Auburn Research Park

06/05/2026

Auburn University Board of Trustees Approves Auburn Research Park Expansion

Today, the Auburn University Board of Trustees approved a 77 acre expansion of Auburn Research Park. The expansion will support a recently announced initiative to establish an Advanced Manufacturing District in The Park. This new district, anchored by Auburn's world-class RFID Lab (shown), will enhance Auburn’s research programs in advanced manufacturing by consolidating many of these research efforts into one cohesive community where private sector collaborators can co-locate and accelerate technology development and manufacturing sector growth.

Learn more: https://harbert.auburn.edu/news/2026/04/auburn-research-and-technology-foundation-breaks-ground-on-new-rfidlab.html

04/29/2026

We're growing!

Unique university-city partnership leads to $22 million research facility and specialized advanced manufacturing district in Auburn Research Park.

AUBURN, Ala. — On April 28, 2026, officials from the Auburn Research and Technology Foundation (ARTF), the City of Auburn and its Industrial Development Board (IDB), and Auburn University gathered in the Auburn Research Park (The Park) to mark the construction of a world-class laboratory and to fo...

12/25/2025

Wishing you and yours a happy holiday season and a wonderful new year.

12/17/2025

New Princeton Review rankings for top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs shine a spotlight on Auburn: #1 in the State of Alabama and #2 in the SEC.

12/16/2025

Please join us in welcoming The McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure to their new home in The Park's Research and Innovation Center.

Learn more: mccraryinstitute.com

09/18/2025

A powerful summer workshop at Auburn University helped researchers move their work beyond the lab by focusing on one central question: Who does this help?

Launch Your Societal Impact! — a workshop developed as a partnership between the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) and Auburn’s New Venture Accelerator (NVA) — brought together 12 interdisciplinary teams to explore how research can translate into real-world solutions. Over six weeks, participants built the skills and mindset to conduct stakeholder discovery, validate ideas and design projects that create measurable impact on societal needs.

“It provided an opportunity to explore how research and technology could translate into meaningful, real-world impact, especially for underserved populations,” said Lang Zhou, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, working under the mentorship of Pengyu Chen and leading Team RapidSense. “The workshop helped us shift from a purely scientific focus to a more human-centered, implementation-ready approach.”

Learn more: https://wire.auburn.edu/content/cosam/2025/08/26930-launch-your-societal-impact.php

Auburn’s Launch Your Societal Impact! workshop brought together 12 interdisciplinary teams to turn research into real-world solutions. From smart health tech to environmental monitoring, the program highlighted how science at Auburn can drive measurable societal benefit.

09/18/2025

Join the Auburn Women’s Entrepreneurship Collaborative on September 19th at 12 pm at the New Venture Accelerator.

If you would like to attend email Jennifer Nay [email protected]

09/18/2025

New Venture Accelerator and SBDC will host the September Roundtable: Get your questions answered by business experts!

Bring your devices, any relevant documents, or anything you need to have a productive session working on your business project. This is a drop-in style event, so feel free to come and go at your convenience.

09/08/2025

Auburn University has named Derek Tournear, former director of the U.S. Space Development Agency, as its inaugural director of space innovation.

Recognized across the Department of Defense as a “change agent,” Tournear grew the SDA from 15 to more than 350 employees and delivered hundreds of satellites in record time.

In his new role, he will be based in Auburn’s Washington, D.C., office and help strengthen Auburn’s leadership in space and defense research.

Auburn University is reaching for the stars again with the announcement of the hiring of Derek Tournear, former director of the Space Development Agency (SDA), as its inaugural director of space innovation.