News & Events
One-of-a-kind: Industrial design, engineering students’ collaboration leads to groundbreaking medical device
Students from Auburn’s Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design programs are solving real-life problems, and they recently witnessed the public unveiling of an innovative new surgical device they helped create.
CADC Celebrates Creative Scholarship in Extensive SHOWCASE 2025 Exhibition
Twenty-five projects, from prints made from brewer’s yeast to an Alexander Calder-inspired kinetic orchid mobile, are on display at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, representing the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) faculty’s contribution to SHOWCASE 2025.
One year later: Engineering students now know sketchnoting
Last fall, students enrolled in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s First Year Engineering Seminar learned about sketchnoting, a highly effective style of notetaking. The innovative new approach utilizes illustrations to promote better retention of information.
GDES Faculty Member Challenges Students to Design for the Future
Devon Ward, Assistant Professor in the School of Industrial Design (SIGD), challenges students to think beyond the present and anticipate the future of design. This focus on emerging design is present in his teaching and his creative work.
9th-12th Graders
Auburn University’s Design Workshop is an engaging program for rising ninth through twelfth grade students interested in a professional career in design. Hosted by the College of Architecture Design and Construction’s School of Industrial + Graphic Design, this week-long resident camp offers an intensive design experience beginning with the identification of a design problem and rapidly progresses through idea generation, concept development, and exploratory prototyping.