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UA Engineers Develop Solution to Child Heat Deaths in Cars    /  UA News

A patent-pending device developed by University of Alabama researchers can alert a cell phone when a human or animal is inside a parked vehicle getting too hot. It monitors carbon dioxide levels from human breath inside the vehicle along with temperature and car movement.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: October 8, 2018    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:   ,   

ariel view of Engineering Quad

UA professor gets grant to better predict and prepare for droughts    /  The Tuscaloosa News

A University of Alabama professor has received a $473,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help improve drought monitoring and predictions.


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: October 7, 2018    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

Students manning a table at E-day out on the science and engineering quad

UA College of Engineering hosts E-Day    /  WVUA

UA’s College of Engineering hosted more than 1,000 students today for E-day. The day was dedicated to educating young students about the world of STEM, or science, technology, engineering and…


Source: WVUA    /    Published: October 6, 2018    /    Posted in:   Events, In The News, Outreach, Students   

Tuskegee partners for Women in Computer Science    /  Black Engineer

Women make up 47 percent of the workforce in the United States,  but most computer science jobs are filled by men, says Computer Science dot org. This August, the National…


Source: Black Engineer    /    Published: October 5, 2018    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach   

UA engineering students place in international design contest for second consecutive year

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – For the second consecutive year, the UA Magnetics and Antenna team placed in the international Student Antenna Design Contest held by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics…


Author: Gillian Castro    /    Published: October 4, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Students    /    Features:     

UA Engineering Students Place in Big Beam Competition

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – University of Alabama student team, Alabeama, recently placed third in the 2018 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Big Beam Competition. The objective of the national competition is to design,…


Author: Gillian Castro    /    Published: October 3, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

How Dr. Acoff inspires interest in materials science    /  U.S. Black Engineer

Jackson State University physics grad Derrick Stokes is a new breed of materials scientist. In the photo taken during his time at The University of Alabama, where he was a Bridge…


Source: U.S. Black Engineer    /    Published: October 2, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering    /    Features:     

7 people cutting the ribbon in front of the new H.M. Comer

Ribbon-cutting Ceremony held for H.M. Comer Hall    /  WVUA

The University of Alabama cut the ribbon on a newly remodeled engineering building. $24.6 million worth of renovations started at H.M. Comer Hall seventeen months ago. It’s now the home of…


Source: WVUA    /    Published: October 1, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Students    /    Features:     

ariel view of Engineering Quad

Researchers Develop Airborne Radars To Gauge US Snowpack Characteristics For Water Models    /  Science Mag

Next spring, researchers and students from the University of Kansas will participate in a project using a new ultra-wideband radar soaring on a plane above the Continental Divide to measure…


Source: Science Mag    /    Published: September 29, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

UA Celebrates the Unveiling of H.M. Comer    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering officially celebrated the opening of the newly renovated H.M. Comer Hall with a ribbon cutting ceremony today.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: September 28, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Events, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    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.