#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.

Episodes

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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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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December 3, 2025 18 mins

Connor May will serve as the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering graduation marshal at its fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 13. But why not avoid the rush and get to know — and be impressed by — civil and environmental engineering senior now? Because he's next up on the best podcast in higher education.

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November 28, 2025 19 mins

Aerospace aficionado and electrical engineering junior Catherine Franco was recently named one of Auburn’s first-ever Universities Space Research Association Distinguished Undergraduates. It's a story of perseverance. It's a story of propulsion. It's the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education. 

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November 21, 2025 24 mins

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy ain't the only thing the recipient of the Student of the Year award from the Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities plans to conquer. He's the president of the Auburn chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. He's had cybersecurity internships galore. And for the past year, he's served as a research and development engineer at the Mc...

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November 13, 2025 21 mins

Minute man aerospace engineering senior Cade May expounds on the implication of his revolutionary application of FlightStream software — and his plans for the future — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education

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November 7, 2025 20 mins

Chemical engineering senior Addison Faggard, fundraising chair for the Auburn chapter of Engineers Without Borders, is making a difference in the world. And the people of Quesimpuco finally have the pictures to prove it.

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October 31, 2025 21 mins

Get to know mechanical engineering junior Tyler Wilks, the Brown-Kopel Engineering Student Achievement Center's front-desk phenom, on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

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October 24, 2025 20 mins

Auburn native, former Tim Cook Scholar and doctoral student Deena Sayegh chose to study industrial and systems engineering because she has a passion for efficiency in every workplace and believes that industrial engineering can be applied to any environment. You're welcome, Mercedes-Benz! 

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October 17, 2025 18 mins

Auburn engineers are making an impact in their own backyard with a stormwater project to protect and improve water quality at Hickory Dickory Park. And without the aid of Stormwater Research Facility phenom Aidan Bosman, it just wouldn't be the same. 

Listen to the civil engineering GRA discuss how a public playground has found the town and gown on new common ground on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education.

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October 10, 2025 22 mins

Derek Tournear was named as the inaugural director of the Space Development Agency when it was established in March 2019. He was just named inaugural director of space innovation for Auburn University. But his greatest recent distinction just may be his appearance on the best podcast in higher education. 

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October 3, 2025 16 mins

She's an honors software engineering student. She's a Cupola Ambassador. She's a Los Alamos intern. A McLeod Software developer. Yep, things sure are adding up for Addy Lee.

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September 26, 2025 21 mins

Mallory Holland, a senior in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, is Auburn's new Miss Homecoming. Find out why — and other things — on the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education. 

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September 19, 2025 20 mins

On the latest episode of the best podcast in higher education, aerospace doctoral student Harris Putra drones on and on about the subject he knows best

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September 12, 2025 20 mins

Extra mile? Thy name is Kyle — Margelle Kyle, a Texas-hailing mechanical engineering honors student who's already wedded her passion for biomechanics with the Auburn Creed in order to meet a critical need. 

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September 5, 2025 24 mins

This week, the #GINNing Gang sits down Iván Nail-Ulloa, a Chile-hailing mechanical engineering postdoctoral fellow (and pal to penguins everywhere) aiming to revolutionize the way safety professionals assess injury risk on factory floors and similar industrial settings.

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