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State Engineering Hall of Fame Inducts 2016 Class    /  UA News

The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted five individuals and honored two engineering projects during a recent ceremony at the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel and Spa in Mobile.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: February 22, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, UA News   

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Have Alabamians forgotten about tornadoes?    /  WSFA-NBC 12

The University of Alabama is known for many things: education, football, and on April 27, 2011 tornadoes. Students who lived through that terrible day will never forget it. But there’s…


Source: WSFA-NBC 12    /    Published: February 21, 2016    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

Student Engineers in Action begin replacing steps at Moundville Archeological Park    /  Crimson White

Standing 60 feet tall and made up of approximately 112,000 cubic yards of dirt, Alabama’s tallest mound began receiving a make-over on Saturday, Feb. 6. The Mound B steps at…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: February 15, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students   

Perfect Chemistry    /  UA Student Affairs

In January 2016, more than 120 students packed the monthly American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in Shelby Hall, a stark contrast from two years earlier when just 20 students attended…


Source: UA Student Affairs    /    Published: February 15, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Research, Students   

UA’s Faculty Research Day Set for March 31    /  UA News

Thirteen faculty members at The University of Alabama will be presented with the President’s Faculty Research Award, Thursday, March 31 as part of The University of Alabama’s annual Faculty Research Day.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: February 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Events, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News   

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K-12 Students to Visit UA for Regional Science Competition    /  UA News

More than 400 middle- and high-school students are expected to participate in the 2016 regional Science Olympiad competition at The University of Alabama on Saturday, Feb. 20, beginning at 9 a.m.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: February 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Events, Outreach, UA News   

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What’s the Right Age for Kids to Learn to Code?    /  How Stuff Works

Imagine if you never learned addition in elementary school — and when you went to middle school, it wasn’t part of the curriculum. Then came high school, where no one…


Source: How Stuff Works    /    Published: February 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach    /    Features:     

University of Alabama students create their own comic book company    /  The Tuscaloosa News

For more than a year, Ethan Newsome-Jackson and Kris Pearce have been obsessed with the same woman. She only exists on paper, but for the two University of Alabama students,…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: February 10, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, In The News, Students   

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UA Engineering Student Selected for D.C. Internship    /  UA News

A University of Alabama student was selected to work as an intern this summer for Washington Internships for Students of Engineering, or WISE.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: February 9, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

The Unique Edge Behind the University of Alabama EcoCAR 3 Team    /  The Green Garage Blog

Like the 2016 Camaro, each team within the EcoCAR 3: Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition possess individual characteristics that make them unique, including the model and design. The UA Camaro will…


Source: The Green Garage Blog    /    Published: February 4, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:   , ,   

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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.