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Weather workshop held in Oklahoma    /  KSWO-ABC (Lawton, Oklahoma)

Today, the Norman National Weather Service teamed up with emergency managers and meteorologists to discuss weather-related topics, and how to prepare for big weather events…Experts from the National Weather Service…


Source: KSWO-ABC (Lawton, Oklahoma)    /    Published: June 28, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News    /    Features:     

Bradt Named Life Member of Ceramic Society    /  UA News

Dr. Richard C. Bradt, metallurgical and materials engineering professor emeritus at UA, has been named a Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 26, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News   

Roy Selected by U.S. Air Force for Scientific Role    /  UA News

Dr. Samit Roy in aerospace engineering and mechanics was competitively selected to serve a two-year rotation as a program officer in the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Virginia.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

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UA professors comment on recent terror attacks    /  WVUA

It seems that terrorists’ attacks are in the news more and more often, whether it’s overseas or in our native country. Last night, a man deliberately drove into a group…


Source: WVUA    /    Published: June 20, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News    /    Features:   ,   

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Tuscaloosa students named National Merit Scholarship winners    /  The Tuscaloosa News

Two Tuscaloosa students were named among thousands of students as National Merit Scholars. Jordan Walker of Northridge High School and Roeder McNair of Holy Spririt Catholic High School were named…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: June 19, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Students   

Pitching Code

  Great ideas begin with questions, and for a University of Alabama student, his questions led him to an invention. Now, Matt Bowen and some classmates are turning that idea…


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 18, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Computer Science, Students    /    Features:     

Launching Inspiration

  When Cassidy McCool was 4, her grandfather asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Like most preschool children, McCool had no clue. “He said, ‘why don’t…


Author: Adam Jones and Judah Martin    /    Published: June 17, 2017    /    Posted in:   Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students   

UA College of Engineering to host SECME Summer Institute    /  UA News

For the third summer in four years, The University of Alabama will host educators, students and industry leaders on campus to help promote diversity inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 16, 2017    /    Posted in:   Events, Outreach, UA News    /    Features:     

Opening Borders

  As relations between the United States and Cuba began to thaw, The University of Alabama found itself in a unique position to reach out to universities on the island…


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 15, 2017    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students    /    Features:   ,   

UA students, local orgs find way to give fallen trees new life    /  Crimson White

William MacGavin has been woodworking since he was 11 years old. Over the years he’s salvaged wood from Christmas trees left on the curb, trees downed in storms or trees…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: June 14, 2017    /    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.