Dr. Tim A. Haskew

Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

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

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

In The News: University of Alabama team takes fourth in national EcoCar competition

June 21, 2016 - Alabama News Center - Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Dubbed as the “Team to Watch” in the 2015 EcoCar3 Year One competition, the University of Alabama engineering students knew they were going to have to work hard to live up to their reputation in Year Two. Fast-forward a year and the new kids on the block not only lived… Read more

Sources: Alabama News Center, WHNT CBS 19, WIAT CBS 42

In The News: Center to focus on athletics, technology: Goal is to improve training, performance

June 20, 2016 - The Tuscaloosa News - Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

The University of Alabama is launching a new interdisciplinary center focusing on technology and athletics with the aim of improving training and performance. “First and foremost, it will be looking at the athletic arena, but it is clear to us what is going to happen is it will have broad… Read more

Sources: The Tuscaloosa News, WAAY ABC 31, Birmingham Business Journal, WBRC Fox 6 (video), WBRC Fox 6 (article), The Crimson White, Sport Techie, Alabama News Center, University Herald

In The News: The Unique Edge Behind the University of Alabama EcoCAR 3 Team

February 4, 2016 - The Green Garage Blog - Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Like the 2016 Camaro, each team within the EcoCAR 3: Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition possess individual characteristics that make them unique, including the model and design. The UA Camaro will be a Series-Parallel Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) powered by E85. The team’s PHEV has an internal combustion engine, two… Read more

Sources: The Green Garage Blog

In The News: University of Alabama students ready to make an eco-friendly Chevy Camaro

January 6, 2016 - WBRC Fox 6 - Mechanical Engineering

A team of University of Alabama students is ready to turn a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro into an eco-friendly car. More than 150 students have been working on a prototype to transform the car. It’s all part of the elite, 16-team EcoCar 3 competition. “We’re here really just to let Tuscaloosa know that… Read more

Sources: WBRC Fox 6, The Student Engineer, The Tuscaloosa News, WSFA 12, Alabama News Center, WIAT CBS 42, WBRC Fox 6, WBMA ABC 33/40, WAFF, WMCA NBC 5, WVUA News