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‘Dynasty’: UA robotics team wins NASA’s grand prize for fifth straight year    /  Yellowhammer

UA made the announcement Monday in a statement, explaining that the 60-student Alabama Astrobotics team, mostly from the College of Engineering, won the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence in NASA’s 2019 robotic mining competition….


Source: Yellowhammer    /    Published: June 4, 2019    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Students    /    Features:     

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UA Robotics Team Wins NASA’s Grand Prize for Fifth Consecutive Year    /  UA News

For the fifth consecutive year, the student robotics team from The University of Alabama won NASA’s grand prize in its Robotics Mining Competition.


Author: Chris Bryant    /    Published: June 3, 2019    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

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Ricks Receives UA Engineering’s Hackney Leadership Award    /  UA News

The T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership Award honors a faculty member who exemplifies the constant guidance and leadership necessary to make the College of Engineering exceptional.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 16, 2019    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

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UA College of Engineering Honors 2019 Distinguished Fellows    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored five alumni by inducting them into its 2019 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: May 8, 2019    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News   

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UA hosts Robotics Mining Challenge    /  CBS 42 (Birmingham)

The University of Alabama engineering department is hosting the Robotic Mining Challenge  in Tuscaloosa. Twenty-eight teams from colleges all across the country are on campus trying to prove they are…


Source: CBS 42 (Birmingham)    /    Published: May 7, 2019    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Students    /    Features:     

Four people in red shirts work on a robot in a lab

UA hosts Robotics Mining Challenge    /  UA News

The University of Alabama engineering department is hosting the Robotic Mining Challenge  in Tuscaloosa. Twenty-eight teams from colleges all across the country are on campus trying to prove they are the…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: May 7, 2019    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

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UA Professors Chosen for Fulbrights    /  UA News

Three members of The University of Alabama’s faculty will receive Fulbright Scholar Grants for the upcoming year.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: May 2, 2019    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:   ,   

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UA College of Engineering to Host Robotic Mining Challenge    /  UA News

The five-time NASA Robotic Mining Competition champions from The University of Alabama will take over hosting duties this year.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: April 30, 2019    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

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Education brief: Kevin Townsend of northern Colorado Springs among UA engineering students building interactive cube for RISE    /  Colorado Springs Gazette

Colorado Springs’ Kevin Townsend is part of a University of Alabama student team that is continuing a three-year tradition of local outreach projects. The University of Alabama Astrobotics team and…


Source: Colorado Springs Gazette    /    Published: April 28, 2019    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Students    /    Features:     

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UA to receive $8 million grant to improve traffic control systems in West Alabama    /  ABC 33/40 (Birmingham)

The University of Alabama is getting an $8 million grant to help improve traffic control systems in west Alabama. The money comes from the US Department of Transportation. It will be…


Source: ABC 33/40 (Birmingham)    /    Published: March 30, 2019    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Center for Transportation Operations, Planning and Safety, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research    /    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.