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A team of students from The University of Alabama Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering was named a finalist out of 15 teams in the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office and University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics 2025 Undergraduate Hypersonic Flight Design Competition. This competition involved creating an “unpowered, high lift-to-drag, hypersonic projectile for low altitude operation” to be maneuvered at extremely high speeds of Mach 5-8, according to the UCAH.
Author: Natalie Bonner / Published: April 1, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. C. Taber Wanstall, Dr. Joshua A. Bittle
The University will recognize excellence in faculty research, creativity and scholarship at the annual Faculty Research Day on March 31.
Author: Jessica Nelson / Published: April 1, 2026 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News / Features: Dr. Dawen Li, Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, Dr. Ryan Summers, Dr. Shreyas S. Rao, Dr. Vishesh Vikas
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted six individuals and honored one corporation and one engineering project during a ceremony Feb. 28 at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: March 13, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Events, UA News
NASA has selected 16 teams from 11 U.S. states as Phase 2 Milestone Round winners in the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge. The competition advances innovative recycling technologies for future space missions….
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: March 10, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Outreach
TUSCALOOSA — Fifteen first-year students at The University of Alabama are the first cohort of the Alabama-Esslingen-Mercedes Exchange, a continuation of a long-running exchange program in automotive engineering.
Author: Jessica Nelson / Published: March 10, 2026 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Partners / Features: Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian
A research collaboration between civil engineering professor Dr. Mark Elliott and his former doctoral student Jillian Maxcy-Brown has earned national recognition from the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the…
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: March 9, 2026 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Mark Elliott
The annual Premier Awards honor members of the UA community who exemplify the highest standards of scholarship, service, leadership and character. Six students, two faculty members and a student club received the University’s top honors.
Author: Jennifer Brady / Published: March 5, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Students, UA News
Five faculty members have been named distinguished professors by The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. Distinguished professorships are among the highest honors in The University of Alabama System. They recognize extraordinary scholarly, creative and teaching achievements that bring significant prestige to the University.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: March 5, 2026 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, UA News / Features: Dr. Jason E. Bara
Garrett Busch, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering, was selected as the fall 2025 Outstanding Co-op Student by the Engineering Career Development Center. Busch recently completed his third term with Hunt Refining Company in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he worked in plant engineering, developing work packages for piping modifications, preparing cost estimates, and collaborating with vendors and contractors to support mechanical and electrical projects.
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: March 2, 2026 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students
Civil engineering is amid a workforce crisis driven by a variety of factors, from the boomer generation retiring, to increasing maintenance needs, to demand for a wide range of new projects from bridges to data centers, renewable energy to water and wastewater needs.
Source: ASCE / Published: February 24, 2026 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students
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.
