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At Auburn, how you get there is as important as where you’re going. Through a grant fromtheHyundaiAmericaTechnicalCenterInc.,industrialandsystemsengineeringfacultymemberWoojinParkisdevelopingautomotive interiors for American drivers of all shapes and sizes.

Park’s“size-neutral”projectdrivescomfortable seating posture, as well as steering wheel and gearshift ergonomics. So while you’re traveling from A to B, you can enjoytheride.

When the white, sandy coastline of Alabama became slick with oil following the Deepwater Horizonaccident,Auburnengineersbeganaddressing the health of an ecosystem close to their hearts and homes.

Auburn civil engineering researchers Joel Hayworth,PrabhakarClementandcolleaguesarestudying the distribution of oil in beach systems alonga30-milestretchofsurfandsandnearGulfStateParkandtheBonSecourNationalWildlifeRefuge,throughgrantsfromtheNSF,CityofOrangeBeachandtheMarineEnvironmentalScience Consortium.

How AUBURN engineersKEEP IT CLEAN

How AUBURN engineersDRIVE COMFORT

Dr.WoojinPark

• RecipientofNationalInstitute for Occupational Safety and HealthEducationandResearch Centers training grant

• DirectingresearchatAuburn’s biomechanics laboratory

Dr. Joel Hayworth

• AwardedCityofOrange Beach research grant

• RecipientofMarine EnvironmentalScience Consortium grants

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We think of our dogs as family pets, but at Auburn, they’re hard at work keeping us out of harm’s way. Mechanical engineering faculty member David Bevly and his team are using GPS and a sensor-activated canine vest to autonomously guide search and rescue dogs to remotely detect hazardous substances and packages.

This integrated technology allows military and homeland security first-responders a real alternative in securing areas where man can’t fit – but his best friend can.

Don’t hold your breath. At Auburn, researchers in materials engineering are taking a closer look at chemical contaminants and communicable diseases inside airplane cabins so you can breathe easy.

With grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), faculty member Tony Overfelt is leading an Auburn team to advance air quality that keeps contaminants and pathogens grounded, ensuring that you’re as healthy during landing as you were at takeoff.

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How AUBURN engineersPLAY FETCH

Dr. David Bevly

• RecipientofNavyandArmy young investigator awards

• FacultyadvisertoDefenseAdvanced ResearchProjectsAgencyurbanand grand challenge teams

Dr. Tony Overfelt

• ExecutivedirectorofAuburn’s FAANationalAirTransportation CenterofExcellencefor ResearchintheIntermodal TransportEnvironment

Rankings1

NationalRankingsAmongPublicInstitutions

Undergraduate: 36Graduate: 41

Student EnrollmentUndergraduate: 3,890Graduate: 810Total Students: 4,700

Students by Major

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f LargestcollegeatAuburnUniversity (19percentofuniversityenrollment)

f 35thinengineeringenrollmentinnation2

f 18percentfemale f 11percentminority

(AfricanAmerican,Hispanic,AmericanIndian) f 53MeritScholarsinfreshmanfall2010class f Morethan$9millioninscholarshipsawarded

to 2,732 engineering students

Faculty 142 Tenured/tenuretrackfaculty 2 NationalAcademyofEngineeringmembers 59 Professorships 4Eminentscholarchairs

Faculty Diversity

4.3 Percent women 4.2 Percentminority(AfricanAmerican,Hispanic)

Freshman ClassYear 1999 2009 2010

Total Undergrads 3,031 3,598 3,890Freshmen 652 890 1013Freshman Average ACT 25 27.8 28.4Freshman National Merit Scholars 5 33 53

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f Auburn’s Center for Automotive and ExtremeEnvironmentElectronicsisone of the few in the nation recently recognizedwithaNationalScienceFoundation(NSF)phasethreegrantforitssuccessasanIndustry/UniversityCooperativeResearchCenter

f Work is well under way on the fourth cycleoftestingattheNationalCenterforAphalt(NCAT)TechnologyTest Track which will celebrate its 25thanniversaryin2011

f Auburn’sHuntsvilleResearchCenteropenedinJuly2010andisheadedbyRodneyRobertson,formerdirector of the technical center of theU.S.ArmySpaceandMissileDefense Command – the center matches Auburn’s research capacities with the needs of local agencies and industries

YearProposals

Submitted/$M valueResearch

Expenditures $MRanking

2003 400/$112 $26.6 542004 427/$140 $30.5 552005 448/$147 $33.4 522006 371/$105 $36.3 492007 415/$156 $54.8 372008 390/$123 $47.1 482009 414/$133 $49.5 462010 379/$97.2 $55.5 *

Proposals Submitted/Dollar Value and Research Expenditures/Ranking2

Year ProjectSquare Footage Renovated/New

2000 NCATResearchLabandTrack22,400and

1.7miletracknew2002 Wilmore Labs 46,000renovated

2006 RossHall28,000renovatedplus10,000new

2007ShelbyCenterforEngineering

Technology,PhaseI185,000new

2010 MRIResearchCenter 45,000new

2012ShelbyCenterforEngineering

Technology,PhaseII146,000new

Facilities Modernization

Research Focus Areas f Energyandtheenvironment f Security and commerce f Health f Infrastructureandtransportation

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Commercialization (2000-2010)Disclosures 273 Patents 38Licenses/Options 34

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r e s e a r c hContinuing Education

f 95liveseminarsandconferencesserving3,374students

f 97distancecontinuingeducationcoursesdeliveredbyDVDorstreamingvideo, serving1,650studentsin50statesandinternationallocations

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Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics (STEM) Activities

f BESTInc.–thenation’s3rdlargestK-12roboticsprogram, serving12,500studentsin850schoolsin15states

f E-Day–engineeringopenhouseprovidingthousandsof middle- and high-school students with a window into careers in engineering

f TIGERCamps–residentialsummerprograms,onefor8thand9thgraders,theotherfor10thand11thgraders,givingstudentshands-onengineeringexperience

f RoboandCompCamps–daycampstargetedatincreasing computerliteracyinstudentsingrades5-12

f LaboratoryforInnovativeTechnologyandEngineeringEducation(LITEE)–developsprogramstoretaincollege-levelengineering students

f NSFcollaborativegrant–developsstudio-basedlearning programs to improve student retention in university computer science and software engineering programs

Distance Master’s Degrees

EnrollmentSpring 2010 518

Summer 2010 278

Fall 2010 579

Active Students 305

New Students 65

Graduates 85

States 36

o u t r e a c h p h i l a n t h r o p y2001 Samuel Ginn College of Engineeringoutlinesavisionandstrategicplanforthenextdecade,including a fundraising vision goal of $153.5milliontoberaisedby2011

2003 AuburnUniversitylaunchesthe“ItBeginsatAuburn”campaignandsets an engineering fundraising goal of $105million

2008 “ItBeginsatAuburn”campaign concludes – engineering hasraised$116.7million

2010 Engineeringexceedsitsvision goal by raising a total of $160million

Gifts-in-KindAuburnEngineeringreceivedtwosignificantsoftwaregifts-in-kindin2010.

Siemens PLM Software (Global Opportunities in Product Lifecycle Management Program)

f Largest in-kind gift ever made to Auburn University,valuedat$195.5millionwith$169.7million going to engineering

f Product design, development and manufacturing process technology software used by multinational companies around the globe

AGRI,Inc.BMDTradesSoftware

f Madeby1963aerospaceengineeringgraduateWendellMead,valuedat$5million

f BallisticMissileDefenseTechnicalRequirementsAssessment&DesignEvaluationSimulation(BMDTrades) software will help students understand missile-to-missile defense

Annual giving is critical to the college’s ability to respond quicklytonewchallengesandopportunities.EngineeringEaglesSocietymembersareloyalsupporterswhomakegiftsof$1,000ormoreeachyeartoAuburnEngineeringor its academic units.

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f Freshmanclasssizeinexcessof1,000students

f IncreasedfreshmanNationalMeritScholarsfromlessthan10tomorethan50inthreeyears

f Improvedfirst-yearretention

f EstablishedaminorinNuclearPowerGenerationSystems

f LaunchedEngineersWithoutBorderschapter

f CreatedthreeEngineeringliving/learningcommunities–co-ed,femaleandAfricanAmerican

f 18percentincreaseingraduatestudentsoverfiveyears

f EstablishedMRIResearchCenter,housing3Tand7TMRIscanners

f Top50inresearchexpendituresforthepastfouryears

f Metandexceededvisionfundraisinggoalof$153.5million

f Successfullycompleted10-year,$154millionfacilityenhancementprogram

f Recruitleadfacultyincybersecurity,MRIandcoildesign,alternativeenergytechnology,nuclearpower,biomedicalengineeringandhighwaypavementdesign,withthegoalofenhancingandexpandingresearchin these areas

f Continuetoenhanceinternationalacademicexperiencesforundergraduatestudents

f Increaseextramuralresearchfunding10percentperyearforthenextfiveyears

f EnhanceHuntsvilleresearchactivitiesinsupportofhomelandsecurity

f Expandresearchactivitiestoaddresspublichealthissues

f Establishamedicalimagingresearchinstitute

InformationinthisreportisfromAuburnUniversityexceptasotherwisenoted.1 U.S.News & World Report2 AmericanSocietyofEngineeringEducation

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