AUBURN ENGINEERING ONLINE
• BEST Inc. – the nation’s third largest K-12 robotics program, serving 12,500 students from 850 schools in 15 states • E-Day – open house that introduces thousands of middle and high school students to Auburn Engineering • Engineering Summer Camp – residential summer program for 9th-12th graders, giving students hands-on experience • Robo and Computer Camps – day camps targeted at increasing computer literacy for 5th-12th graders • KEMET Academy (Knowledge and Excellence in Mathematics, Equilibrium and Technology) – summer academy that introduces minority high school students to courses that prepare them for graduation and college entrance exams • Innovative Humanitarian Products Organization – a nonprofit group created by students to utilize portable water purifying systems developed to prevent water-borne diseases in impoverished countries
Online Gr adua te Progr am Ranked 6th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report’s 2013 Best Online Engineering Graduate Programs • 282 active students from 34 states, Canada, China, Korea, Great Britain and various U.S. military installations • 2012 Course registration: Spring 459 Summer 254 Fall 535 Continuing Educa tion Progr ams • 94 live seminars and conferences serving 3,301 clients • 104 distance continuing education courses delivered by DVD or streaming video serving 1,321 students in 50 states and international locations
PHILANTHROPY Raised $21,285,708 Goal $13,000,000 Goal exceeded by $8,285,708 Donor Societies • Engineering Eagles Society u $1,000 annual gift • Keystone Society u $10,000 unrestricted annual gift • Ginn Society u $10,000 or more in cumulative giving
OUTREACH
Individuals 95%
Donors by Source Corporations 4% Foundations 1%
GOALS
• Competitively perform and achieve recognition as a top 25 engineering program • Aggressively recruit, mentor, retain and support outstanding faculty members • Sustain world-class academic programs at the frontier of engineering education • Establish highly subscribed, highly competitive graduate programs • Engage in innovative research that improves quality of life and economic competitiveness • Significantly increase research activity throughout the college • Position the college to compete for large, national research center grants
WORTH NOTING • Exceptional study abroad program offers opportunities to gain a global perspective and experience • Three engineering living/learning communities – co-ed, female and African-American • Four new minors: Alabama Power nuclear power generation systems, materials engineering, materials science, and tribology and lubrication science • 18 percent increase in graduate students in the past five years • IGERT (Integrated Biorefining for Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemical) $3 million, five-year grant to instruct more than 30 doctoral students in sustainable production of biofuels and chemicals • MRI Research Center which houses 3T and 7T scanners • National Center for Asphalt Technology – a world-renowned leader and authority on hot mix asphalt research, development, technology and education
Auburn University is an equal opportunity educational institution/employer. ENF1303CO1
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