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Viola Acoff is a metallurgical and materials engineer who has been working to promote STEM education for over two decades. Currently acting as associate dean for undergraduate and graduate programs…
Source: 3ders.org / Published: March 8, 2018 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
Dr. Jeffrey Carver, a professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, has been named as one of the four inaugural fellows of the Better Scientific Software (BSSw) project,…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: March 5, 2018 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Faculty and Staff / Features: Dr. Jeffrey Carver
So the fall and winter are more active than many may think. However, warnings may get less attention then. “What we are finding in the research is that spring tornado warnings work well…
Source: AL.com / Published: February 26, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
The University of Alabama Adapted Athletics program got James Cook to campus, and UA’s College of Engineering closed the deal.
Author: David Miller / Published: February 23, 2018 / Posted in: Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News
Tuscaloosa, Ala.—More than 600 students are expected to participate in the 2018 Regional Science Olympiad competition at The University of Alabama Saturday, Feb. 24, beginning at 8 a.m. Science Olympiad…
Author: Courtney Corbridge / Published: February 20, 2018 / Posted in: Events, Outreach
Four students on campus have come together to create an accessible combination of technology and sports to improve players’ softball and baseball game, originally thanks to the UA Emerging Scholars…
Source: Crimson White / Published: February 19, 2018 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Computer Science, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
You’ve seen apps and toys that promise to teach your child to code. Now enter the robots. At the CES electronics show in January, coding robots came out in force. One…
Source: Associated Press / Published: February 14, 2018 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
The University of Alabama has partnered with the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) to train UA students in precise timing and time interval technology, which is used in highly precise…
Source: Alabama News Center / Published: February 13, 2018 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students / Features: Dr. Andrew Lemmon
The University of Alabama was recently awarded a patent for a medical privacy tent developed by engineering students and Crimson Tide Athletics, firmly protecting the tent’s unique capability to easily expand or collapse on the sideline of a football field.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: February 12, 2018 / Posted in: Alumni, Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, UA News
The University of Alabama’s win in the College Football Playoff wasn’t the school’s only big football-related win in January. The school was also assigned a patent for the collapsable sideline tent…
Source: Birmingham Business Journal / Published: February 8, 2018 / Posted in: Alumni, Awards and Honors, In The News, Mechanical Engineering / Features: Dr. Charles L. Karr
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.
