After earning an M.S. in Civil Engineering, an MBA, and after working in industry for 15 years, he joined the faculty in 2006. He is heavily invested in teaching Structures classes but also instructs a diverse number of upper-level and graduate courses. He has developed courses for the Design-Build Master’s program as well as the Master of Real Estate Development program. Farrow teaches a class for the school’s distance learning for the Army Corp of Engineers. He coaches Auburn’s ASC Heavy Civil team, and he sponsors the school’s construction honor society, Sigma Lambda Chi. Mr. Farrow's research interest focus on innovation within the construction industry. This includes work on new product development and improved processes to improve construction productivity, safety, and overall quality of work.