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UA Student to Receive Traffic Engineering Scholarship    /  UA News

A University of Alabama student will receive a scholarship from the Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Students, UA News   

UA Engineering Students to Defend Title at NASA Contest, Tackle New Challenge    /  UA News

A team of students from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will defend its title at one NASA robotics contest before tackling another contest.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 10, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

National Science Foundation Selects UA Graduates for Competitive Fellowships    /  UA News

Two graduating seniors at The University of Alabama have accepted admittance to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Sarah McFann from Arlington, Tennessee, and Samantha Tilson from Littleton, Colorado, both in chemical and biological engineering, are two of 2,000 NSF Graduate Research Fellows selected from more than 13,000 applicants. The students from UA will receive financial support for graduate studies.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 9, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

2016 Randall Research Program Honors 16 UA Students    /  UA News

Sixteen University of Alabama undergraduate researchers have received recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program. The program recognizes the best research activity conducted by UA undergraduates, who are nominated by faculty and staff research directors.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 2, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News   

UA to Hold Spring Commencement Exercises    /  UA News

The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement exercises May 6-7 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 2, 2016    /    Posted in:   Events, Students, UA News   

QM coin, regimental crest travel aboard balloon on high-altitude test launch    /  Fort Lee Traveller

The Quartermaster coin and insignia have boldly gone where few, if any, Army organizational identifiers have gone before. On Saturday, a travel and photography first was achieved thanks to a…


Source: Fort Lee Traveller    /    Published: April 29, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, In The News, Students   

University of Alabama students aim to put Crimson Racing on the map    /  The Tuscaloosa News

As a crowd of onlookers lined the sidewalk of Seventh Avenue on the University of Alabama campus on Wednesday, members of Crimson Racing unveiled their 2016 Formula car, which zipped…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: April 28, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

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Protecting Your Family    /  WBRC Fox 6

A recent study of about 3,000 people from Alabama and Mississippi took a look at how things unfolded on April 27. There was some concern about the number of fatalities…


Source: WBRC Fox 6    /    Published: April 28, 2016    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

NASA Responds to an S.O.S. of Historic Proportions    /  Smithsonian.com

The earth shakes millions of times every year. Often, these earthquakes strike in familiar places, such as the recent, deadly quakes in Ecuador and Japan. At other times, a quake…


Source: Smithsonian.com    /    Published: April 27, 2016    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Research    /    Features:   ,   

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

The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s Dr. John Baker, head of the department of aerospace engineering and mechanics, is the 2016 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 27, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    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.