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Fast cars and sound engineering are the foundation of an outreach day hosted by the The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
Author: Alana Norris / Published: April 14, 2017 / Posted in: Events, Outreach, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Paulius V. Puzinauskas
The weather enterprise needs you. The Vortex-Southeast tornado research project has brought cutting-edge researchers and all their high-tech equipment to Alabama for the spring tornado season. But they need help…
Source: AL.com / Published: April 13, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
A group of engineering students at The University of Alabama modified a battery-powered ride-on car hoping to provide some freedom for a preschool student born with an abnormality that limits mobility.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: April 12, 2017 / Posted in: Computer Science, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Keith A. Williams
James McDanal waited patiently in line Friday afternoon, ready to launch “The Captain” across the sky. “The Captain,” a water-propelled plastic rocket James had made in honor of Captain America,…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 10, 2017 / Posted in: Events, In The News, Outreach, Students
Sixty teams of elementary through high school students from across Alabama will program robots to navigate obstacles Saturday in a competition held at The University of Alabama.
Author: Alana Norris / Published: April 7, 2017 / Posted in: Computer Science, Events, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program has selected four University of Alabama students as Goldwater Scholars for 2017-2018.
Author: Richard LeComte / Published: April 6, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Amy W. Lang, Dr. James Paul Hubner, Dr. Lin Li
University of Alabama Athletics and the College of Engineering celebrated a partnership with a bright future last week as new solar panels at the Sewell-Thomas baseball stadium went online. The…
Source: Alabama News Center / Published: April 6, 2017 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students / Features: Allen McClendon
The University of Alabama hosted a workshop aimed to help administrators, staff and professors share and discover ways to engage students, particularly minority women, interested in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: April 4, 2017 / Posted in: Events, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, UA News / Features: Dr. Kevin W. Whitaker
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness month, and the University of Alabama is stepping in to do their part to cut the risk. Tuscaloosa Police told CBS42 News that nine…
Source: CBS 42 (Birmingham) / Published: April 4, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Rhonda Stricklin
Forty teams of entrepreneurs battled it out today in hopes of winning a $50,000 grand prize. The students competed in the Edward K. Aldag, Jr. Business Plan Competition. Some of…
Source: WVUA / Published: April 4, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Research, Students
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 5,800 students and more than 150 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.