#GINNing Podcast

#GINNing Podcast

The best podcast in higher education, brought to you by Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. Hosted by Austin Phillips and Jeremy Henderson.

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April 30, 2026 19 mins

SpaceX loves Auburn Engineering graduates. SpaceX needs more Auburn Engineering graduates. Enter Nick Raciti. The honors mechanical engineering graduate will take his diploma and head to the West Coast upon graduation as the second #GINNing guest in a row to work with the space giant.

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While it may be appropriate for Matt Cobb to drive or fly across the stage this weekend, the senior in mechanical engineering will walk to get his diploma in Auburn Arena before shooting off to Texas.

Following commencement ceremonies, Cobb will finish what he started with the Auburn Formula SAE team as it travels to the national competition before he blasts off to his new position with SpaceX.

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April 17, 2026 26 mins

Jeremy Henderson, a communications and marketing specialist in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering who served as the cohost of this #GINNing podcast, was born March 19, 1979. He left us too soon on April 17, 2026. 

No, Jeremy’s not dead, but he’s dead to us as he’s moving on to become the new senior manager for editorial and media relations for Auburn University’s Office of Communications and Marketing. Today, we’ll have one last...

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April 10, 2026 22 mins

By the time you finish listening to the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education, it's entirely possible that 2026 Barry Goldwater Scholar, 2025 Astronaut Scholar, Universities Space Research Association Distinguished Undergraduate and 2025 and 2026 NASA Space Grant Scholar Eirik Mulder may have won another award.

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April 3, 2026 19 mins

Sure, these intros have known to feature a pun or two. But Diane Pham may deserve a little more. All in the Pham? Auburn Phamily? Those are cute and all, but do they do justice to  the scope of her potential? From robots to writing, this NASA-minded ISE senior will be delighting — on the job, on the podcast, wherever. So, buckle up and get your ears on for the latest episode of #GINNing because PHAM! We're kickin' it up a...

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March 27, 2026 22 mins

If you can find an aspiring model-based systems engineer who believes in Auburn more than ISE junior Andrew Dillard, we'll close up shop. Until then, enjoy the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education. 

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March 20, 2026 20 mins

I tell you what, Georgia — after you hear about awesome Peach State product Riley Chichester is, you're really going to regret making this civil engineering standout bark. So, consider this fair warning — it's going to be... ruff. 


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March 14, 2026 19 mins

Let's just say that when it comes to reliability problem-solving and data analysis — and extracurricular leadership — this mechanical engineering senior curls a lot of weight. 

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March 6, 2026 21 mins

Mechanical engineering honors senior Dalton Robinson sat down with the #GINNing gang to discuss his Auburn journey, the amazing Montgomery Advanced Manufacturing Laboratories and Auburn's chances at once again sticking it to Princeton and the rest of the also-rans at the American Society of Naval Engineers' annual Promoting Electric Propulsion Competition

 

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February 26, 2026 21 mins

Hey Jude, yes it looks bad.

Take a sad space and make it better.

Remember: "STEAM" includes a letter for "Art."

Then you can start to make it better.

Learn about industrial engineering sophomore Jude Smith's Auburn journey — and his artistic, campus-improving passion project — on the latest episode of the award-winning #GINNing Podcast. 

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February 19, 2026 21 mins

It might be just as large without him leading the charge. But the contagiously collaborative culture animating the largest student-run makerspace in the country definitely wouldn't be what it is today without software engineering senior Matthew Clegg.  

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February 13, 2026 19 mins

The latest episode of the best podcast in higher education features the newest assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Want to learn how systems are measured and how those measurements shape final system design? Hit up Casey Eaton and you'll be just fine.

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January 30, 2026 22 mins

From solid fuel rockets to medical sockets, mechanical engineering GTA Haley Duncan Evans is designing her future one interdisciplinary project at a time.

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January 23, 2026 23 mins

Sturdy as elms — that's Mark Nelms. With him at the helm, we've entered new realms. 

Listen to our interview with the Godbold Professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education. 


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January 16, 2026 23 mins

From excelling at XO Armor to impressing at NCAME, research engineer Scot Carpenter, '20 mechanical, is framing the future — one T at a time. 


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January 9, 2026 20 mins

She's zany. She's brainy. She's Elizabeth Gainey. Listen to the mechanical engineering doctoral student detail her decision to pursue precision — lead-free —on the Plains on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education. 

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January 5, 2026 22 mins

On the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education, chemical engineering senior and methanotrophs maestro Hanna Dyal discusses how leadership, undergraduate research and overcoming serious illness has defined her identity as an Auburn Engineer.


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December 27, 2025 21 mins

Civil engineering sophomore Rhett Dobbs, the inaugural recipient of the the Wayne and Yvette Phillips Hard Work Annual Scholarship, discusses his Auburn Engineering journey — from the covered bridges of Oneonta to the country that owns Okinawa — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

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December 19, 2025 21 mins

It's a great day on the #GINNing Podcast and it's our pleasure to serve you the story of Brandon Powell, who put his Auburn chemical engineering degree to use in the most delicious, nutritious and cow-friendly way imaginable. 


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December 12, 2025 19 mins

Aerospace engineering graduate student Mijan Rahman's research may focus on pilot fatigue. But trust us, the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education ain't no snooze fest. 

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