Faculty and Staff

The more than 250 faculty and staff in the UA College of Engineering are frequently recognized for their achievements and contributions to our state, nation and world.

In The News: Computer science instruction to get boost

December 8, 2014 - The Decatur Daily - Computer Science

Per capita, Huntsville has one of the highest concentrations of software developers in the nation, said Jeff Gray, a computer science professor at the University of Alabama. But a majority of people in those well-paying jobs aren’t from Alabama.   While the state’s colleges teach computer science, its K-12 system… Read more

Sources: The Decatur Daily, The Florence Times-Daily, Tech Alabama, Shelby County Reporter, Pelham Reporter, Selma Times-Journal, Tech Alabama, The Decatur Daily, Government Technology, The Madison Record

Engineering Inc.: Transferring ideas from the College to society benefits educational mission

November 13, 2014 - By Adam Jones - Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Natalie Anderson comes from a family of entrepreneurs. Her parents own and manage their own company, but she came to The University of Alabama to study chemical engineering, not business. Now, though, the third-year student is coupling her science and engineering studies with a crash course in business development as… Read more

In The News: Alabama Graphite and The University of Alabama Formally Engage in Research Collaboration

November 12, 2014 - MarketWatch - Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Alabama Graphite Corp. is pleased to announce that it has been collaborating under a Sponsored Research Agreement with The University of Alabama. The Company has teamed up with the lab of Dr. Nitin Chopra, Associate Professor in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department at The University of Alabama. Read more

Sources: MarketWatch, Yahoo! Finance

In The News: AIM device counts chews and takes photos to automatically track your diet

November 6, 2014 - GIzmag - Electrical and Computer Engineering

There are already a number of devices that allow people to keep track of what and how much they eat, in order to help themselves lose weight or maintain a better-balanced diet. Most of these gadgets, however, rely on the user to manually enter the data regarding each meal. The University of… Read more

Sources: GIzmag, The Daily Mail, Mobi Health News, Just Good News, Science Daily, Huffington Post Canada, Deccan Chronicle, Med Gadget, Phys.org, The Star Online, WVUA, Live Science, WVUE Fox 8 (Video), WVUE Fox 8 (Article), The Crimson White, Bayou Buzz, Discovery Canada, WAFB CBS 9 , Tech Alabama, WAAY ABC 31, WBRC Fox 6, WMBF NBC

Nanomechanical testing by ME Professors Yields Sought-after Journal Article

November 5, 2014 - Mechanical Engineering

Drs. Paul Allison and Brian Jordon, assistant professors of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, along with Rich Martens, manager of UA’s Central Analytical Facility, recently published a journal article in Materials Letters on a first-of-its-kind, in-situ scanning electron microscopy, or SEM, nanomechanical experiment to monitor damage in polymer/clay… Read more