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Engineers with The University of Alabama have been studying wind loads and their effects on structures long before Hurricanes Harvey and Irma formed in the Gulf. The School of Engineering…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: September 8, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Thang N. Dao
Most of the 43 million Americans who rely on private wells don’t know if their water is safe to drink because unlike the regulation of public water systems, there is…
Source: TC Palm (Florida) / Published: September 6, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Mark Elliott
Deep in the winding mass of crumbling back streets in Campti, Leroy Hayes sets a glass of water from his faucet in a patch of sunlight on the railing of…
Source: Public Integrity / Published: August 22, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News / Features: Dr. Mark Elliott
As relations between the United States and Cuba began to thaw, The University of Alabama found itself in a unique position to reach out to universities on the island…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 15, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Derek G. Williamson, Dr. Steven Jones
In grade schools long ago, many people had to build something out of toothpicks or Popsicle sticks—a house, a bridge, a boat. It might have been an art project or a…
Source: Paste Magazine / Published: June 10, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Thang N. Dao
Two juniors at The University of Alabama were selected to work this summer at one of the of the nation’s premiere research institutions for the physical and engineering sciences.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: May 4, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research, Students, UA News
If you build it, they will come. That’s what Sassafras and their local partners think about Bike paths in Tuscaloosa. They are trying to make Tuscaloosa a bike friendly map….
Source: WVUA / Published: April 29, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Engineering students from The University of Alabama traveled to Florida Atlantic University in March to participate in the American Society of Civil Engineers Southeast Student Conference. More…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: April 28, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Events, Students, / Features: Dr. Derek G. Williamson
The University of Alabama College of Engineering announces Dr. W. Edward Back, professor and chair of the department of civil, construction and environmental engineering, as the 2017 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.
Author: Alana Norris / Published: April 26, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, UA News / Features: Dr. William Edward Back
In the entire political realm, perhaps no arena illustrates this gap between rhetoric and reality more starkly than infrastructure repair and replacement: Politicians regularly opine about the need to rebuild…
Source: Gas and Electricity / Published: April 25, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News / Features: Dr. Michael E. Kreger
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.
