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A team of University of Alabama students have built an airplane to compete in the AIAA Student Design/Build Fly competition that asks collegiate teams to make small, electric-powered aircraft that can perform the tasks.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 3, 2014 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Students, UA News
This weekend, The University of Alabama will host the Alabama Robotics Competition, an event open to K-12 students. The competition will involve programming robots to navigate a series of obstacle…
Source: Crimson White / Published: April 3, 2014 / Posted in: Computer Science, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
Dr. Viola L. Acoff, professor and head of the metallurgical and materials engineering department at The University of Alabama, is the inaugural recipient of the Ellen Swallow Richards Diversity Award given by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 1, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — More than 350 students from across Alabama, from third graders to seniors in high school, will be at The University of Alabama April 5 programming robots and hoping their instructions are good enough to win the Alabama Robotics Competition. The competition, which is in its fourth year, is hosted by the UA […]
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: March 31, 2014 / Posted in: Computer Science, Outreach, UA News / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama Foundation said Friday that Bidsters of Tuscaloosa was among the five startup teams that received a share of $135,000 in funding during the Alabama…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: March 21, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Students
Two startup companies from Tuscaloosa will join five other young companies from Birmingham and Madison in vying for a share of more than $100,000 in prize money Friday in the…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: March 20, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Research
A team from the UA School fo Engineering will return to a regional concrete canoe competition next week. A team of 18 civil engineering students have been constructing a concrete…
Source: WVUA-TV / Published: March 20, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students
Engineering Doctoral Candidate Will Guin recently won the “People’s Choice” award at the 2014 Council of Southern Graduate Schools Three Minute (3MT) competition. He was also the winner at UA’s 2013…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: March 20, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Students
Congratulations to Alex Hainen, recipient of the 2014 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award. Alex Hainen is a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University and future faculty at the University…
Source: Purdue University News / Published: March 20, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News / Features: Dr. Alexander Hainen
Tuscaloosa, Ala. – A group of chemical engineering students from The University of Alabama have designed a car powered by a chemical reaction as part of a national collegiate contest…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: March 20, 2014 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Students / Features: Dr. Jason E. Bara
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.