RESEARCH CENTERS Auburn Engineering is one of the nation’s top 50 institutions in research expenditures. Pioneering research is underway in our 21 research centers and dozens of labs across campus, focused on producing technology and innovation that will help drive economic growth while improving human life on a global scale. Read more about Auburn Engineering’s quality indicators in research on page 8.
MRI Research Center
Alabama Center for Paper and Bioresource Engineering
Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts
Advanced Manufacturing Research Center
Center for Cyber and Homeland Security
Alabama Micro/Nano Science and Technology Center
Center for Microfibrous Materials
Alabama Transportation Assistance Program
Center for Polymers and Advanced Composites
Auburn University Detection and Food Safety Center
Cyber Research Center
Occupational Safety, Ergonomics and Injury Prevention Center
Erosion and Sediment Control Testing Facility
Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management
Highway Research Center
Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center
Center for Advanced Vehicle and Extreme Environment Electronics
McCrary Institute
National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence National Center for Asphalt Technology NextFlex Alliance - Harsh Environment Node
AUBURN ENGINEERING OPENS $18 MILLION GAVIN RESEARCH LABORATORY Auburn’s newly renovated Gavin Engineering Research Laboratory once housed a thriving textile engineering program for almost a century. Today, the building has been reinvigorated through an $18 million renovation to support a new generation of researchers and students, thanks to gifts of $10.5 million made possible by Charles E. Gavin III and his late wife, Carol Ann. With more than 60,000 square feet of research space, the state-of-theart facility is now home to Auburn’s additive manufacturing research initiatives, the Center for Polymer and Advanced Composites, the Nuclear Power Generation Systems Program and other research enterprises. Charles Gavin
“Charles gave us a great charge, to have this building reformed to serve our region for the next 100 years,” said Christopher B. Roberts, dean of engineering. “Today, we’re doing just that. The promise of this building housing our lead faculty where they can conduct cutting-edge research and prepare our students for careers in the next generation are already taking place.” The south entrance of the Gavin Engineering Research Laboratory was also renovated to allow students more convenient entry to the building when coming from the heart of campus, while also providing accessibility to the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center, a comprehensive student-support facility that opened in August 2019.
National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence researchers
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Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
