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The University of Alabama was recently accepted into the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, or UCAR, a national organization focused on research and training in the atmospheric and related Earth system sciences.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: November 7, 2017 / Posted in: Research, UA News
Could homeowners have protection from high winds at a more affordable price than traditional storm shelters provide? Answering that question is the goal of research inside an innovative University of Alabama lab designed to help the construction and insurance industries.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: October 25, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Michael E. Kreger, Dr. Wei Song
An engineering researcher at The University of Alabama is part of a project garnering international attention to potential sites for future habitats on the moon.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: October 18, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Rohan Sood
A research group from The University of Alabama is part of a national program aimed at taking technology from the lab to the market.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: August 17, 2017 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Shuhui Li
A group of students at The University of Alabama plan to launch a balloon to take video of the solar eclipse later this month as part of a nation-wide science project led by NASA.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: August 14, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Morgan Minton
A team of engineering students at The University of Alabama placed first in an international contest to design better antennas for small satellites, called CubeSats.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: August 7, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Yang-Ki Hong
Great ideas begin with questions, and for a University of Alabama student, his questions led him to an invention. Now, Matt Bowen and some classmates are turning that idea…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 18, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Computer Science, Students / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
As relations between the United States and Cuba began to thaw, The University of Alabama found itself in a unique position to reach out to universities on the island…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 15, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Derek G. Williamson, Dr. Steven Jones
There’s a team of students at The University of Alabama who have won multiple national titles in recent years and perform at a high level. This team doesn’t play football, though….
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 11, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
Technology developed at The University of Alabama aimed at producing inexpensive, flexible thin-film solar cells for military applications has been selected for a national business start-up contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 5, 2017 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Dawen Li
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.