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Ricks Receives UA Engineering’s Hackney Leadership Award    /  UA News

The T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership Award honors a faculty member who exemplifies the constant guidance and leadership necessary to make the College of Engineering exceptional.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 16, 2019    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

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Human zombie-like cells act alive despite being dead    /  Technology Times

Scientists at the University of Alabama (UA) have figured out a comical technique, developed human “zombie-like” cells that are technically no longer alive but with membranes continue to bind to…


Source: Technology Times    /    Published: May 14, 2019    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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Member Voices: Jobsite Safety for Construction Safety Week and Beyond    /  ASCE News

It’s Construction Safety Week, an important time to highlight concepts and practices that are crucial to the industry year-round … It’s a group effort by Miranda Reed, Anil Cercer, and Ifeanyi…


Source: ASCE News    /    Published: May 12, 2019    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students   

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Atmospheric Circulation Patterns Associated with Extreme United States Floods Identified via Machine Learning    /  Nature.com

The massive socioeconomic impacts engendered by extreme floods provides a clear motivation for improved understanding of flood drivers … Affiliations: Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama,…


Source: Nature.com    /    Published: May 11, 2019    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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UA hosts Robotics Mining Challenge    /  CBS 42 (Birmingham)

The University of Alabama engineering department is hosting the Robotic Mining Challenge  in Tuscaloosa. Twenty-eight teams from colleges all across the country are on campus trying to prove they are…


Source: CBS 42 (Birmingham)    /    Published: May 7, 2019    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Students    /    Features:     

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Problems with enforcing the law when it comes to drivers passing stopped school buses    /  ABC 33/40 (Birmingham)

But the University of Alabama’ s Center for Advanced Public Safety says only 1,064 citations were issued for illegal passes of stopped school buses in all of 2018. According to…


Source: ABC 33/40 (Birmingham)    /    Published: May 1, 2019    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Research   

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UA to Hold Spring Commencement Exercises May 3-5    /  UA News

The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement exercises beginning Friday, May 3, at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.


Author: David Miller    /    Published: April 29, 2019    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Events, UA News   

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Education brief: Kevin Townsend of northern Colorado Springs among UA engineering students building interactive cube for RISE    /  Colorado Springs Gazette

Colorado Springs’ Kevin Townsend is part of a University of Alabama student team that is continuing a three-year tradition of local outreach projects. The University of Alabama Astrobotics team and…


Source: Colorado Springs Gazette    /    Published: April 28, 2019    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Students    /    Features:     

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April 27, 2011 tornadoes: What will it take to save your life?    /  AL.com

If you live in this state you have to be weather aware. You just have to. You don’t have a choice if you live in this state, I’ll just be…


Source: AL.com    /    Published: April 27, 2019    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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UA computer science department honors high school females in computing

The computer science department at The University of Alabama will honor female high school students for their successes in computing. UA will host the 2019 National Center for Women in…


Author: Gillian Castro    /    Published: April 26, 2019    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Events, Faculty and Staff, Outreach    /    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.