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University of Alabama students test drive electric ‘muscle’ car

By Associated Engineering Press

The white Chevrolet Camaro with the University of Alabama script A on the front still sounded like the muscle car that the name implies as it sped around the airport tarmac Friday, but under the hood, its guts have transformed during the last four years as a team of students converted it into an electric-hybrid. “When you think of a muscle car, you don’t think of electricity. You think of power and burning gasoline,” junior electric engineer major Jacob Machnica said. “But this is a muscle car.” Sources: Tuscaloosa NewsWVUA (Tuscaloosa)Alabama News CenterFox 6 (Birmingham)

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: March 15, 2018    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features: