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Student studies in Innsbruck, gets to travel Europe

By Associated Engineering Press

This summer I was fortunate enough to participate in the UA in Austria program led by Glenn Tootle through the College of Engineering. I participated in the summer interim course, Water Resources and Climate: European Alps, to gain a unique technical elective credit for my major.

Although I returned from my study abroad program at the beginning of June, the experiences I had are still fresh in my mind. Our classes were intriguing and were held in a much different atmosphere than most college students are used to: a historic hotel lobby. Our lab and field exercises took us from Austria to Italy and then to Germany a handful of times.

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: July 10, 2015    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students