Office of Sustainability

The College of Architecture, Design, and Construction’s Environmental Design (ENVD) program focuses on the interconnected nature of all design and construction disciplines. Many courses provide students with the opportunity to initiate and complete a project focusing on community engagement and utilizing integration of research and collaborative methods. Students have the opportunity to enhance their education with skills in design and design thinking that foster innovation and entrepreneurship. Students who acquire an ENVD degree are adaptable in the real world, possess the ability to approach issues from many different angles, and offer innovative, constructive, and effective human-centric problem-solving methods in the built environment.

The purpose of the Auburn University chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is to work with communities in developing countries to promote sustainable solutions to practical problems. EWB aims to build a better world through engineering projects that empower communities to meet their basic human needs and equip leaders to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. EWB offers students hands-on learning experiences in conjunction with opportunities for service. While EWB conducts engineering projects, the organization is open to students of all majors. EWB teams work in Alabama, Bolivia, and Rwanda, developing sustainable solutions locally and globally.

College of Engineering’s NCAT is focused on evaluating and developing new technologies that make roads smoother, quieter, safer, longer lasting, and more economical. NCAT’s research centerpiece is a high-speed, full-scale accelerated asphalt pavement testing facility. NCAT’s research findings are used to improve materials, tests, specifications, and design policies. Agencies use this research to preserve their roadway networks and maximize their budgets. NCAT is committed to its mission of providing innovative, relevant, implementable research, technology development, and education that advances safe and economically sustainable asphalt pavements.