Research and Innovation
A classroom of college students sits in small groups at circular tables while an instructor at the front of the room gestures toward the class. Several students are engaged in discussion, some taking notes or working on laptops. Colorful boards hang on the front wall, and backpacks and water bottles are scattered around the room.

The Honors College is increasing its commitment to academic innovation and faculty engagement through the Honor Your Teaching Fellowship program.

February 03, 2026

Participant at Science Communication Workshop

The Biggio Center's Science Communication Workshop Series gives faculty and researchers practical tools to share their work with clarity, creativity and impact.

January 29, 2026

A father and child play together in a therapist office.

Through outreach, compassion and innovation, Auburn is helping Alabama's families live healthier and happier lives.

January 28, 2026

Biomedical sciences sophomore John Walker stands outdoors on Auburn University’s campus near a small red footbridge, wearing a white button-down shirt and smiling toward the camera.

Biomedical sciences sophomore John Walker is gaining hands-on research experience through cross-disciplinary work in Auburn's Neurobehavioral Dynamics Lab.

January 26, 2026

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Three colleges unite to advance mass timber construction, a faster, cheaper and more sustainable way to build houses and buildings.

January 26, 2026

Taimoor Hassan

Taimoor Hassan, a second-year graduate student in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, developed Qalb, the world's largest Large Language Model exclusively for the Urdu language, which generates fluent, natural and instruction-following responses.

January 26, 2026

Jean-Francois Louf

Jean-François Louf is using transparent, soil-like substrates to directly observe how plant roots redistribute water underground — a hidden process that could help farmers improve crop performance.

January 23, 2026

Thanks to two new partnerships formed to address critical needs in the aerospace and maritime defense industries, Auburn's reputation for rapid additive manufacturing research and development is speeding up and making waves.

January 22, 2026

Assistant Professor Konstantin Klyukin is after the perfect process that one day might find stable, durable catalysts capable of converting methane produced from tapping the nation's oil fields into methanol and other liquid fuels.

January 22, 2026

Dr. Salisbury-Glennon poses with the two books.

College of Education faculty members have co-edited books examining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and teachers.

January 20, 2026

A woman sitting in a boat smiles at the camera as she uses a wire basket to catch fish.

When Antrelle Clark first started her studies in marine biology, the last thing in the world she wanted to learn about was fish. Now, she's researching how urbanization along the Gulf Coast is impacting one fish in particular: the killifish.

January 20, 2026

Brian Counterman examines insect specimens in a museum collection drawer at the Auburn University Museum of Natural History.

Evolutionary biologist Brian Counterman has been named director of Auburn's Museum of Natural History, bringing deep research experience and a long-term vision for the museum's future.

January 19, 2026

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Since the summer of 2018, play and recreation equipment manufacturer PlayCore has hosted at least one Auburn industrial design student each year for its summer internship program.

January 15, 2026

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By joining forces with colleges across campus, Auburn's Office of Undergraduate Research champions more than 100 competitive fellowships annually—creating pathways for students to explore new ideas, experiment with purpose and excel at the highest level.

January 15, 2026

researchers stand in front of a black box that analyzes hydrogen

An international consortium of scientists co-led by Auburn University and Stanford University's Global Carbon Project developed the first comprehensive accounting of global hydrogen sources and sinks to assess changes in atmospheric hydrogen and its climate consequences.

January 14, 2026

Three colleges unite to advance mass timber construction, a faster, cheaper and more sustainable way to build houses and buildings.

January 08, 2026

A young man operates a robot dog in a retail space with shelves full of folded clothing

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 standing together smiling in a lab.

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

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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

Several young man stand next to a wood frame on a trailer

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

Jennifer Robinson and Meredith Reid stand in front of a screen with an image of the brain.

A collaboration at the Auburn University Neuroimaging Center is allowing two professors to address mysteries of the brain.

December 15, 2025

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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

Auburn faculty and community members at the November AI Cafe

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

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Sampada Tamhankar's innovative research recently earned her first place in Auburn's Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

December 11, 2025

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This fall, Auburn students are gaining hands-on experience with one of the industry's fastest-growing materials: mass timber.

December 11, 2025

A composite header image showing graduate student Anet Filipova holding a bin of young gopher tortoises in the field alongside graduate student Seth Vogt working with samples in a laboratory.

Two graduate students turned groundbreaking research into clear, compelling presentations as finalists in Auburn's Three Minute Thesis competition.

December 09, 2025

Madison wears graduation cords and holds a graduation cap

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 wears safety goggles in a dark room and adjust lasers

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

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Statistician Jingyi Zheng builds models that cut through complexity, turning MRI scans, biomarker data and genetic signals into meaningful insight.

November 21, 2025

Six people stand along a stone bridge in the Davis Arboretum, listening during a guided tour amid dense fall greenery.

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

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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 wears a blue dress and an orange and blue scarf while smiling for the camera

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

Hao Chen observes poplar trials at the Auburn University Plant Science Research Center.

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

Dr. Gramlich and Dr. Reed stand together in a lab wearing white lab coats

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, in a white lab coat and blue gloves, uses a pipette to transfer liquid into a glass bottle in her Auburn University biochemistry lab. Laboratory instruments and supplies are visible in the background.

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

a woman kneels in a field while a man next to her is bending over

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

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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

A construction worker uses a heavy-duty drill to break through concrete, sending fragments and dust flying. The worker wears orange safety gear and work boots, with the focus on the drill bit churning into the pavement.

Auburn civil engineers are using Measurement While Drilling data to help ALDOT design safer, more efficient roads and bridges across Alabama.

October 29, 2025

Six people standing side by side indoors in front of a wall with glass panels and wooden sections. They are dressed in a variety of casual and business-casual outfits, including patterned shirts, solid tops, and slacks. The group is positioned on a carpeted floor.

The new Honors College Research Venture Lyceum courses offer small-scale research experiences to Honors students across several fields.

October 28, 2025

L to R: Brianna Travis, Chris Anderson, and Andrew Balder conduct field work in a tree-lined marsh.

Nicknamed “America's Amazon,” the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is one of the most biodiverse regions in the nation and an important field site for the Wetland and Riparian Ecology Lab in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment.

October 27, 2025

A young man operates a robotic arm, showing how it is used with a replica storage facility to test repeated handling of RFID technology.

The Auburn RFID Lab has been a hub for innovative research and collaboration for more than a decade ago. One of its current projects involves testing and refining RFID technologies for inventory management of critical materials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

October 24, 2025

A dachshund stands in profile in a green meadow.

College of Veterinary Medicine Professor of Practice Stacey Sullivan is one of eight semifinalists for the American Kennel Club Foundation's Canine Health Discovery of the Year Award. Her groundbreaking genetic research could help dachshund breeders reduce, or even eliminate, the incidence of intervertebral disc disease in the breed.

October 21, 2025

John Michael Falligant

Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences John Michael Falligant didn't plan to be a translational researcher, but when traditional research findings fell short in his complex cases, he took a more active role in taking treatment from the lab to the clinic.

October 20, 2025

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Two architecture professors are experimenting with a custom marking robot that inscribes assembly information on timber elements to reduce complex documents for construction crews.

October 14, 2025

Yazhou Tu and Eftakhar Md Arnob show that lasers can distort the view provided by security cameras.

Yazhou Tu is working to fix critical vulnerabilities in artificial intelligence-powered security cameras that millions of Americans rely on to protect their homes — flaws that allow inexpensive laser pointers to blind the devices and bypass their security features.

October 10, 2025

A group of researchers standing together on the deck of a research vessel with blue ocean and clear skies in the background.

Auburn geoscientist Brian Boston helped uncover evidence that the Cascadia subduction zone off Vancouver Island is unraveling piece by piece.

October 07, 2025

Olivia smiles for the camera while wearing a graduation cap and gown

Olivia Martín-Piñón, who earned a doctorate from the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences in May, studies how family routines affect children's sleep.

October 07, 2025

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Faculty and students from the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture have teamed up to create multiple scale models of the Alabama State House.

October 06, 2025

A group of students in orange shirts works together at microscopes in a marine biology laboratory.

COSAM students explored new scientific frontiers this summer through Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs, from marine labs in Georgia to cancer research in Colorado. Their hands-on projects not only deepened their knowledge but also broadened their career goals and personal growth.

October 03, 2025