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Some defy mandatory evacuation order despite looming threat of Hurricane Florence    /  MSN.com

Anita Harrell says the challenge of gathering up and transporting eight pets means she’ll be ignoring the mandatory evacuation order issued to the residents of Wilmington, N.C., as powerful Hurricane…


Source: MSN.com    /    Published: September 14, 2018    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

High-Achieving Freshman Class, Graduate School Growth Highlight UA Enrollment    /  UA News

A talented freshman class that includes more than 180 incoming National Merit Scholars headlines The University of Alabama’s enrollment numbers for fall 2018.


Author: Chris Bryant    /    Published: September 13, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

Two steps ahead and rubbing shoulders with the best    /  Daimler

Ten students from the University of Alabama completed some parts of their engineering studies in Germany as part of the “Two Steps Ahead” program – including internships at Daimler’s Sindelfingen…


Source: Daimler    /    Published: September 11, 2018    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

Five things to do in Tuscaloosa this weekend    /  The Tuscaloosa News

No. 5: The University of Alabama’s College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theatre will present “Theatre Roulette” on Sunday. The show includes 13 student-written plays. The plays are put into…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: September 8, 2018    /    Posted in:   Events, In The News, Students   

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Traffic Management Center at UA to help with Gameday Traffic    /  WVUA

Alabama’s home opener is now just three days away. The University of Alabama, ALDOT and the City of Tuscaloosa are doing more to monitor traffic coming to and leaving the city…


Source: WVUA    /    Published: September 7, 2018    /    Posted in:   In The News, Outreach   

At the University of Alabama, New Laboratories Are Designed For Collaboration    /  Falicitiesnet.com

The design of academic research laboratory spaces for the different fields of engineering has in years past focused on both individual departments and researchers/principal investigators doing independent research in their…


Source: Falicitiesnet.com    /    Published: September 5, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research, Students   

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Universty of Alabama and Auburn awarded grant to study traffic    /  Fox 6 (Birmingham)

The University of Alabama is teaming up with Auburn University to conduct a new state-wide traffic study, and it’s all about keeping Alabamians safer on the roadways. Alabama and Auburn…


Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham)    /    Published: September 4, 2018    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

Where Are They Now: UA’s Evan Graves    /  ecocar3.org

Similar to 56 percent of The University of Alabama student population, Evan Graves hails from out-of-state—Florida to be exact, but it’s Alabama that he’s lived in the longest. Nevertheless, it…


Source: ecocar3.org    /    Published: September 3, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News   

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Alabama Engineering Students Develop Football Privacy Tent    /  Engineering.com

As an athletic trainer for the University of Alabama, Jeff Allen saw a problem with the way athletes were evaluated during games. The team could either choose to take the athlete…


Source: Engineering.com    /    Published: September 2, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, In The News, Mechanical Engineering   

German study leads Strickland to engineering internship    /  The Madison Record

J.D. Strickland had no idea that studying German at James Clemens High School eventually would lead to a prestigious engineering opportunity affiliated with the University of Alabama.


Source: The Madison Record    /    Published: September 1, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    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.