Students gather for plane competition

By Associated Engineering Press

Brent Bielefeldt, an engineering student from the University of Alabama, left, and Thy Dinh, engineering student from the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, prepare to launch a plane they designed as part of an Aircraft Readiness Workshop fly-off competition held Friday in Newport.

NEWPORT — Top mechanical and aerospace engineering students from 11 universities and six states gathered in a field here Friday to test out remote-controlled aircraft they designed last week as part of a weeklong engineering workshop.

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,200 students and more than 170 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.

Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Posted on: June 30, 2014    /    Posted in:   In The News, Students