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‘Dynasty’: UA robotics team wins NASA’s grand prize for fifth straight year

By Associated Engineering Press

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UA made the announcement Monday in a statement, explaining that the 60-student Alabama Astrobotics team, mostly from the College of Engineering, won the Joe Kosmo Award for Excellence in NASA’s 2019 robotic mining competition. The University of Alabama’s team previously placed first in the same competition in 2012 and has done so each year since 2015. Sources: Yellowhammer News, WVUA (Tuscaloosa) June 3, Fox 6 (Birmingham) June 3, WTVY-CBS (Dothan), Fox 6 (Birmingham) June 5, WVUA (Tuscaloosa) June 5, SB Nation Roll Bama Roll, Illinois Patch, Alabama News Center, Tuscaloosa News, St. Claire News-Aegis, Burlington County Times (New Jersey)

 

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 4, 2019    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Students    /    Features: