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Dr. Tim A. Haskew

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Tim Haskew's research interests include electromechanical actuation, power electronics and electric machines. Read more about Dr. Tim A. Haskew

The Sound of Engineering: New degree mixes music and engineering

October 15, 2019 - By Alana Norris - Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of Alabama is now the place where technical engineering skills and musical talent meet. The College of Engineering added a musical audio engineering degree to its catalog this fall in collaboration with UA’s School of Music. The degree is housed in the electrical and computer engineering department. “This… Read more

In The News: UA offers new degree in Musical Audio Engineering

September 16, 2019 - WVTM 13 - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Some of those students have a new degree option. The University of Alabama is now offering a musical audio engineering degree. Officials say it will give students an understanding about studio operations, equipment, as well as foundational engineering. We’re told only 60 students can take part in the program for now… Read more

Sources: WVTM 13

In The News: UA engineering professors create sensor to prevent hot-car deaths

October 9, 2018 - Tuscaloosa News - Electrical and Computer Engineering

A pair of University of Alabama professors has devised a monitor meant to help prevent accidental hot-car deaths and injuries among children left in vehicles. “The idea is that if there is someone or anything that breathes that is left in the car unattended, that the driver or the owner… Read more

Sources: Tuscaloosa News, NBC 13 (Birmingham), Fox 6 (Birmingham), CBS 42 (Birmingham), WVUA (Tuscaloosa), ABC 33/40 (Birmingham), Yellowhammer News, WVUA (Tuscaloosa)

UA Engineers Develop Solution to Child Heat Deaths in Cars

October 8, 2018 - Electrical and Computer Engineering

A patent-pending device developed by University of Alabama researchers can alert a cell phone when a human or animal is inside a parked vehicle getting too hot. It monitors carbon dioxide levels from human breath inside the vehicle along with temperature and car movement. Read more

In The News: UA Professors Cracking Sustainable Car Code

May 31, 2017 - Business Alabama - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Obama-era EPA rules may be on their way out but that doesn’t mean the search for more sustainable transportation is over. The University of Alabama and three other schools were recently picked by the National Science Foundation to make automobiles more fuel efficient. Read more

Sources: Business Alabama

UA’s Electric Vehicle Focus Part of National Transportation Collaboration

April 24, 2017 - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

The University of Alabama is one of four universities selected by the National Science Foundation to team together with government agencies and private companies to tackle challenges facing technological advances in automobiles. Read more

A Crimson Connection

February 13, 2017 - Electrical and Computer Engineering, Integrative Center for Athletic and Sport Technology, Mechanical Engineering

When a University of Alabama football player with an injured arm instinctively stiff-armed a defender in the 2015 Southeastern Conference Championship Game, he was able to do so thanks to doctors, athletic trainers, engineering students, professors and a 3-D printer. Read more

In The News: An Environmentally Friendly Muscle Car

February 8, 2017 - ASME - Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Environmentalists, start your engines? When you think about the Camaro, the term “muscle car” comes to mind… A team at the University of Alabama has lept forward in the process. This four-year competition has seen them finish eighth nationally in their first year and then vaulting to fourth overall after the… Read more

Sources: ASME