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In The News: NASA-funded space radiation studies could save astronauts’ lives

January 16, 2020 - Breitbart - Mechanical Engineering

Physicists are teaming up with computer scientists in a NASA-funded study to help predict solar flares and radiation that can disable spacecraft and potentially kill astronauts. NASA has awarded a $550,000 grant to the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne to begin the three-year machine learning project next month. Computer… Read more

Sources: Breitbart, UPI

In The News: Aviation Week Network Announces 20 Twenties Winners for 2020; Top Technology Students to be Honored March 12 at Laureates Awards Gala

January 14, 2020 - MarketScreener - Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), today announced the winners of its awards program, “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties.” The awards recognize students earning STEM degrees who are nominated by their universities on the basis of their academic performance, civic contribution… Read more

Sources: MarketScreener, Globe Newswire

In The News: Weather warning experts say many people don’t know their location

January 9, 2020 - CBS 42 - 7 a.m. - Center for Advanced Public Safety

Dr. Laura Myers with the University of Alabama has many years of researching the weather warning communication process. Dr. Myers is the director of the Center for Advanced Public Safety at UA. Myers said her studies show that many people are not aware of where they live on the map.… Read more

Sources: CBS 42 - 7 a.m., WVUA, CBS 42 - 6 p.m., WVUA - 6 p.m.

In The News: What’s New in HPC Research: Gravitational Lenses, the Human Brain Project, Biofuels & More

January 7, 2020 - Hpcwire.com - Computer Science

Extreme-scale cosmology simulations are crucial to understanding our universe, but the data they produce can be unwieldy, necessitating compression. In this paper, researchers from the University of Alabama and Los Alamos National Laboratory propose the use of GPU-based lossy compression for these simulations, demonstrating that this compression can provide the… Read more

Sources: Hpcwire.com

In The News: Is Mobile ready for electric scooters? Trendy devices bring safety and regulatory worries

January 6, 2020 - Al.com - Center for Advanced Public Safety

In Alabama, there have been only 11 incidences of scooter crashes in the past five years, according to data compiled by the Center for Advanced Public Safety (CAPS) at the University of Alabama. Of those 11 crashes, nine of them occurred to youths who were under the age of 18.… Read more

Sources: Al.com

In The News: 20 Experts Predict The Most Significant Weather And Climate Advances Of The Next Decade

December 31, 2019 - Forbes - Center for Advanced Public Safety

We seem to be at the edge of a transition from an idea about humans dominating nature and controlling the natural world to the notion that human life is dependent on a holistic understanding of the natural world. I think the weather and climate enterprise will make breakthroughs in ways… Read more

Sources: Forbes, Head Topics

In The News: Driverless shuttles gain steam in Michigan

December 28, 2019 - grbj - Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

After Michiganders tested the first wave of driverless buses, the greatest gripe was the lack of music. “There’s this clear trend where people were not commenting on the autonomy at all,” said Kelly Bartlett, the Michigan Department of Transportation’s policy adviser for autonomous vehicles. “One of the main reactions people… Read more

Sources: grbj

In The News: New astronauts graduate | One of these 13 may walk on moon, Mars

December 27, 2019 - AJC - Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics

Thirteen astronauts who may be the next humans to walk on the moon or even make the historic journey to Mars have been chosen as NASA’s newest astronauts. Bob Hines, a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, attended high school in Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, but considers Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, his hometown. He has… Read more

Sources: AJC, Paraboliac Arc - 12/21, The Daily Times Leader, Winslow, Evans & Crocker, Inc., Mammoth Times, Minyanville, ABC (Pollok, Texas), ABC (Tyler, Texas), CBS (Harrisburg, Pa.), Parabolic Arc - 1/9, News Puddle, 69 News, Pa Homepage, Fox (Washington)

In The News: NASA airborne campaign catches the drift of snow water

December 26, 2019 - Phys.org - Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Center for Remote Sensing, Electrical and Computer Engineering

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—the time NASA’s SnowEx campaign hits the skies and ground of the world’s snowy places, measuring snow properties to understand how much water is contained by each winter’s snowfall. SnowEx includes partners from universities, private institutions and other government agencies who bring additional… Read more

Sources: Phys.org

In The News: Thanksgiving, Christmas have different causes for car crashes

December 25, 2019 - NBC (Montgomery) - Center for Advanced Public Safety

The results of a University of Alabama study on crashes during the holidays is out, specifically looking at the difference between crashes around Christmas and new year’s, compared to thanksgiving. The center of advanced public safety compiled crash information from around the state over the past 15 years. The number… Read more

Sources: NBC (Montgomery), ABC (Meridian, Miss.), Fox 6, WAFF 48