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Chemical Engineering Students Earn Top Honors at Regional AIChE Conference

The University of Alabama’s student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers earned notable honors at the Southern Regional AIChE Conference in Tampa, Florida.


Author: Natalie Crouse    /    Published: May 23, 2025    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Students,   

Szilvási Selected as OpenEye Cadence Outstanding Junior Faculty Award Recipient

Dr. Tibor Szilvási, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been selected as one of four ACS COMP OpenEye Cadence Molecular Sciences Outstanding Junior Faculty Award winners.


Author: Tanner Coffman    /    Published: May 23, 2025    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff    /    Features:     

Engineering Professors Named as 2025-2026 THRIVE Fellows    /  UA Institute for Social Science Research

The Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), in collaboration with the UA Research ASSIST Office, is excited to announce the 2025–2026 cohort of THRIVE Fellows — an interdisciplinary group of researchers selected to participate in the THRIVE Initiative: Transformative Human-centered Research for Impacting Vulnerabilities Everywhere.


Source: UA Institute for Social Science Research    /    Published: May 22, 2025    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff    /    Features:   , ,   

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Coleman Selected as Fall 2024 Outstanding Co-op Student

Alanis Coleman, a senior majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in mathematics, was selected as the fall 2024 Outstanding Co-op Student by the Engineering Career Development Center. Coleman completed…


Author: Tanner Coffman    /    Published: May 7, 2025    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Students   

Engineering Faculty Awarded $3.07 Million by Department of Defense for Hybridization of Powertrain

  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. —  Researchers from The University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies in the College of Engineering received $3.07 million from the U.S. Department of Defense in…


Author: Natalie Bonner    /    Published: December 6, 2024    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research   

NASA Launches LunaRecycle Challenge; UA Serves as Allied Organization

NASA announced the launch of the LunaRecycle Challenge on Monday, Sept. 30, offering $3 million in prizes for innovations in recycling material waste on deep space missions with The University…


Author: Natalie Bonner    /    Published: October 2, 2024    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research   

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NSF-funded Summer Program Grants Research Experience to Local Students and Educators

This summer, Dr. Steven Weinman hosted a six-week summer program for undergraduate and graduate students from Stillman College, Shelton State Community College, The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Lawson…


Author: Natalie Bonner    /    Published: September 3, 2024    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Outreach    /    Features:   , , , ,   

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UA Professor at the Cutting-Edge of Medicine Design    /  UA News

Dr. M.N.V. Ravi Kumar, Distinguished University Research Professor with The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, is a world-renowned voice in the field of translational science for medicine design. His groundbreaking drug delivery systems have been shown to make more efficacious pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: August 13, 2024    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

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Wang Recognized as Early Career Innovator and Selected to Join IGNIITE 2024 Program

Dr. Zhongyang Wang, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, was selected as an awardee of the Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy (IGNIITE) 2024 program….


Author: Natalie Bonner    /    Published: July 16, 2024    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research   

Innovative UA Research Recognized with NSF CAREER Awards    /  UA News

Four professors at The University of Alabama received one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious honors for early-career faculty.


Author: Jessica Nelson    /    Published: June 6, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News    /    Features:   , , ,   

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,800 students and more than 150 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.