More On: Research

From sapling to shelter: Cool tool expands mass timber research capabilities
Ask any member of the Auburn Mass Timber Collaborative (AMTC) what they think of the university’s newest tool, and you’ll hear nothing but enthusiasm.

Summer in the City: Making heat stress everyone’s responsibility on construction sites
Have you ever noticed a construction worker on a hot summer day securing asphalt shingles to a roof under the relentless 100-degree sun?

Rebuilding the Dream: Designing & Building Affordable Communities
The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture is changing the way the world is built, one project at a time.

Ph.D. Student Found Just the Right Spot at Auburn
It may seem odd that Muhammad Umer, a Ph.D. student in the McWhorter School of Building Science (BSCI), has spent much of his graduate career working with a dog.

CADC Announces 2024–25 Seed Grant Awardees
The College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024–25 CADC Seed Grant Awards, which provide funding to support faculty research, scholarship and creative work. Eighteen projects were selected, totaling more than $100,000.

Preserving 60 years of ‘Bloody Sunday’ history
As the city of Selma, Alabama, commemorates the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” one Auburn University faculty member is helping share the history of that fateful day through several projects.

APLA Faculty Leading the Charge on Energy-Efficient Design
David Shanks, Assistant Professor of Architecture, has energy on the mind.

Winning Research Proposal, Resulting Manual an Auburn Team Effort
Auburn University faculty members Aurélie Frolet, Emily McGlohn and Jillian Maxcy-Brown were recently awarded a 2024 Research Prize by the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) Foundation.

Alabama Meadows: Getting reacquainted with history, textures and biodiversity
Over the past five years, College of Architecture, Design and Construction landscape architecture faculty members David Hill and Emily Knox have been engaged in research exploring native meadow landscapes of Alabama.

SOM Foundation awards 2024 Research Prize to Auburn team
Emily McGlohn of Rural Studio, along with Aurélie Frolet and Jillian Maxcy-Brown, has been awarded the 2024 Research Prize by the SOM Foundation.