Research and Innovation
Discover how collaboration, experimentation and inventive application move industry and academia forward.
Three colleges unite to advance mass timber construction, a faster, cheaper and more sustainable way to build houses and buildings.
January 08, 2026
The RFID and CARV Labs will collaborate with NASA's Kennedy Space Center to advance research in inventory management for orbital facilities supporting astronauts.
January 06, 2026
Auburn students and faculty are forging connections beyond campus through partnerships with the U.S. Department of Energy’s 17 national laboratories.
December 17, 2025
The Everything Auburn Podcast’s year-end rewind is here – and our best moments of 2025 will have you laughing-out-loud and beaming with Tiger pride.
December 17, 2025
A group of faculty and students have created a mobile showroom to demonstrate how Alabama's grasslands and forests can provide bio-based construction materials — and grow the state's economy.
December 16, 2025
A collaboration at the Auburn University Neuroimaging Center is allowing two professors to address mysteries of the brain.
December 15, 2025
Students and faculty members from interior architecture, educational leadership and human development collaborated to generate exhibit ideas for EarlyWorks Children’s Museum in Huntsville, Alabama.
December 12, 2025
Faculty from the College of Liberal Arts and Samuel Ginn College of Engineering want to change the way we talk about artificial intelligence by drawing on their expertise in the arts, humanities and sciences.
December 12, 2025
Sampada Tamhankar’s innovative research recently earned her first place in Auburn’s Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
December 11, 2025
This fall, Auburn students are gaining hands-on experience with one of the industry’s fastest-growing materials: mass timber.
December 11, 2025
Two graduate students turned groundbreaking research into clear, compelling presentations as finalists in Auburn’s Three Minute Thesis competition.
December 09, 2025
College of Nursing graduate Madison Beavers was inspired to pursue undergraduate research by Stuart Pope, a beloved nursing faculty member who passed away in 2023.
December 09, 2025
Paul Ohno is halfway through a two-year project funded by the National Institutes of Health, studying the chemistry behind airborne transmission of viruses using fluorescence probe spectroscopy.
December 02, 2025
Statistician Jingyi Zheng builds models that cut through complexity, turning MRI scans, biomarker data and genetic signals into meaningful insight.
November 21, 2025
Two teams from the University of Alabama visited Auburn’s Davis Arboretum to study trees, compare horticulture practices and learn from the site’s conservation efforts.
November 21, 2025
With 21% of undergrads involved in research, Auburn students are gaining experience that provides a leg up both inside and outside of academia.
November 17, 2025
Portia Johnson, an assistant professor and Extension specialist in the College of Human Sciences, created the Alabama FAFSA Application Survival Toolkit to help students, families and educators navigate the application process.
November 14, 2025
Assistant Professor Hao Chen is using genomics to map the future of more sustainable and resilient bioenergy resources.
November 13, 2025
One of the heavyweights of next-generation electronics recently shared his vision for lightweight vehicles with the National Academy of Engineering. Auburn's Pradeep Lall presented at the academy's mini-symposium on Integrated, Flexible, Functional Materials. His talk, "Lightweighting through Additive In-Mold Electronics," explored how cutting-edge manufacturing technologies can reduce vehicle weight and improve efficiency.
November 07, 2025
COSAM's Michael Gramlich and Pharmacy's Miranda Reed study the brain degeneration associated with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
November 07, 2025
Katie Rush uses powerful X-ray light sources to reveal how trace elements like selenium influence human health. Her cutting-edge work earned national recognition through the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award.
November 03, 2025
The Rural Sociology program at Auburn offers graduate students a chance to study the social fabric of Alabama and contribute to its future. Just ask Oliver Nell and Amelia Pugh.
October 31, 2025
Stephanie Rogers, associate professor of geosciences, is advancing research in drone-based water quality monitoring while inspiring students to shape their own scientific paths.
October 30, 2025
Auburn civil engineers are using Measurement While Drilling data to help ALDOT design safer, more efficient roads and bridges across Alabama.
October 29, 2025
The new Honors College Research Venture Lyceum courses offer small-scale research experiences to Honors students across several fields.
October 28, 2025
