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NASA Launches LunaRecycle Challenge; UA Serves as Allied Organization

NASA announced the launch of the LunaRecycle Challenge on Monday, Sept. 30, offering $3 million in prizes for innovations in recycling material waste on deep space missions with The University of Alabama serving as an allied organization for the contest. The LunaRecycle Challenge is part of NASA’s broader Centennial Challenge Program and aims to incentivize the developmen...

Hydropower Industry Lost Billions to Drought Over Two Decades    /    UA News

Hydropower is one of the country’s leading sources of clean energy, but extended drought reduces the amount of power these facilities can produce. Without adequate planning, say researchers from The University of Alabama, this clean and renewable energy source can be a liability in times of drought.

Mulani Elected to AIAA 2025 Associate Fellowship

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Sameer Mulani, associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, was elected to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 2025 Associate Fellowship. The AIAA…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently honored six alumni and one former department head by inducting them into its 2024 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows….

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Moradkhani Elected as 2024 AGU Fellow

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Hamid Moradkhani, Alton N. Scott professor of engineering in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and director for the Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research,…

Cameron Cook holding his award.

Cook Selected as Spring 2024 Outstanding Co-op Student

Cameron Cook, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, was selected as the spring 2024 Outstanding Co-op Student by the Engineering Career Development Center. Cook completed his first semester of co-op…

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