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2011 Tornadoes: New Research, Old Problems    /  Alabama Public Radio

During severe weather, most people get their forecasts and weather information from TV meteorologists like ABC 33/40’s James Spann. But those forecasts start far earlier. It’s a beautiful spring day…


Source: Alabama Public Radio    /    Published: April 22, 2016    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

Three Innovative Teams Win UA Business Plan Competition    /  UA News

Three University of Alabama student teams are on their way to starting their own businesses after winning the Culverhouse College of Commerce’s third annual Edward K. Aldag Jr. Business Plan Competition.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 19, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

Students from around the globe compete in NASA rocket competition    /  WHNT CBS 19

Nearly 50 teams from across the country are in Huntsville this weekend to show, and eventually blast off, their custom-made rockets. Let’s be clear, these aren’t your bottle rockets you…


Source: WHNT CBS 19    /    Published: April 18, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, In The News, Students    /    Features:     

University of Alabama students’ work linked to space missions    /  The Tuscaloosa News

Two teams of mechanical engineering students at the University of Alabama have spent their senior year designing tools for a NASA competition inspired by the space agency’s plans for human…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: April 18, 2016    /    Posted in:   In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

University of Alabama, NASA partner on earthquakes    /  WIAT CBS 42

It seems like an unlikely collaboration when it comes to earthquakes: the University of Alabama and NASA. After all, NASA is more commonly associated with the space program, and Alabama…


Source: WIAT CBS 42    /    Published: April 15, 2016    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Research    /    Features:   ,   

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UA Engineering Recognizes Outstanding Alumni Volunteer    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering recognizes Selina S. Lee as the 2016 Outstanding Alumni Volunteer.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 14, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, UA News   

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UA Honors Five Distinguished Engineering Fellows    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored five alumni by inducting them into its 2016 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 13, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, UA News   

Entrepreneurs to Pitch Business Plans, Demo Technologies at UA AIME Day    /  UA News

Entrepreneurial teams at The University of Alabama will compete for funds to build prototypes and advanced startups will demonstrate their technologies during AIME Day, an annual showcase of burgeoning technologies and business plan competition Friday, April 15 on the UA campus.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 12, 2016    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Research, UA News   

3 UA Students Earn Hollings Scholarships    /  UA News

Three University of Alabama sophomores will receive the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2016-2018.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Students, UA News   

Rocketry Challenge    /  WVUA 23

Tuscaloosa area middle school sixth graders compete in a rocketry challenge at Hillcrest High School Friday, April 8, 2016. Andrew Scott, a Hillcrest Middle School student, launches his rocket. The…


Source: WVUA 23    /    Published: April 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students   

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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.