AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: Spacely Space Sprockets of futuristic 1960s cartoon sitcom "The Jetsons" manufactured a variety of gadgets for use in gravity-challenged Orbit City. Dr. Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, Godbold Associate Professor in electrical and computer engineering, believes he can do the same for real -- not with large, impossible-to-create manufacturing plants, but with additive micro and nanomanufacturing ma  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: The Auburn University Transportation Research Institute (AUTRI) is teaming up with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) to research speeding hot spots and distracted driving. Laurence Rilett, AUTRI director, is the principal investigator (PI) for two grants totaling nearly $900,000 from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) which is part of the U.S. Department of Tr  more

TROY, Alabama, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- Troy University issued the following news: Chief Executive Officer of The Same House Rodney Bullard and educator, motivator and performer Michelle Summers will serve as the keynote speakers for the John Robert Lewis Leadership Conference Feb. 2-3 at Troy University. Presented by the University and the City of Troy, the conference, now in its 21st year, seeks to bring individuals together to promote dialogue that fosters multicultural collaboration to strength  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 10 -- Samford University issued the following news release: Samford alumni have two more months to take part in a historic project collecting data on people who have graduated from the university. The Samford University Alumni Association is partnering with Publishing Concepts, Inc. to gather updates as well as produce the first alumni directory in two decades. The data has been collected through brief phone calls and graduates are able to select what they share. So f  more

KENNESAW, Georgia, Jan. 10 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: The combination of a high school English essay assignment, a love of science and having an aunt who is a scientist led Ra'Nya Malone to major in biochemistry at Kennesaw State University. For that high school essay assignment, Malone needed to interview someone in a career that interested her. She always admired her aunt, Sparkle Malone, who earned her doctorate in environmental science from the Universi  more