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Wang Receives ONR Award to Advance Fuel Cell Technology

Hewson Engineering Faculty Fellow and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, received an Office of Naval Research grant for his research on fuel cell potential. The three-year, $750,000 project will explore how ion-exchange membranes can improve fuel cell performance for potential naval and defense applications. A fuel cell uses c...

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2 Chemical Engineering Students Selected for National Research Symposium

Two UA students from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering have been selected for the Future Leaders in Chemical Engineering program hosted by North Carolina State University. 

Bertini Appointed Chair of ASCE Department Heads Advisory and Coordinating Council

Dr. Robert Bertini, professor and head of the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at The University of Alabama, recently began his term as chair of the American Society…

The University of Alabama EcoCAR team has completed the final year of the EcoCAR EV Challenge, concluding four years of technological achievement. Facilitated by the U.S. Department of Energy, the…

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Sanders Receives Advising Excellence Award

Arsheba Sanders, an academic advisor for the Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Region 4 Outstanding New Advisor Award presented by…

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