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UA Student Receives Boren Scholarship for Study in Brazil    /  UA News

University of Alabama student Rachel Ramey has received a Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program to study in Brazil during the spring and fall semesters of 2016.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 8, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Students, UA News   

Researchers develop virtual reality system to treat severe weather anxiety, phobias    /  WHNT 19

Just over four years ago on April 27, 2011, Alabama experienced one of its worst tornado outbreaks on record.  In all, 62 tornadoes and 252 deaths were recorded across the…


Source: WHNT 19    /    Published: May 7, 2015    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

Randall Research Program Honors 31 UA Students    /  UA News

Thirty-one University of Alabama undergraduate researchers received recent recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 5, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

Dr. Jeff Gray

Computer Science Professor Tapped to Edit Journal

Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, was recently named the editor-in-chief of Journal on Software and Systems Modeling, or SoSym, the top research journal in the…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 5, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Research    /    Features:     

Fighting drunk driving with technology    /  WBMA ABC 33/40

According to the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, or CAPS, about a third of car crashes on Cinco de Mayo in the past five years involved alcohol….


Source: WBMA ABC 33/40    /    Published: May 5, 2015    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research   

UA Engineering Students Place Second at Metal-Casting Contest

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A team of University of Alabama engineering students placed second at the 2015 Student Casting Competition for the Southeast organized by the American Foundry Society. The competition…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 4, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:     

Two UA Students Named as Hollings Scholars    /  UA News

Two University of Alabama students in the College of Engineering will receive the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2015-2017.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 30, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Students, UA News   

Tuscaloosa students build, test model buildings to beat earthquakes    /  The Tuscaloosa News

The historic quake, as well as two others, were simulated at the Large Scale Structures Laboratory in the South Engineering Research Center on the University of Alabama’s campus  Tuesday to…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: April 29, 2015    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students   

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UA Senior’s Film Selected for Screening at Cannes Film Festival    /  UA News

University of Alabama telecommunication and film student Michael Thomas’ short film “Traces” will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 28, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior    /  UA News

Eric S. McVay, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2015 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 23, 2015    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Students, UA News   

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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.