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UA Hosting Workshop on Sustainable Fuels    /  UA News

Ten nationally-recognized experts in energy will speak as part of a workshop on sustainable fuels at The University of Alabama.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: July 18, 2014    /    Posted in:   Events, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, UA News   

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UA Students Participate in Co-op Program in Summer 2014    /  UA News

More than 180 University of Alabama students during the summer 2014 semester are receiving a hands-on educational experience at more than 60 companies and organizations through UA’s Cooperative Education Program. In the Cooperative Education Program, students alternate periods of full-time study with periods of full-time employment. This program offers work related to the academic major or career interests of each student. The experience enhances the students’ employment prospects after graduation.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: July 18, 2014    /    Posted in:   Students, UA News   

UA Robotic Mining Team Set for Contest in Hawaii

Tuscaloosa, Alabama – A team of University of Alabama students who won the top prize at a NASA contest this year are traveling to Hawaii for another contest. Made up…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: July 17, 2014    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

At Farnborough, Alabama universities play role in aerospace talks    /  Department Of Commerce

LONDON, England – Team Alabama’s secret weapon at the Farnborough International Airshow is the state’s education community, which has played a strong supporting role in efforts to recruit new aerospace…


Source: Department Of Commerce    /    Published: July 17, 2014    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach    /    Features:     

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UA Cooperative Education Program Names Director    /  UA News

Naomi Powell was named director of The University of Alabama Cooperative Education and Professional Practice Program.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: July 16, 2014    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

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Having mastered auto, Tuscaloosa targets aerospace    /  Department Of Commerce

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Twenty years after Tuscaloosa landed a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant that turned Alabama into an automotive powerhouse, the city is ramping up efforts to recruit another advanced manufacturing…


Source: Department Of Commerce    /    Published: July 11, 2014    /    Posted in:   In The News, Outreach   

Healthy Crop of Second-Career Farmers    /  Business Alabama

A 1996 civil engineering graduate from the University of Alabama, Trent Boyd was working for a building and excavation contractor in Birmingham when it closed its doors two years ago….


Source: Business Alabama    /    Published: July 7, 2014    /    Posted in:   Alumni, In The News   

Students gather for plane competition    /  Carteret County News-Times

NEWPORT — Top mechanical and aerospace engineering students from 11 universities and six states gathered in a field here Friday to test out remote-controlled aircraft they designed last week as part…


Source: Carteret County News-Times    /    Published: June 30, 2014    /    Posted in:   In The News, Students   

Teachers go back to school to learn computer coding    /  WBHM ABC 33/40

Computer science is one of the fastest growing industries in the nation. The same goes for here in Alabama.  In fact, computer science and coding is being offered as a…


Source: WBHM ABC 33/40    /    Published: June 25, 2014    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach    /    Features:     

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3-D printing provides innovative solutions    /  Crimson White

When the desktop computer first hit the market, it was a novel technology, but nobody really knew what to make of it. Only after college students put the computer to…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: June 25, 2014    /    Posted in:   In The News, 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.