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University of Alabama researchers are using a novel approach to learn how police officers react to “shoot, don’t shoot” situations: measuring brain waves during virtual reality police training.
Author: David Miller / Published: March 27, 2017 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Daniel J. Fonseca
A 3-D shoe made entirely out of shoeboxes is what a group of students at The University of Alabama are working on. Combining the technical and creative skills of two…
Source: WVUA / Published: March 24, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students
More than 500 undergraduate students at The University of Alabama are highlighting their research and creative projects during the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference March 29-30.
Author: Chris Bryant / Published: March 22, 2017 / Posted in: Events, Research, Students, UA News
The University of Alabama Division of Student Life has announced the recipients of the 2017 Premier Awards – the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service. The 2017 UA Premier Award recipients will be recognized at a dinner Thursday, March 23, as well as during Honors Week.
Author: Richard LeComte / Published: March 20, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Yonghyun (John) Kim
Moriah S. Smoot, a law student from Mansfield, Texas, has been awarded the 2017 Donald W. Banner Diversity Scholarship. The $5,000 scholarship will be provided to her for use during…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: March 15, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students
Neal Paschal, a civil engineering student from Columbia, South Carolina, has been named a 2017 Traffic Safety Scholar. With the recognition, Paschal has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship to attend…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: March 14, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Students
Claire Belson, a chemical engineering student from Cary, North Carolina, was selected to receive the Guy Bourdeau Scholarship given by the Additive Manufacturing Users Group. As the scholarship recipient,…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: March 13, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Students
A group of engineering students at The University of Alabama are recreating history. Students make the replica of a hilt of an 18th center British rapier in the engineering foundry….
Source: WVUA / Published: March 9, 2017 / Posted in: In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students
Governor Robert Bentley wants to make Alabama roads safer. He is doing that by awarding about $140,000 in grants to evaluate new traffic safety data. That work is to be…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: March 8, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Outreach, Research
Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison addressed female students studying mathematics and engineering at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. The Decatur native was the first African American woman to…
Source: Alabama Public Radio / Published: March 8, 2017 / Posted in: Events, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
Alana Norris was the communications specialist for The University of Alabama College of Engineering from 2017-2021.
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.
