Research and Innovation
Discover how collaboration, experimentation and inventive application move industry and academia forward.
A team of doctoral and undergraduate biosystems engineering students have developed a solution to precise fertilizer application using drone technology. Their project is a finalist in NASA’s 2025 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition.
March 28, 2025
Farmers nationwide will not be permitted to use dicamba herbicide products this growing season. Auburn researchers and Alabama Cooperative Extension System specialists are working to provide Alabama row crop growers with guidance on how to navigate and best manage production without dicamba.
March 27, 2025
The $437 million U.S. catfish industry is in need of better genetic and breeding technologies to be competitive with foreign imports. A team of hatchery scientists from the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station are studying hybrid catfish breeding practices to help improve reproductive efficiency and reduce production costs for catfish farmers.
March 26, 2025
The Southeast Region Cybersecurity Collaboration Center is dedicated to advancing cybersecurity technologies to protect critical infrastructure from outside threats — and it’s using the expertise of Auburn students to help carry out that mission.
March 26, 2025
Auburn's Weed Bionomics Laboratory focuses on managing herbicide-resistant weeds, like Palmer amaranth, the most difficult weed to control because it can produce 600,000 seeds per plant and grow as much as 2.5 inches per day.
March 24, 2025
Auburn researchers are part of a study to address engineering challenges associated with energy efficiency of zero emission bus materials.
March 21, 2025
The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station awarded 29 competitive grants across three principal programs: AgR-SEED, Production Agricultural Research and equipment grants for fiscal year 2024.
March 20, 2025
The Auburn University Center for Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity Engineering is dedicated to uncovering pioneering advancements in AI-driven cybersecurity solutions and tackling the most pressing challenges in the digital age.
March 20, 2025
Auburn’s role in facilitating collaboration between government, academia and industry necessary for maintaining national security was on full display at the university’s Research and Innovation Campus in Huntsville as Congressional heavyweights meet to confer on the vulnerability of the U.S. defense industrial base in relation to challenges posed by China.
March 20, 2025
Auburn's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence is partnering with Blue Origin to overcome the challenges of 3D printing with copper, essentially helping the space technology company's future plans in orbit.
March 18, 2025
Ernest Opoku’s journey from Ghana to Auburn, and now to MIT, is one of perseverance, intellectual rigor and groundbreaking research.
March 17, 2025
Faculty member Tiffani Chidume studies the use of cutting-edge simulation technology, including VR, in nursing education.
March 11, 2025
As the city of Selma, Alabama, commemorates the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” Robert Finkel is helping share the history of that fateful day through several projects.
March 06, 2025
Auburn's James Lindner was recently named the most prolific researcher in the field of agricultural education.
March 03, 2025
The Jule Collins Smith Museum presents “Rodell Warner + Audubon + His Journals” through July 6. The show pairs Audubon prints with Warner’s digital videos and an online artwork. Part of the “Radical Naturalism” series, it explores Audubon’s legacy through contemporary art.
February 27, 2025
The Applied Research Institute in Huntsville is creating a cutting-edge radiation hardening facility to ensure military tech reliability in space.
February 26, 2025
The upcoming book “Arcs & Sparks and Bits & Bytes” will offer a detailed chronological history of this celebrated department, complete with detailed technological breakthroughs, leadership changes and alumni success stories.
February 26, 2025
Congratulations to Sushil Adhikari, our 2025 SEC Faculty Achievement Award winner.
February 24, 2025
Jean-Francois Louf earned an NSF CAREER Award for investigating how flowers detect and respond to the sound of pollinators — potentially improving crop yields.
February 14, 2025
Thanks to Florabot, an AI-driven robot developed by researchers in the Smart Systems Lab within the Department of Biosystems Engineering, farmers may soon be able to assess entire rows of azaleas, hydrangeas, petunias and many other ornamental plants in the time it takes you to read this article.
February 13, 2025
Associate Professor Constantinos Kyriakis and Assistant Professor Maria Naskou met in Greece over a decade ago and have supported one another in science and life ever since.
February 13, 2025
Assistant Professor Rodney Tollerson II is making an impact in the classroom and the lab.
February 13, 2025
Showcase 2025, a campus-wide celebration of creative scholarship, will host an evening of exhibits and performances at the Gogue Performing Arts Center on Feb. 24.
February 12, 2025
Sydney Freeman Jr. is a first-generation college student and two-time Auburn alum. He was the first African American male to attain full professorship at the University of Idaho, and just last fall, was one of 10 people chosen as a Fellow of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
February 11, 2025
Our researchers and Alabama Extension specialists are taking their expertise to Alabama farmers’ fields with a grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
January 29, 2025
