mr. Robert Otto Haack Jr. ’83 & Mrs. Margaret Fuller Haack ’83 Mr. William George Hairston III ’67 & Mrs. Paula Hairston Mr. William F. Hayes ’65 & Mrs. Patricia Walkden Hayes Mr. John P. Helmick Jr. ’56 & Mrs. Claudette Helmick Maj James M. Hoskins ’81 & Mrs. Bertha T. Hoskins ’80 Mr. John Kenneth Jones ’59 & Mrs. Jo R. Jones Mr. Byron R. Kelley ’70 & Mrs. Melva B. Kelley Mr. Lester Killebrew Sr. ’68 & Mrs. Catherine V. Killebrew ’69 Dr. Oliver D. Kingsley Jr. ’66 & Mrs. Vandalyn Kingsley Mr. Minga Cecil LaGrone Jr. ’51* & Mrs. Novan LaGrone Mr. Ronald Craig Lipham ’74 & Mrs. Lynda Lipham Mr. John Andrew MacFarlane ’72 & Mrs. Anne Warren MacFarlane ’73 Mr. Gary Clements Martin ’57 & Mrs. Judi Martin*

Dr. Michael B. McCartney ’57 & Mrs. Virginia V. McCartney Mr. James D. McMillan ’61 & Mrs. Paula Stapp McMillan ’65 Mr. Joe McMillan ’58 & Mrs. Billie Carole McMillan Mr. William R. McNair ’68 & Mrs. Lana McNair Mr. Charles Donald Miller ’80 & Mrs. Lisa Q. Miller Mr. Joseph Austin Miller ’83 & Mrs. Donna J. Miller ’84 Mr. David R. Motes ’77 Dr. Robert Mark Nelms ’ 80 Mr. David Kenneth Owen ’77 & Mrs. Olivia Kelley Owen ’77 Mr. Howard E. Palmes ’60 & Mrs. Shirley Palmes Mr. Earl B. Parsons Jr. ’60 & Mrs. Nancy Parsons Mr. Hal N. Pennington ’59 & Mrs. Peggy Pennington Mr. Gerald L. Pouncey Jr. Esq. ’82 & Mrs. Bonnie Pouncey Mr. Richard Davison Quina ’48* & Mrs. Marjorie Quina Mr. Thomas Leonard Ray ’69 & Mrs. Barbara Ray Mr. William Allen Reed ’70 & Mrs. Martha Reimer Reed ’69 Mr. William Burch Reed ’50 & Mrs. Elizabeth Reed Mr. Carl A. Register ’63 & Mrs. Joan T. Register Mr. Edgar L. Reynolds ’70* & Mrs. Peggy Reynolds Mr. Harry Glen Rice ’77* & Mrs. Gail G. Rice Mr. Richard Young Roberts ’73 & Mrs. Peggy Frew Roberts ’74 Mr. Charles Philip Saunders ’74 Mr. George M. Sewell ’59* & Mrs. Rita Gillen Sewell Mr. Albert James Smith Jr. ’47* & Mrs. Julia Collins Smith ’99* Mr. Douglas W. Smith ’12 & Mrs. Jill Smith Mr. Zeke Walter L. Smith ’82 & Mrs. Darlene P. Smith Mr. John Albert Smyth Jr. ’70 & Mrs. Melanie Whatley Smyth ’70 Mr. Paul Joseph Spina Jr. ’63 & Mrs. Bena Ann Spina Mr. James H. Stewart Jr. ’60 & Mrs. Zula Stewart Dr. Linda J. Stone ’79 & Mr. Jeffrey Ira Stone ’79 Mr. George Egbert Uthlaut ’54* & Mrs. Dorothy S. Uthlaut ’54 Mr. Jeffrey Norman Vahle ’85 & Mrs. Harriet Woodbery Vahle’ 84 Mr. Mark David Vanstrum ’79 Mr. William J. Ward ’55* & Mrs. Rubilyn Wells Ward Mr. William E. Warnock Jr. ’74 & Mrs. Rebecca C. Warnock Mr. Leroy L. Wetzel ’59* & Mrs. Nell S. Wetzel Mr. Dwight L. Wiggins Jr. ’62 & Mrs. Bonnie Wiggins Mr. Walter Stanley Woltosz ’69 & Mrs. Virginia Woltosz

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Auburn Engineering’s Ginn Society is named for the visionary and philanthropic leadership of Samuel L. Ginn, a 1959 industrial management graduate and the college’s namesake. The Ginn Society acknowledges cumulative giving of $25,000 or more to the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Mr. Joseph W. Ackerman ’60 Gen. Jimmie V. Adams ’57 & Mrs. Judy T. Adams Mr. James T. Adkison Jr. ’71 & Mrs. Dianne Booker Adkison ’71 Mr. Lewis S. Agnew Jr. ’04 & Mrs. Kathryn Rooney Agnew Mr. Robert S. Aicklen ’73 & Mrs. Patricia P. Aicklen ’74 Mr. Charles S. Aiken Jr. ’73 & Mrs. Catherine C. Aiken Mr. John Boswell Allen ’66 Ms. Jennifer D. Alley Ms. Barbara Allison Mr. J. Gregory Anderson ’88 & Mrs. Kimberly Anderson Mr. John P. Anderson ’76 & Mrs. Cynthia M. Anderson ’76 Mr. Pete L. Anderson P.E. ’75 Ms. Susan E. Anderson ’90 Mr. Gerald B. Andrews Sr. ’59 & Mrs. Claire S. Andrews ’73 Mr. Thomas Denny Anspach ’94 & Mrs. Nicole Chandler Anspach ’95 Mr. Stephen Tate Armstrong ’96 & Mrs. Kathleen Meadows Armstrong ’96 Mr. Peter Arnold & Mrs. Mary W. Arnold Mr. Timothy Michael Arnold ’94 & Mrs. Margaret Schlereth Arnold Lt. Col. Mike Askew ’87 & Mrs. Susan Sumners Askew ’87 Mr. Thomas Glenn Avant ’60 & Mrs. Janis Avant Mr. Diaco Aviki ’95 & Mrs. Angela Aviki Mr. Manucher Azmudeh ’60 Mr. Charles Frederick Bach ’58 Mr. James G. Bagley Jr. ’83 & Mrs. Melissa S. Bagley Mr. James Arthur Bailey ’97 & Mrs. Maggie Bailey Mr. Willie J. Ballard & Mrs. Cynthia Ballard Mr. James O’Neal Ballenger ’59 & Mrs. Bettye Bowman Ballenger ’59 Ms. Beverly Houston Banister ’83 Mrs. Wanda Barnes & Mr. Robert Orrville Barnes Sr. ’50* Mrs. Agnes B. Barrett & Mr. Edward Parr Barrett ’48* Mr. Joseph F. Barth III ’71 & Mrs. Gail Barth Mr. Michael Patrick Batey ’79 & Mrs. Elizabeth Batey Mr. Ben Beasley ’65 Mr. Malcolm Neil Beasley Sr. ’70 & Mrs. Wilma Beasley Mr. Craig Shipley Beatty ’81 & Mrs. Judy Dickinson Beatty ’83 Mrs. Virginia Hardenbergh Beck ’60 & Mr. Martin L. Beck Jr. ’49* Ms. Rose-Gaelle Belinga ’09 Mr. Christopher T. Bell ’83 & Mrs. Allison F. Bell Dr. Larry Benefield ’66 & Mrs. Mary L. Benefield Mr. Charles William Berry Jr. ’66 & Mrs. Charlene L. Berry Mr. Morgan Lawton Berry ’01 & Mrs. Laura Paulk Berry ’01 Mr. Jason Alan Beville ’96 & Mrs. Wendy Greene Beville Mr. Robert E. Bickert ’82 & Mrs. Lisa Bickert Mr. Robert Lee Bishop Jr. ’79 & Mrs. Sara Ann Bishop Dr. William Y. Bishop ’68 & Mrs. Rosemarie Bishop* Dr. Nancy Pugh Bissinger ’73 & Mr. Allan Harry Bissinger ’75* Mr. Sean Michael Bittner ’16 & Mrs. Allison K. Bittner ’15 Mr. Brian E. Blalock ’00 & Mrs. Leah Blalock Mr. Robert W. Bledsoe ’10 Dr. Richard Boehm & Dr. Denise Blanchard Boehm ’80 Mr. Robert L. Boggan Jr. ’59 & Mrs. Lelia Burwell Boggan ’59 Mr. Russell F. Boren Sr. ’54 & Mrs. Hazel Boren* Mrs. Shirley Frazier Boulware ’91 Mrs. Marilyn L. Box & Mr. Paul C. Box* Mr. William Robert Boyd ’90 & Mrs. Pamela Owens Boyd ’92 Mrs. Lois Anne Boykin & Mr. Jack W. Boykin ’61* Mrs. Linda Lou Brackin ’70 & Dr. Brice H. Brackin ’69* Mr. Robert Joseph Brackin ’80 & Mrs. Roberta Marcantonio Mrs. Shirley A. Bradford & Mr. Rodney Bradford ’67* Dr. David B. Bradley ’65 Mr. J. B. Braswell Mrs. Joanne Braswell & Mr. Leonard Dean Braswell ’48*

Mr. Daniel F. Breeden ’57 & Mrs. Josephine M. Breeden Mr. Gregory James Breland ’84 Mr. Felix C. Brendle Jr. ’73 & Mrs. Gail Williams Brendle ’76 Mrs. Dorothy Y. Bridges & Mr. William D. Bridges ’60* Mr. David W. Brooks III ’81 & Mrs. Beverlye Brady Brooks ’82 Mr. W. Charlie Brooks & Mrs. Nancie E. Brooks ’76 Mr. Dan H. Broughton ’63 & Mrs. Sheila Broughton Mr. Devante C. Brown ’15 & Mrs. Jasmyne K. Brown ’17 Mr. Dwight Truman Brown ’69 & Mrs. Mary Ellen Brown Mr. Herbert W. Brown Jr. ’67 & Mrs. Marlice Elaine Brown Mr. John Wilford Brown ’57 & Mrs. Rosemary Kopel Brown ’57 Mr. L. Owen Brown ’64 & Mrs. Brookes Brown Mr. William Scott Brown ’71 Mr. David C. Brubaker ’71 & Mrs. Theresa Brubaker Mr. Thomas D. Burson ’58 & Mrs. Frances Wilson Burson ’58 Mr. Henry M. Burt Jr. ’58 & Mrs. Rebecca Burt Dr. Gisela Buschle-Diller Mr. Daniel M. Bush ’72 Mr. Harris Donovan Bynum ’58 & Mrs. Karen Bynum Mr. Robert Flournoy Bynum ’75 & Mrs. Gretchen Luepke Bynum* Mr. Patrick L. Byrne ’71 Mr. Robert Howard Campbell ’97 & Mrs. Elizabeth W. Campbell Mr. Roger J. Campbell ’59 & Mrs. Judith E. Campbell Mrs. Lois Cannady & Mr. William E. Cannady ’42* Mr. Samuel Benton Cantey V ’98 & Mrs. Emily A. Cantey Mr. J. Travis Capps Jr. ’94 & Mr. Lee Anthony Mr. John Phillip Caraway ’92 & Mrs. Patricia M. Caraway Mr. James Ronald Carbine ’81 Mr. Russell Lee Carbine ’83 & Mrs. Anna Calhoun Carbine ’83 Mrs. Helen B. Carlisle & Dr. Dwight Lester Carlisle Jr. ’58* Mr. Donald Edward Carmon ’88 & Mrs. Dianna Carmon Mrs. Nancy Brunson Carr ’63 & Mr. Benjamin F. Carr Jr. ’60* Mrs. Betty McNeice Carroll & Mr. James Harrison Carroll Jr. ’54* Mr. Patrick Thomas Carroll ’87 & Mrs. Cynthia L. Carroll Dr. Tony J. Catanzaro ’84 & Mrs. Tracey H. Catanzaro ’83 Mr. Steven Glenn Cates ’85 & Mrs. Lyn Cates Mr. Wiley Mitchell Cauthen ’62 & Mrs. Jo Ann Cauthen* Mrs. Margaret King Cerny ’69 & Mr. Otto Peter Cerny ’69* Mr. Peter Judson Chamberlin ’81 & Mrs. Genie Chamberlin Mr. Joe Mark Chambers Jr. ’72 & Mrs. Elizabeth M. Chambers ’76 Mr. John Wendell Chambliss P.E. ’73 & Mrs. Fletcher Hanson Chambliss ’83 Ms. Katherine Leigh Champion ’11 Mr. James M. Chandler III ’84 & Mrs. Valerie Chandler Mr. J. Edward Chapman Jr. ’56 & Mrs. Martha Lee Chapman Mr. Wheeler E. Chapman III ’83 & Mrs. Laurianne Chapman Mr. Clarance Joseph Chappell III ’59 Mr. Randall Clark Chase ’85 & Mrs. Beth R. Chase Mr. Pedro Piercie Cherry ’93 & Mrs. Tomeka Crowe Cherry ’97 Mr. Bradley P. Christopher ’91 & Mrs. Sonya Faust Christopher Mr. Jing-Yau Chung & Mrs. Alice Chung Mr. Shawn Edward Cleary ’82 & Mrs. Anne M. Cleary ’82 Dr. Prabhakar Clement ’93 & Mrs. Sabina Wilfred Clement ’92 Mr. Terry James Coggins ’76 & Dr. Jo Anne Hamrick Coggins ’75 Mr. James C. Cole ’50 Mr. Eldridge J. Cook Jr. & Mrs. Rhonda Horne Cook ’80* Mr. Sean C. Cook ’05 Mr. Timothy Donald Cook ’82 Mr. J. Fenimore Cooper Jr. & Mrs. Sherry Cooper* Mr. James L. Cooper Jr. ’81 & Mrs. Anna B. Cooper Ms. Lisa Ann Copeland ’85 Mrs. Patricia G. Corbitt & Mr. James Hugh Corbitt ’58* Dr. Mary F. Cordato *deceased

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CUPOLA REPORT Mr. Bradley William Corson ’83 Mr. Vincent Russell Costanza ’84 & Mrs. Stacey Shehan Costanza ’92 Mr. Samuel S. Coursen Jr. ’73 & Mrs. Denise Coursen Mr. Joseph Lamar Cowan ’70 & Mrs. Jo Ann Culpepper Cowan ’69 Dr. Cynthia Ann Cox ’77 Ms. Lynn Sinopole Craft ’05 Ms. Trudy Craft-Austin Mr. Douglas Robert Craig ’90 & Mrs. Alyson B. Craig Mrs. Barbara Ann Adkins Crane & Mr. Theodore P. Crane Jr. ’58* Mr. Wayne J. Crews ’60 & Mrs. Louise Crews Dr. Malcolm J. Crocker & Dr. Ruth Catherine Crocker Mr. Daniel Crowell & Mrs. Ragan White Crowell ’98 Mr. Kevin Thomas Cullinan ’09 Mrs. Deborah Cunningham & Dr. Ralph S. Cunningham ’62* Mr. Malcolm A. Cutchins Jr. ’79 Mr. Calvin Cutshaw & Dr. Mary K. Boudreaux Mr. William J. Cutts ’55 Mrs. Charlotte Davis & Mr. Charles Edward Davis ’59* Dr. N. Jan Davis ’77 Brig. Gen. Robert L. Davis ’74 & Mrs. Barbara Baker Davis ’72 Mrs. Jane Day & Mr. Walter R. Day Jr. ’53* Mr. James Dean ’82 Dr. Harry L. Deffebach Jr. ’63 & Mrs. Mary Deffebach Mr. Michael Arthur DeMaioribus ’76 & Mrs. Leta DeMaioribus Mr. Donald Eugene Dennis ’54 & Mrs. Patricia McNaron Dennis* Mr. Joseph G. Dobbs & Mrs. Amy Thomas Dobbs ’78 Mrs. Ercel Friel Donehoo ’63 & Mr. John C. Donehoo ’63* Mr. Robert Bruce Donnellan ’76 & Mrs. Kay L. Donnellan Mr. Alan Dorn & Mrs. Carol Hilton Dorn ’84 Mr. William G. Dorriety ’84 & Mrs. Donna Dismukes Dorriety Mr. Joseph Evans Downey Jr. P.E. ’85 & Mrs. Susan Noland Downey ’90 Mr. Melvin Lee Drake Jr. ’77 & Mrs. Diane Rowan Drake ’77 Mr. Richard Drew & Mrs. Linda Ann Figg ’81 Mrs. Linda D. DuCharme ’86 Mr. Patrick Erby Duke ’99 Mr. Wendell Harris Duke ’73 & Mrs. Margaret H. Duke Mr. Arthur J. Duncan III ’11 Mr. George Robert Dunlap Jr. ’49 & Mrs. Geraldine P. Dunlap* Mr. Timothy John Dwyer ’85 & Mrs. Julianne Evans Dwyer ’82 Mr. Ronald M. Dykes ’69 & Mrs. Anne Dykes Mr. Lewis H. Eberdt Jr. ’54 & Mrs. Annette Bailey Eberdt ’53* Dr. Mario Richard Eden & Mrs. Leeja Eden Mr. Joe D. Edge ’70 & Mrs. Jayne W. Edge ’71 Mr. C. Houston Elkins Jr. ’77 & Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Elkins ’77 Mr. H. Wendell Ellis ’67 & Mrs. Celia Ellis Mr. Joseph Etheridge & Mrs. Vicky Etheridge Mr. Adrian Terrigo Evans ’87 & Mrs. Sharlene Reed Evans ’86 Mr. Corey Ryan Evans ’02 Mr. James R. Evans ’55 & Mrs. Janice Evans* Mr. Jim W. Evans ’67 & Mrs. Marsha P. Evans Mr. P. Kessler Fabian ’59 Mr. Lawson Fanney & Mrs. Angela Lynn Fanney ’04 Mr. Norman Smith Faris Jr. ’59 & Mrs. Judith Jones Faris ’58* Ms. Ada Nicole Faulk ’96 Mr. Mark Douglas Feagin ’85 & Mrs. Elan Pardue Feagin ’86 Mr. Steven Scott Fendley ’91 Ms. Ann Marie Ferretti ’75 Mr. Lawrence Walton Fleming ’80 & Mrs. Julia F. Fleming Mr. Paul R. Flowers Jr. ’66 & Mrs. Barbara Meeker Flowers ’68 Mr. John N. Floyd Jr. ’85 & Mrs. Amy Jordan Floyd ’86 Mrs. Mamie McNure Flynn & Capt Gordon L. Flynn ’57* Ms. Sabrina Foley Mr. Stanley F. Folker Jr. ’68 Mr. Joe Wallace Forehand Jr. ’71 & Mrs. Gayle D. Forehand ’70 Mr. Phillip Alan Forsythe ’81 & Mrs. Margaret Long Forsythe ’81 Capt. Michael Victor Forte ’82 & Mrs. Shelley Forte CDR Jerry Dean Foster ’93 & Mrs. Constance S. Foster ’93 Ms. Muriel J. Foster ’00

Mr. Earl Richard Foust ’71 & Mrs. Nan Vinson Foust ’71 Mr. Philip Gordon Fraher ’88 & Mrs. Kimberley W. Fraher ’88 Mr. Thomas M. Frassrand ’76 & Ms. Claudia J. Cola Mrs. Gwen S. Frazier ’87 Mrs. Gwenn Smith Freeman ’73 Mr. Christian G. Gackstatter ’84 Mr. Jason Matthew Gallaspy ’97 & Mrs. Kelly Doss Gallaspy CAPT Davis R. Gamble Jr. ’74 Mr. John Palmer Garrett & Mrs. Kathy Horton Garrett Mr. Thomas Bryan Garrett ’85 & Mrs. Anne Turnbull Garrett Mr. Maury D. Gaston ’82 Mr. Sibbley Paul Gauntt ’54 Mr. Charles Early Gavin III ’59 Mrs. Kimberly Kocian Gavin ’83 & Mr. Charles Early Gavin IV ’82* Mrs. Evelyn Geisler Mr. Zachary John Gentile Jr. ’93 Mr. Mohinder S. Ghuman Mr. John William Gibbs ’72 & Mrs. Patricia Gibbs Dr. George Edward Gibson Jr. ’80 & Mrs. Gail Howard Gibson ’90 Mr. Michael V. Ginn Mr. Samuel L. Ginn ’59 & Mrs. Ann Ginn Mr. Thomas Peter Glanton ’12 & Mrs. Curry Stevenson Glanton ’12 Mr. Charlie Godfrey & Mrs. Maxine Godfrey Mr. Gary Ross Godfrey ’86 & Mrs. Carol J. Godfrey ’86 Mr. Ralph B. Godfrey ’64 & Mrs. Lynda Godfrey Mr. Christopher Lynn Golden ’96 & Mrs. Carmen Ingrando Golden Mr. M. James Gorrie II ’84 & Mrs. Alison Mobley Gorrie ’84 Mr. Magnus Miller Gorrie ’57 & Mrs. Frances Greene Gorrie ’59 Dr. Griffin Keith Gothard ’88 Dr. Katina Kodadek Gothard ’97 Mrs. Elizabeth Grant & Mr. Jefferson Lavelle Grant Jr. ’69* Mr. Stanley L. Graves ’67 & Mrs. Patsy Hyche Graves ’70 Mr. David Martin Gray ’93 & Mrs. Susan Baskin Gray ’92 Mr. Gary Wayne Gray ’69 & Mrs. Jo Evelyn Gray Mr. Ruskin Clegg Green ’91 & Mrs. Julie Green Mr. Walter Wanzel Griffin ’47 & Mrs. Mary Jane Griffin* Mr. Donald W. Griffis ’61 & Mrs. Barbara S. Griffis Mrs. Linda Vanstrum Griggs ’75 & Mr. Micheal Griggs* Mr. H. Vince Groome III Mrs. Antoria Arnold Guerrier ’00 Mr. Mark Allan Gulley ’94 & Mrs. Leah S. Gulley ’93 Mr. Toby Eugene Gurley ’65 Mr. Glenn Harold Guthrie ’62 & Mrs. Carol Guthrie Mrs. Jean Guthrie & Mr. Billy Guthrie ’57* Mr. Robert Otto Haack Jr. ’83 & Mrs. Margaret Fuller Haack ’83 Mr. Keith Shellie Hagler ’98 Mr. William George Hairston III ’67 & Mrs. Paula Hairston Mr. Holbert L. Hale Jr. ’64 & Mrs. Julia H. Hale Mr. James H. Ham III ’66 & Mrs. Kimberly Ham Mr. J. Robert Hamill P.E. ’70 Mr. David A. Hamilton ’67 Mr. Johnnie Marvin Hamilton ’68 & Mrs. Cathryn Reynolds Hamilton Ms. Susan Owens Hamilton ’73 Mr. William R. Hanlein ’47 & Mrs. Sue Hanlein* Dr. Andrew Palmer Hanson ’93 Mr. Billy L. Harbert Jr. ’88 Mr. John Larry Hardiman ’75 & Mrs. Wanda Hardiman Mr. George C. Hardison Jr. ’76 & Mrs. Marsha Quenelle Hardison ’76 Mr. Oscar Coursey Harper IV ’89 & Mrs. Patricia Smith Harper ’90 Mrs. Glenda Steele Harris ’61 & Dr. Elmer Beseler Harris ’62* Mr. Lamar Travis Hawkins ’63 & Mrs. Elaine T. Hawkins ’62 Mr. Lawrence Allen Hawkins ’81 & Mrs. Lisa Hawkins Mr. Albert E. Hay ’67 Ms. Karen Hayes ’81 Mr. William F. Hayes ’65 & Mrs. Patricia Walkden Hayes Mr. Cotton Hazelrig & Mrs. Maggie Hazelrig* Mr. James Hecathorn & Mrs. Barbara Lynn Hecathorn ’83 Mr. Jim Palmer Heilbron ’94 & Mrs. Markell A. Heilbron ’96 *deceased

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CUPOLA REPORT Mr. John P. Helmick Jr. ’56 Mr. Roger R. Hemminghaus ’58 & Mrs. Dot Hemminghaus Dr. Alton Stuart Hendon ’89 & Dr. Gerri Hendon Mrs. Judy J. Hendrick & Mr. Tommy Glenn Hendrick ’70* Mr. John Steele Henley II ’63 & Mrs. Geanie Henley Mr. Thomas A. Hereford Jr. ’74 Mrs. Melissa Herkt ’77 & Mr. Robert Herkt* Dr. Russ Hibbeler Mr. Patrick D. Higginbotham ’81 & Mrs. Nancy Y. Higginbotham ’80 Mr. Thomas Farrell Higgins ’70 & Mrs. Rita Higgins Mr. Wilson Price Hightower III ’88 & Mrs. Margaret M. Hightower ’87 Mrs. Carolyn A. Hill & Mr. Elmer Carlton Hill ’49* Mr. Dennis Steve Hill ’79 & Mrs. Ann Reynolds Hill ’77 Mr. Stats J. Hogeland ’17 Mr. Michael Dale Holmes ’86 & Mrs. Stephanie Jo Holmes Dr. James Stephan Hood ’84 & Mrs. Kelly T. Hood Mr. Steven D. Horne ’71 & Mrs. Lynn Jones Horne ’79 Mrs. Shelby J. Horner & Mr. Duke Cameron Horner ’47* Mrs. Lynn Hornsby & Mr. Clarence H. Hornsby Jr. ’50* Mrs. Karen Horton & Mr. James M. Horton Maj. James M. Hoskins ’81 & Mrs. Bertha T. Hoskins ’80 Ms. Barbara Alison Howell ’83 Mrs. Joi Hudgins & Mr. Alan P. Hudgins ’74* Mr. James G. Hughes Sr. ’56 & Mrs. Billie Webb Hughes* Mr. James A. Humphrey ’70 & Mrs. Michele Alexander Humphrey ’71 Ms. Kristin L. Hunnicutt Ms. Susan H. Hunnicutt ’79 Mr. Brian Howard Hunt ’90 & Dr. Judy Johns Hunt Mr. Paul A. Hutchinson ’08 & Mrs. Diane Leigh Hutchinson Mr. Bruce Edward Imsand ’74 & Mrs. Katherine V. Imsand Mr. Charles Mathias Jager ’56 & Mrs. Rosemary Smith Jager ’57 Mr. William Russell James ’69 & Mrs. Brenda M. Tanner Mr. Carl Mack Jeffcoat ’60 & Mrs. Ann W. Jeffcoat Mr. Walter Blakely Jeffcoat ’70 & Mrs. Peggy Bratton Jeffcoat Mr. Charles William Jenkins ’72 Mr. Michael D. Johns & Mrs. Laurie Johns Mr. Bobby Joe Johnson ’62 Mr. Charles Travis Johnson ’65 Mr. Darren Keith Johnson ’11 & Mrs. Elizabeth Hammer Johnson ’11 Col. David S. Johnson ’75 & Mrs. Penelope D. Johnson ’74 Mr. J. Sam Johnson Jr. ’75 & Mrs. Patricia Davenport Johnson ’75 Ms. Kathryn L. Johnson ’78 Mr. Larry T. Johnson & Mrs. Ann McCamy Johnson ’84 Mr. Roger Warren Johnson ’84 & Ms. M. Jane Major ’74 Mr. William D. Johnston & Ms. Ronda Stryker Mrs. Dolphine D. Jones & Mr. John David Jones ’47* Mr. John Kenneth Jones ’59 & Mrs. Jo R. Jones Mr. Joshua Dale Jones ’06 & Mrs. Elizabeth M. Jones Mr. Keith Allen Jones ’84 Dr. Peter D. Jones & Mrs. Elizabeth Zylla-Jones Mr. Daniel Lee Keidel Sr. ’80 & Mrs. Anita Howard Keidel ’80 Mr. Robert R. Keith Jr. ’63 & Mrs. Donna Vanderver Keith ’66 Mr. Byron R. Kelley ’70 & Mrs. Melva B. Kelley Mr. Kenneth Kelly ’90 Lt. Col. Randolph H. Kelly ’76 & Mrs. Leigh Pinkston Kelly ’77 Gen. Leslie Farr Kenne ’70 Mrs. Martha McQueen Kennedy ’54 & Mr. Carver Gager Kennedy ’52* Mr. Philip E. Keown ’64 & Mrs. Elizabeth B. Keown Mr. Michael Timothy Keyser ’15 & Mrs. Kelly Eileen Keyser ’14 Mr. Zach Kezar & Mrs. Laura Clenney Kezar ’08 Mr. Lester Killebrew Sr. ’68 & Mrs. Catherine V. Killebrew ’69 Mr. James L. Killian III & Mrs. Karen Killian Mr. Graham Criss Killough ’89 & Mrs. Theresa N. Killough Mr. Thomas Keith King Sr. ’58 & Mrs. Julia King Mr. Oliver D. Kingsley Jr. ’66 & Mrs. Vandalyn Kingsley Mr. Christopher R. Kirkland & Mrs. Mary Peery Kirkland ’94 Mrs. Mina Propst Kirkley ’54 & Mr. Terry Allen Kirkley ’57* Mr. Ryan Kyle Knight ’00 & Mrs. Susan Knight

Mr. Rick Knop & Ms. Leslee Belluchie ’83 Mr. Ashley David Koby ’98 & Mrs. Stephanie C. Koby ’98 Mr. Daniel Todd Konkle ’87 & Mrs. Kathryn Shearer Mr. Christopher J. Kramer ’94 & Mrs. Mary Horton Kramer ’93 Mr. Richard W. Kretzschmar ’90 & Mrs. Vicki Meredith Kretzschmar ’92 Mr. David McCoy Kudlak ’86 & Ms. Trisha Perkins Mr. Frederick D. Kuester ’73 Mrs. Novan LaGrone & Mr. Minga Cecil LaGrone Jr. ’51* Mr. Thomas D. Lampkin ’75 & Mrs. Barbara Blackstock Lampkin ’75 Mrs. Jean Land & Mr. William Franklin Land ’49* Mr. Judson T. Landers ’71 & Mrs. Betty Ann Landers Mr. Scott Eric Larson Sr. & Mrs. Maria Larson Mr. Harald F. Lassen ’57 & Mrs. Betty Coston Lassen ’54* Mr. Homer C. Lavender Jr. ’66 Dr. Terry Edwin Lawler ’68 & Mrs. Patricia E. Lawler Mr. Charles Richard Lawley ’04 & Mrs. Chelsea Lawley Mr. Michael Leach & Mrs. Diana Lynne Leach Mr. Creighton C. Lee ’47 & Mrs. Mary Sue Wright Lee Mr. John S. Lee ’83 & Mrs. Dorothy Pappas Lee ’80 Ms. Nelda K. Lee ’69 Mr. Steven Max Lee ’73 & Mrs. Margie Lee Gov. William Byron Lee ’81 & Mrs. Maria Dinenna Lee Mr. Edwin Lamar Lewis ’72 & Mrs. Becky S. Lewis ’72 Mr. Ronald Craig Lipham P.E. ’74 & Mrs. Lynda Lipham Mr. Stephen Jager Livingston ’10 Mr. Rayford L. Lloyd Jr. ’63 & Mrs. Eugenia Price Lloyd ’63* Mr. William Buck Locke ’63 & Mrs. Judy P. Locke Mr. Rodney Lon Long ’76 & Mrs. Judy Long Mr. Lum M. Loo ’78 Mrs. Jenny Loveland & Mr. Ralph Edward Wheeler ’79* Mr. William A. Lovell Jr. ’79 & Mrs. Virginia Goodwin Lovell ’80 Mrs. Effie Lowman & Mr. Charles R. Lowman ’49* Mrs. Sharon M. Luger & Mr. Donald R. Luger ’62* Mr. Rainer Lukoschek ’85 & Mrs. Jill Prettyman Lukoschek ’85 Mr. Frank Alex Luttrell III ’83 & Mrs. Shelaine Steen Luttrell Mr. Kenneth R. Luttrell & Mrs. Gloria L. Luttrell Mr. Fred W. Mace ’57 & Mrs. Juanita Mace Mr. John Andrew MacFarlane ’72 & Mrs. Anne Warren MacFarlane ’73 Mrs. Hope A. Machemehl & Mr. Charles Albert Machemehl Jr.* Mr. James J. Mallett ’55 & Mrs. Martha Mallett Mr. Steven Naylor Malone ’02 & Mrs. Lee Tart Malone Capt. Robert Allen Malseed ’77 & Mrs. Linda Gayle Malseed Mr. Harry A. Manson ’58 & Mrs. Linda A. Manson Mr. Steven John Marcereau ’65 & Mrs. Rebecca Marcereau Mr. Salvador Michael Marino ’91 & Mrs. Paula M. Marino ’92 LCDR Clifton C. Martin Jr. ’74 & Mrs. Mary Ramey Martin ’74 Mr. Gary Clements Martin ’57 & Mrs. Judi Martin* Mr. Colton R. Martinez ’15 Mr. James Garrett Martz ’84 & Mrs. Julie Evans Martz Mr. Cary Lynn Matthews ’90 Mr. Jewell C. Maxwell Jr. ’75 & Mrs. Vivian Irene Maxwell Mr. Jesse Duane May ’85 & Mrs. Brenda Carol May Mr. Patrick Clay Mays ’08 Ms. Forrest Worthy McCartney Mr. John Timothy McCartney ’80 & Mrs. Laura Ledyard McCartney ’80 Mr. Michael B. McCartney ’57 & Mrs. Virginia V. McCartney Ms. Sheila J. McCartney Dr. Thurman Dwayne McCay ’68 & Dr. Mary Helen McCay Ms. Julia Zekoll McClure ’68 Mr. John Blair McCracken ’08 & Mrs. Julie McCracken Mr. Charles Douglas McCrary ’73 & Mrs. Phyllis McCrary Mr. James H. McDaniel ’68 & Mrs. Dotty McDaniel Mr. Albert F. McFadden Jr. ’81 & Mrs. Hope McFadden Mr. John Donald McFarlan III ’84 & Mrs. Tamra McFarlan Mr. Jim W. McGaha ’66 & Mrs. Frances McGaha Mr. George Lee McGlamery ’86 & Mrs. Mary Ann McGlamery Dr. Gerald G. McGlamery Jr. ’84 & Mrs. Lynette McGlamery Mr. Paul Alan McIntyre ’92 & Mrs. Amy Fortenberry McIntyre *deceased

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CUPOLA REPORT Mr. Kevin McKeon & Mrs. Carter Michelle McKeon ’11 Mr. James D. McMillan ’61 & Mrs. Paula Stapp McMillan ’65 Mr. Joe McMillan ’58 & Mrs. Billie Carole McMillan Mr. William R. McNair ’68 & Mrs. Lana McNair Mr. Charles Phillip McWane ’80 & Mrs. Heather A. McWane Mr. John F. Meagher Jr. ’49 & Mrs. Agnes N. Meagher* Mr. Jeff T. Meeks ’73 Mr. E. Martin Melton ’62 & Mrs. Gale Melton Mr. George Aristides Menendez ’70 & Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes Menendez Mr. D. L. Merrill Jr. ’65 & Mrs. Rebecca Lindsey Merrill Mr. Peter H. Meyers ’59 & Mrs. Darlene Meyers Mr. Charles Donald Miller ’80 & Mrs. Lisa Q. Miller Mr. Joseph Austin Miller ’83 & Mrs. Donna J. Miller ’84 Mr. Stephen R. Miller ’72 & Mrs. Kyle Miller Mr. J. Kevin Mims ’79 & Mrs. Katherine Maughan Mims ’81 Mrs. Ila S. Mitchum & Mr. Leonard L. Mitchum Jr. ’51* Mr. Max A. Mobley ’72 & Mrs. Kathy W. Mobley Mr. William Lynn Moench Jr. ’76 & Mrs. Pamela Stephans Moench Mr. Carl A. Monroe ’78 & Mrs. Ellen Monroe Dr. Larry Scot Monroe ’79 & Ms. Cynthia Coker Green ’79 Mr. Lawrence J. Montgomery III & Mrs. Mary Montgomery Mr. Charles N. Moody ’63 & Mrs. Jo Moody Mr. Chris Anthony Moody ’90 & Mrs. Sarah K. Ahn Mrs. Jane Holley Moon ’73 & Mr. Phillip Franklin Moon ’71* Mr. F. Brooks Moore ’48 & Mrs. Marian F. Moore ’53* Mrs. Mary Manson Moore ’83 Mrs. Essie P. Morgan & Mr. Leonard Morgan ’53* Dr. Joe M. Morgan & Mrs. Rita Morgan Mr. Larry J. Morgan ’68 & Mrs. Nancy Morgan Mr. M. John Morgan ’71 & Mrs. Patricia Morgan Mr. David Allen Morris ’96 & Mrs. Grace B. Morris ’95 Mr. David R. Motes ’77 Mr. Kevin Mullins ’99 & Mrs. Apryl Tarrant Mullins ’97 Mr. Charles G. Munden Jr. ’77 & Mrs. Sandy H. Munden Mr. Kenneth Howell Murphy ’87 & Mrs. Cindy Kilgo Murphy Mr. Scott B. Murray ’69 & Mrs. Karen M. Murray Mr. Michael L. Neighbors ’76 & Mrs. Kathy Flournoy Neighbors ’75 Dr. Robert Mark Nelms ’80 Mr. Wayne B. Nelson III ’76 & Mrs. Cheryl N. Nelson Mr. Fred F. Newman III ’81 Mr. William K. Newman ’69 & Mrs. Kate M. Newman Mr. Huan D. Nguyen ’87 Mr. Charles G. Nicely ’72 Mr. Jason Allen Nichols ’98 & Mrs. Lisa Jill Nichols ’97 Mrs. Nicole Wright Nichols ’00 Mr. Jack Dempsey Noah ’59 & Mrs. Marie Crowe Noah Mr. Darren Glenn Norris ’82 & Mrs. Kimberly H. Norris Mr. Mark W. Norton ’13 Mr. William B. Norton ’75 & Mrs. Lori D. Norton ’78 Mr. Martin Ogugua Obiozor ’99 Mr. James Burton Odom ’55 & Mrs. June Odom Mr. Mark Eric Ogles ’89 Mrs. Nikki Ogles & Mr. Michael Ray Ogles ’89* Ms. Christy Stacey Ogletree ’88 Mr. James Mason Orrison ’85 & Mrs. Donna Marie Orrison Mr. Steve P. Osburne ’65 & Mrs. Bobbie Osburne Mr. Wynton Rex Overstreet ’59 & Mrs. Charlotte Williams Overstreet ’60 Mr. David Kenneth Owen ’77 & Mrs. Olivia Kelley Owen ’77 Mr. Timothy Ray Owings ’89 & Mrs. Stephanie Owings Mr. Howard E. Palmes ’60 & Mrs. Shirley Palmes Mr. Donald James Parke ’82 Mr. John S. Parke ’55 & Mrs. Constance Garner Parke ’55 Mr. Clark Parker & Mrs. Cari Jo Parker ’87 Mr. Jerry D. Parker Jr. ’79 & Mrs. Elizabeth Parker Mr. Robert Allen Parker ’84 & Mrs. Susan Southerland Parker ’84 Mr. Earl B. Parsons Jr. ’60 & Mrs. Nancy Parsons Mr. Kevin Andrew Partridge ’87 & Mrs. Faye L. Partridge Mrs. Leslie Russell Pate ’68

Mrs. Nancy Moses Paul ’64 & Mr. Daniel J. Paul Jr. ’64* Mr. Hunter Andrew Payne & Mrs. Mary Evelyn Payne Mrs. Lillian M. Peeler & Mr. James Louis Peeler ’58* Mr. Frederick Allen Pehler Jr. ’77 & Mrs. Rebecca Camp Pehler ’81 Mr. Philip Carroll Pelfrey ’87 Mr. Hal N. Pennington ’59 & Mrs. Peggy Pennington Mr. Chris J. Peterson ’71 & Mrs. Janice Potts Peterson ’74 Mrs. Kathryn Knox Petit ’91 Col. William Wright Petit ’89 Mr. Douglas E. Phillpott ’84 & Mrs. Tracy C. Phillpott ’84 Dr. Michael S. Pindzola & Dr. Rebekah Hand Pindzola Mr. Lonnie H. Pope Sr. Mr. Jack B. Porterfield III ’75 & Mrs. Rebecca Porterfield Mr. Gerald L. Pouncey Jr. Esq. ’82 & Mrs. Bonnie Pouncey Mr. William R. Powell ’67 & Mrs. Kathleen Powell Mr. Robert Lyons Prince ’69 Mr. John David Prunkl ’90 & Mrs. Lisa Christmas Prunkl ’88 Mrs. Rebecca A. Pugh & Mr. Joel N. Pugh ’61* Mrs. Dorothy Leonard Rainey & Mr. Henry Frederick Rainey ’42* Mrs. Emilie Rainey & Mr. William L. Rainey ’66* Mr. Ryan Thomas Ramage & Mrs. Ashley Thompson Ramage ’99 Mr. David Fredrick Rankin & Mrs. Jane Copeland Rankin Mr. Greg Raper & Mrs. Denise Sandlin Raper ’92 Mr. Thomas Leonard Ray ’69 & Mrs. Barbara Ray Mr. James Lee Rayburn ’67 & Mrs. Joyce Rayburn Mr. Albert Miles Redd Jr. ’59 & Mrs. Susan Warburton Redd Mr. William Allen Reed ’70 & Mrs. Martha Reimer Reed ’69 Mr. William Burch Reed ’50 & Mrs. Elizabeth Reed* Mr. Carl A. Register ’63 & Mrs. Joan T. Register Mrs. Jean M. Register & Mr. William R. Register ’56* Ms. Mary Nell Reid ’91 Mr. James O. Rein & Mrs. Joan Rein Mrs. Peggy Reynolds & Mr. Edgar L. Reynolds ’70* Mrs. Gail G. Rice & Mr. Harry Glen Rice ’77* Mr. Lee Wiley Richards ’88 Mr. Christopher James Riley ’02 & Mrs. Darcy Delano Riley Mr. Kenneth Wayne Ringer ’59 & Dr. Joyce Reynolds Ringer ’59 Dr. Christopher Brian Roberts & Mrs. Tracy Roberts Mr. Gary Michael Roberts ’80 & Mrs. Mary Burns Roberts Mr. Richard Young Roberts ’73 & Mrs. Peggy Frew Roberts ’74 Mr. Jeffery Ryan Robinett ’01 & Mrs. Ashley Nunn Robinett ’01 Mrs. Jimmie A. Robinson & Mr. Ray Albert Robinson ’55* Mr. Kenneth William Robuck ’81 & Mrs. Cathy Monroe Robuck ’81 Mr. A.J. Ronyak & Mrs. Patricia Ronyak Mrs. Karen Harris Rowell ’79 & Mr. William W. Rowell ’78* Mr. William J. Rowell ’69 & Mrs. Gloria Rowell Mr. Michael Arthur Rowland ’81 & Mrs. Stacy Neuwien Rowland ’82 Mr. Kenneth B. Roy Jr. ’50 & Mrs. Nan Christian Roy ’53* Mrs. Margaret Roy & Mr. James S. Roy ’57* Ms. Charlotte Howell Rutherford ’77 Mr. Matthew Ryan & Mrs. Linda Patterson Ryan ’82 Mr. John Michael Sadler ’70 & Mrs. Barbara N. Sadler ’69 Mr. Joseph A. Saiia ’69 & Mrs. Mary Graves Saiia ’69 Mr. Richard Frank Salanitri ’85 & Mrs. Carolyn Parmer Salanitri ’85 Mr. William A. Samuel ’75 Ms. Regenia Rena Sanders ’95 Mr. Sid Sanders ’62 Mr. Charles Philip Saunders ’74 Mr. Thomas Al Saunders Sr. ’62 & Mrs. Beth Saunders Mr. C. David Scarborough ’65 & Mrs. Murriel W. Scarborough ’65 Mr. Gary Lee Schatz ’78 & Mrs. Susan Nelson Schatz ’79 Mr. Thomas Milton Schell ’82 & Mrs. Lyna Beech Schell Dr. Richard T. Scott Jr. & Mrs. Blair M. Scott Mr. Donald Reuben Searcy ’84 & Mrs. Alice Johnson Searcy ’85 Mr. L. Dupuy Sears Mr. Tim Self & Mrs. Lori Lynne Self ’90 Ms. Carol Richelle Sellers ’01 Mrs. LaNeil Sellers & Mr. Thomas B. Sellers ’48* *deceased

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CUPOLA REPORT Mr. Thomas D. Senkbeil ’71 & Mrs. Karen Senkbeil Mrs. Rita Gillen Sewell & Mr. George M. Sewell ’59* Dr. John Travis Shafer & Mrs. Katherine E. Shafer ’05 Mr. E. Todd Sharley Jr. ’65 & Mrs. Tempie Bagwell Sharley ’63 Mr. Charles Allen Shaw ’86 & Mrs. Kimberly Popham Shaw Dr. Mark Dewey Shelley II ’93 & Mrs. Elizabeth V. Shelley Mr. Donald Shepherd ’67 & Mrs. Gail Merkl Shepherd ’67 Dr. Charles Herbert Shivers ’75 & Mrs. Alisa Walker Shivers ’75 Mr. William Dean Shultz ’95 & Mrs. Joy R. Shultz Mr. John M. Sikes ’60 & Mrs. Sandra Sikes Dr. R. E. Simpson ’58 & Mrs. Peggy Fanning Simpson Mrs. Margaret Sizemore Capt. William E. Skinner ’71 & Mrs. Barbara Jean Skinner Ms. Janine M. Slick Mr. Barrett B. Smith ’68 Mr. Brett Keith Smith ’86 & Mrs. Lisa Hunter Smith ’89 Mr. David Floyde Smith ’84 & Mrs. Doris Irwin Smith ’83 Mrs. Dorothy Smith & Mr. James Madison Smith ’43* Mr. Douglas W. Smith ’12 & Mrs. Jill Smith Mr. Gerald W. Smith ’61 & Mrs. Joyce Carr Smith ’61 Mr. Jerard Taggart Smith ’97 & Mrs. Cindy Smith Mr. Kenneth Abner Smith ’81 & Mrs. Lyn Smith Mr. Kenneth L. Smith Jr. ’78 Mr. Randy Leon Smith ’76 & Mrs. Patricia Smith Mr. Stephen Craig Smith ’86 & Mrs. Jody A. Smith ’88 Mr. Stephen Linwood Smith ’75 & Mrs. Judith R. Smith ’74 Mr. Timothy Scot Smith ’91 & Mrs. Sheila Ransone Smith ’91 Mr. William James Smith ’67 & Mrs. Susan C. Smith ’70 Mr. Zeke Walter L. Smith ’82 & Mrs. Darlene P. Smith Mr. John Albert Smyth Jr. ’70 & Mrs. Melanie Whatley Smyth ’70 Mr. Brian Charles Sneed ’98 & Mrs. Jenny Sneed Mr. Danny Gerald Snow ’62 & Mrs. Sharon M. Snow Mr. Roger L. Sollie ’74 & Mrs. Kathy H. Sollie Dr. Ryan A. Sothen ’09 & Mrs. Holly Holman Sothen ’03 Mr. Steven Edward Speaks ’87 & Mrs. Julie Pace Speaks ’87 Mr. Mark A. Spencer ’00 Dr. Samia I. Spencer & Dr. William A. Spencer* Mr. Paul Joseph Spina Jr. ’63 & Mrs. Bena Ann Spina Mr. Reggie Allen Spivey ’87 & Mrs. Sherri L. Spivey Mr. Michael George Spoor ’89 & Mrs. Kimberly Berry Spoor ’89 Mr. Joseph W. Stanfield Jr. ’67 & Mrs. Nancy Whiteside Payne Stanfield ’64 Mr. James Lewis Starr ’71 & Mrs. Catherine Ballard Starr Mr. Eugene Grant Steele ’80 & Mrs. Jacqueline Guthrie Steele ’78 Mr. James Joseph Stevenson Jr. ’71 & Mrs. Janet Stevenson Mr. James H. Stewart Jr. ’60 & Mrs. Zula Stewart* Mr. John Monro Stickney ’64 Mr. Michael Sargent Stokes ’02 Mr. Jeffrey Ira Stone ’79 & Dr. Linda J. Stone ’79 Dr. Joseph Story & Mrs. Susan Nolen Story ’81 Mrs. Charles L. Strickland & Mr. Charles L. Strickland ’68* Mrs. Jane Platt Stringfellow & Mr. Charles C. Stringfellow ’50* Mr. Thomas D. Stringfellow ’65 & Mrs. Marianne M. Stringfellow ’65 Mr. Jon Stryker Ms. Pat Stryker Mr. John William Sublett Jr. ’79 Mr. David Carriell Sulkis ’79 & Mrs. Kathleen C. Sulkis ’79 Ms. Betty Moore Summerlin Mrs. Lacy Sweeney & Mr. Robert J. Sweeney Jr. ’48* Dr. Thomas Fletcher Talbot ’52 & Mrs. Donna Klinner Talbot ’57* Mr. George Harold Talley II ’91 & Mrs. Lisa Hooper Talley Mr. Robertson Winn Taylor ’85 & Mrs. Joyce Taylor Dr. Sherry Pittman Taylor Dr. Steven E. Taylor & Mrs. Martha M. Taylor Mr. Jordon W. Tench ’10 & Mrs. Meghan O’Dwyer Tench ’08 Dr. Mrinal Thakur Mr. Jerry Franklin Thomas ’63 & Mrs. Elizabeth R. Thomas Mr. K-Rob Thomas ’01 & Mrs. Marcia Leatha Thomas ’01 Dr. Jason Bryon Thompson ’93 & Mrs. Tamara Owen Thompson ’97 Mr. Stephen F. Thornton ’63

Dr. Brian Scott Thurow & Mrs. Jennifer Gibson Thurow Mrs. Joy L. Tomasso ’51 & Mr. Angelo Tomasso Jr. ’49* Mrs. Patricia Colley Topazi ’73 & Mr. Anthony Joseph Topazi ’73* Ms. Karen Louise Trapane ’82 Mr. Thomas Lanier Traylor ’10 & Mrs. Emily Wood Traylor ’10 Mr. Daniel Andrew Traynor ’78 & Mrs. Mical A. Traynor ’80 Mr. Darryl Keith Trousdale ’87 & Mrs. Susan D. Trousdale ’92 Mr. Terry DeWayne Troutman ’93 & Mrs. Casey Robinson Troutman ’00 Mr. Bolton W. Tucker ’08 & Mrs. Lindsay Ille Tucker ’09 Mr. Terry Lee Tucker ’98 & Mrs. Christy Collins Tucker ’97 Mrs. Dede D. Tuggle ’60 & Dr. Michael Larry Tuggle Sr. ’57* Mrs. Laura Crowe Turley ’87 Mr. Dwight J. Turner ’79 Mr. William J. Turner Jr. ’57 & Mrs. Jane Turner ’57 Mr. John W. Turrentine ’69 & Mrs. Jane Hall Turrentine ’68 ’69 Mr. George Egbert Uthlaut ’54 & Mrs. Dorothy S. Uthlaut ’54* Mr. Jeffrey Norman Vahle ’85 & Mrs. Harriet Woodbery Vahle ’84 Mr. Mark David Vanstrum ’79 Mr. Michael J. Varagona ’78 & Mrs. Janet W. Varagona ’78 Mr. Gary William Vaughan ’01 & Mrs. Summer E. Vaughan ’01 Dr. Robert L. Vecellio & Mrs. Pauline Vecellio* Mr. John Edward Vick ’62 & Mrs. Faye Vick Mr. William Carl Voight III ’87 & Mrs. Sandra Ryan Voight Mr. Walter Karl Vollberg ’73 Col. James S. Voss ’72 & Dr. Suzan Curry Voss ’71 Mr. Ira C. Waddey Jr. ’65 & Mrs. Ann M. Waddey Mr. James D. Wadsworth ’72 & Mrs. Deborah Wadsworth Mr. Joe W. Waid Jr. ’70 & Mrs. Ann Haynes Waid ’85 Mrs. Myrna McGuire Walker & Dr. William Fred Walker* Mr. John Thomas Walter Jr. ’55 & Mrs. Jean Hall Walter ’57 Mr. David Charles Wang Ms. Stephanie Marie Wang Mrs. Rubilyn Wells Ward & Mr. William J. Ward ’55* Mr. William E. Warnock Jr. ’74 & Mrs. Rebecca C. Warnock Mr. Conner Warren ’67 & Mrs. Dorothy Warren ’69 Mr. J. Ernest Warren ’65 Mr. Robert Morgan Waters ’71 & Mrs. Linda Barnes Waters ’70 Mr. John Holman Watson ’60 & Mrs. Gail Pearson Watson Mr. Joseph D. Weatherford ’71 & Mrs. Kathy Weatherford Dr. Glenn D. Weathers ’65 & Mrs. Katherine Weathers Mr. Russell L. Weaver ’62 Mr. Erich Jarvis Weishaupt ’97 Mr. Robert W. Wellbaum III ’93 & Mrs. Christine J. Wellbaum ’93 Mr. James Wade Wesson ’73 Mr. Gary L. West ’74 & Mrs. Kathy Ashcraft West ’76 Dr. Randy Clark West ’87 & Mrs. Ronda Vaughn West ’85 Mrs. Nell S. Wetzel & Mr. Leroy L. Wetzel ’59* Mr. Lawrence Whatley Jr. ’85 & Mrs. Ywonna H. Whatley ’85 Mr. Stuart Warren Whatley Jr. ’84 & Mrs. Catherine C. Whatley ’85 Mr. William H. Whitaker Jr. ’55 & Mrs. Margaret R. Whitaker ’56 Mr. David Oliver Whitman ’82 & Mrs. Susan F. Whitman Mr. Dwight L. Wiggins Jr. ’62 Mr. Garris David Wilcox ’95 & Mrs. Kimberly Wilcox LTC Ralph C. Wilkinson ’57 Mr. Richard D. Williams III ’51 & Mrs. Mary V. Samford Williams* Mrs. Sue Williams & Mr. Edward F. Williams III ’56* Mr. Trent Edward Williams ’03 Mr. George Edmond Williamson II ’67 & Mrs. Carol F. Williamson Mr. Clyde E. Wills Jr. ’68 & Mrs. Sue H. Wills Mr. Brock McLaren Wilson ’09 & Mrs. Laura Ann Wilson ’09 Mr. Charles A. Wilson ’96 & Mrs. Elizabeth Boles Wilson ’97 Mr. Donald G. Wilson ’58 & Mrs. Patti Wilson Mr. Walter Stanley Woltosz ’69 & Mrs. Virginia Woltosz Mr. William B. M. Womack ’75 & Mrs. Ellen Womack Mr. Norman E. Wood ’72 & Mrs. Victoria Barney Wood Mr. Terrell Higdon Yon III ’83 Mr. Duane Dale York ’76 & Mrs. Happy Smith York ’78 Dr. Gretchen Michele Yost ’87 *deceased

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CUPOLA REPORT CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS AATCC Foundation Inc. ABB Power T&D Company Inc. ABB Process Automation Inc. Accenture Foundation Inc. Acordis Cellulosic Fibers Inc. ACPA Southeast Chapter Acustar Inc. Adobe Systems Incorporated ADTRAN Inc. Advantest America Inc. Aegis Technologies Group Inc. Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc. Agilent Technologies Inc. AGRI Inc. Airbus Americas Inc. Alabama Concrete Industries Assoc Alabama Gas Corporation Alabama Highway Department Alabama Power Foundation Inc. Alabama River Pulp Company Alabama Textile Education Foundation Albany International Corp. Allison Engine Company Altera Corporation Amazon AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Co. American Concrete Pavement Assc. Alabama Division American Fine Wire American Tank & Vessel Inc. Americold White Consolidated Industries Inc. Amoco Fabrics Company Anderson Electric/Square D Company Applied MicroStructures Inc. ASHRAE Inc. AstenJohnson Inc. AT&T Bell Laboratories AT&T Foundation ATC AU Chemical Engineering Alumni Council AU Engineering Student Council Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Auburn Engineering Young Alumni Council Auburn Research & Development Institute Austin Maint & Construction Inc. BellSouth Foundation Blacklidge Emulsions Inc. Blount Foundation Inc. Boehringer Ingelheim Boeing Company Boise Cascade Corporation Boise Paper Holdings LLC Bowater Incorporated Bowater Newsprint BP Foundation Inc. Brasfield & Gorrie LLC Brendle Sprinkler Company Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation Inc. Brown & Root USA Buckeye Florida LP Buckeye Technologies Inc. Buckman Laboratories Inc. Callaway Chemical Company Carrier Corporation Carroll Air Systems Inc. Caterpillar Corporate Cellnet Technology Inc.

CH2M Hill Foundation Chapman Foundation Charles D. McCrary Family LEP Alabama Power Foundation Inc. ChemTreat Chevron Oil Company Ciba Specialty Chemicals Foundation Inc. Cisco Cisco Systems Corporate Headquarters Coach COMM LLC Coca-Cola Foundation Coherent Inc. Collazo Enterprises Inc. COLSA Corporation Comer Foundation Continental Automotive Systems US Inc. Cotton Inc. Cranston Print Works Company Daimler Chrysler Corporation Fund Davidson Technologies Inc. Dazix Company Denso North America Foundation Dixon Foundation Dow Chemical Company Foundation Dunn-French Foundation Dynetics Inc. E I DuPont De Nemours & Company Eastman Chemical Company Eastman Kodak Company Eaton Corporation ECC International Inc. EnergySolutions Foundation Engent Inc. Epic Games Inc. Equifax Evergreen Packaging Exelon Corporation Exxon Mobil Foundation FEKO EM Software & Systems (USA) Inc. Fluor Foundation Ford Motor Company Foundry Educational Foundation Friends of Auburn Pulp and Paper Gachon University Energy Materials Lab Gayco Inc. GE Global Research General Atomic Company General Electric Company Georgia Pacific Corporation GIS Inc. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Gottlieb Fund Graphic Packaging Grede Holdings LLC Griffon Aerospace Halliburton Education Foundation Harbert International Inc. Harris Corporation Hazelhurst Foundation Henkel Corporation Henson and Kirkland Charitable Foundation Hercules Inc. Hess Foundation Inc. Hewlett Packard Hexagon Safety and Infrastructure Highland Industries Inc.

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HK Porter Co Inc. Hoar Construction LLC Home Builders Association of Alabama Honda Manufacturing of Alabama Honeywell International Inc. Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama LLC IBM Corporation Imerys Industrial Science & Technology Network Inc. Institute for STEM Ed & Research Inc. Journal of STEM Education Integrated Surface Technologies Intel Corporation Intermap Technologies Inc. International Business Machines Corp. International Institute of Acoustics & Vibration International Paper Jackson Paper Manufacturing Co. James P. Raymond Jr. Foundation Jim Cooper Construction Co. Inc. Johnson Controls Foundation KBR Keimyung University Kemet Electronics Corporation Kemira Chemicals Inc. Kimberly-Clark Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Korean Institute of Construction Technology Kresge Foundation Larry E. Speaks & Associates Inc. LBYD Inc. LEA Consulting Lincoln Electric Co. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Lockwood Greene Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Lynthera Corporation MacMillan Bloedel Inc. Macon Cty Greyhound Pk Inc. MACTEC Inc. MAK Technologies Inc. Malcolm Pirnie Inc. Mando America Corporation Manufacture Alabama Martin Calibration Service MartinFederal Consulting LLC Material Handling Industry MaxLinear Inc. McCartney Construction Company MCM Corporation Mentor Graphics Metal Building Manufacturers Assn. Metso Paper Mid South Industries Inc. Milliken Foundation Minnesota Mining Manufacturing Motion Controls Inc. Motion Reality Inc. Motorola Inc. Mount Vernon Mills Inc. Murata of America Nalco NAPA Education Foundation Inc. NaphCare Charitable Foundation Inc. National Blood Foundation National Science Foundation

CUPOLA REPORT NCR Corporation NEC Laboratories America Inc. Nelson Stud Welding Inc. Neptune Technology Group Inc. NLGI Nokia Northrop Grumman Corporation NRG Energy Oiles America Corporation OMNX Direct Control-Olin Chlor Alkal DIv Orex Technologies International Packaging Corporation of America Parsons Brinckerhoff Group Administration Inc. Pathway Services Inc. Perot Foundation Pignone Textile Pinson Valley Heat Treating Co. Inc. PPG Industries Foundation Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Procter & Gamble Foundation Qualcomm Inc. Ray C. Anderson Foundation Inc. Raytheon Engineers & Constructors Reiter Corporation Wehadkee Johnston RES KAIDI Rockwell Automation Inc. Rockwell Collins Rockwell Science Center LLC Rosemount Inc. RSC Chemical Solutions Russell Corporation SAE International Savantage SCA Tissue North America LLC Schlumberger Foundation Scott Bridge Company Inc. Scott Paper Company Foundation Semiconductor Research Corp. Shaw Industries Group Inc. Sicking Safety Systems Inc.

Silicon Integration Initiative Simulations Plus Inc. Solenis LLC South Central Bell Southern Company Charitable Foundation Inc. Southern Company Services Southern Natural Gas Company Southern Nuclear Operating Co. Southwire Company Spire Alabama Inc. Square D Foundation Match Stauffer Chemical Company Stockham Foundation Inc. Sullivan Long & Hagerty Sun Microsystems Inc. Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. Taiho Kogyo Tribology Research Foundation TE Connectivity Tekmatex Inc. Tektronix Inc. Telcordia Technologies Teledyne Continental Motors Inc. Temple Inland Foundation Tencent AI Lab Rhino-Bird Gift Fund Tennessee Valley Authority Terracon Consultants Inc. Texas Instruments Inc. The Boeing Company The Electrosynthesis Co. Inc. The Hargrove Foundation The Westervelt Company Thomas H. Lowder Family Foundation Thompson Holdings Inc. Torch Technologies Inc. Toyota Motor Engineering & Mfg. North America Inc. Trane Technologies Tri Star Group TSYS Unisys Corporation

United Launch Alliance United Tech Pratt & Whitney USX Corporation Valmet Paper Machinery Vergil I. Prewett Jr. Educational Foundation Verizon Foundation Vinings Industries Inc. Viscofan U.S.A. Inc. Vodafone Americas Foundation Volkert Inc. Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation Inc. Vulcan Materials Co. Wardwell Braiding Machine Co. Wehadkee/American Truetzschler Inc. Weld Star Technology Inc. Westpoint Home Inc. WestPoint Stevens Service Center WestRock Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund Williams Industrial Services Group LLC Winfield Cotton Mill Woodruff Foundation (J.W. & Ethel I.) Xilinx Inc. Yates Constructors LLC Yonsei University You Might Be For Auburn Foundation

ANNUAL FUNDS Many Auburn Engineering donors choose to make annual gifts each year in support of students, faculty and ongoing college operations. These funds take the shape of scholarships, fellowships, departmental support and Funds for Excellence. Unlike endowments, these funds are given each year and are not maintained by principal or earnings. We would like to recognize those new annual funds from 2021. Chuck Gavin Annual Scholarship Creighton Wesley Wilson Annual Scholarship Jim and Donna Orrison Annual Scholarship Krebs Engineering Annual Scholarship

Norfolk Southern Annual Scholarship Robert Dana and Maureen Couch Annual Scholarship Terry R. Scruggs Annual Scholarship Walt and Virginia Woltosz Annual Creed Scholarship

ENDOWED FUNDS Endowments are gifts that provide Auburn Engineering perpetual income and are essential for the long-term security and growth of the college. The Auburn University Foundation invests the principal of the endowed fund and the allocated income is used to support programs and initiatives designated by the donor. The following were established in 2021: Adams Studdard Thompson Endowed Scholarship Al and Janet Nebrig Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Alan Bissinger Memorial Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Albert E. Hay Endowed Scholarship Amendi Stephens Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Amendment to the William T. (Red) Huddleston Endowed Scholarship Amy and Joey Dobbs Family Endowed Scholarship Angela and Lawson Fanney Endowed Scholarship Antoria Arnold Endowed Scholarship

Auburn Alumni Council Engineering Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Auburn Engineering Young Alumni Council Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Betty Summerlin Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Beverly Banister Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Bill and Lana McNair Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Billy and Starla Haynes Endowed Scholarship Biosystems Engineering Advisory Council - Beth Thorne Stukes Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Blair-Clayton-Sasser Endowed Scholarship

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CUPOLA REPORT Blomeley Feagin Endowed Scholarship Breland Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Brian & Leah Blalock Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Buck and Judy Locke Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Charles and Elizabeth Wilson Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Charles Gavin Endowed Professorship Chemical Engineering Alumni Council Endowed Fund for Excellence Col (Ret) Scott and Penny Johnson Endowed Scholarship Cooper Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Dallas-Chambers Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Dan and Sheila Broughton Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Daniel Lee Keidel ’80 Endowed Scholarship Daniel M. Bush Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Darrel Lee Ray Sr. Memorial Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship David W. Brooks Endowed Scholarship Diaco and Angela Aviki Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Donelson B. Horton ’49 Endowed Scholarship Dunk and Julia Hale Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Duriel and Olivea Holley Endowed Scholarship Earl R. and Nan V. Foust Endowed Scholarship Emily Wood Traylor Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Erich Weishaupt Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Frank Forrest Fleming Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Frazier-Boulware Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Gallaspy Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Gary and Carol Godfrey Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Gary and Mary Roberts Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Gentile Family Endowed Scholarship George and Kathleen Williams Endowed Scholarship George Legacy Endowed Scholarship Gerald and Joyce Smith Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Greg and Donna Dorriety Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Griffis Family Endowed Scholarship Harris Family Endowed Scholarship Hawkins Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Herb and Marlice Brown Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Houston and Beth Elkins Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship James W. Entrekin and Brooks Family Endowed Scholarship Jason and Wendy Beville Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship JD and Tammy McFarlan Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Jeff and Linda Stone Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Jim and Anna Cooper Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Jim and Markell Heilbron Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Joe W. and Gayle D. Forehand Endowed Scholarship John C. Adams Alabama Power Foundation Endowed Fund for Excellence John C. Donehoo Memorial Endowed Scholarship John Cook Endowed Scholarship John M. and Barbara R. Sadler Endowed Scholarship John P. and Patricia M. Caraway Endowed Scholarship John W. Duke Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Ken and Lyn Smith Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Kennedy Dixon Endowed Scholarship Kenneth and Kimberly Kelly Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Killebrew Family Biosystems Engineering Endowed Scholarship Killebrew Family Industrial & Systems Engineering Endowed Scholarship Kretzschmar Family Endowed Scholarship Leslie Dean Hilliard Jr. Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship

Livingston Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Lucy Ann Bultas Sinopole Endowed Scholarship in the Simuel Ginn College of Engineering Malcolm N. Beasley Sr. Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Marcia and K-Rob Thomas Endowed Scholarship Martha Warr Bush Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Mary Neil Reid Endowed Scholarship Matthews Family Endowed Scholarship McCarthy Building Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship McFarland Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Mike and Mark Ogles Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Scholarship Minter-Shelley Family Endowed Scholarship Muriel J. Foster and Lavagun M. Foster Endowed Scholarship Nicole Faulk Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Norman Hulsey Memorial Endowed Scholarship Owings-Williamson Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Patricia Hartley Bailey Endowed Scholarship Pedro and Tomeka Cherry Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Philip and Elizabeth Keown Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Philip G. and Kimberley A. Fraher Endowed Scholarship Philip Pelfrey Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Prism Systems Inc Endowed Scholarship Ragan Crowell Endowed Scholarship Ray and Gloria Madison Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Rayford and Eugenia Lloyd Endowed Scholarship Raymond-Roberts Endowed Scholarship Regenia Sanders Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Rhonda Horne Cook Memorial Creed Endowed Scholarship Richard F. and Carolyn P. Salanitri Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Robert and Elizabeth Campbell Endowed Scholarship Saiia Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Salvador A. Marino Memorial Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Sharlene Evans Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Shawn and Anne Cleary Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Shawn Bread Greene Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Smoke Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Sneed Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Steven and Julie Speaks Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Steven M. Lee Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Susan Nolen Story Endowed Scholarship Taylor Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Thomas R. “Tommy” Johnson Jr. Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Thompson Ramage Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Thurow Family Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Tidwell-Nowland Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Tim and Laura McCartney Endowed Scholarship Tom and Anne Garrett Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Torch Technologies Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Trane Technologies Endowed Scholarship Vince Costanza and Tony Costanza Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship Watson Family Endowed Scholarship Whitman Family Endowed Scholarship William and Pamela Moench Endowed Professorship William Edward and Barbara Jean Skinner Endowed Scholarship Willie and Cynthia Ballard Endowed Scholarship Zeke and Darlene Smith Ever Auburn Endowed Scholarship

PLANNED GIFTS Planned gifts are pledged today to benefit the college in the future. These gifts include bequests, life income plans, charitable gift annuities, IRA distributions and gifts of life insurance. Planned gifts enable donors to manage their investments while leaving a lasting legacy for Auburn Engineering. The following donors established planned gifts in 2021: Dr. Cynthia Ann Cox ’77 Mr. P. Kessler Fabian ’59 Mr. Walter Blakely Jeffcoat ’70 & Mrs. Peggy Bratton Jeffcoat

Mr. Harald F. Lassen ’57 Mr. Cary Lynn Matthews ’90 Capt. William E. Skinner ’71 & Mrs. Barbara Jean Skinner

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