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The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the 2017 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching – the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.
Author: Richard LeComte / Published: October 17, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, UA News / Features: Dr. James Paul Hubner, Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
If you’ve ever been to a science museum and put your hand on a metal globe that made your hair stand on end, you can thank an Alabamian. The device…
Source: AL.com / Published: October 17, 2017 / Posted in: Alumni, In The News, Mechanical Engineering
UA alumnus Bob Hines was selected for NASA’s 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He was chosen as one of 12 candidates from a pool of 18,300 applicants – the largest number of applicants in the space program’s history.
Author: Jamon Smith / Published: October 2, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Awards and Honors, UA News / Features: Dr. Charles L. Karr, Dr. John Baker
Katie Wright is building on four terms as a co-op student to continue her growth with Southern Company as a part-time intern … Katie knew she couldn’t achieve this goal…
Source: Public / Published: September 29, 2017 / Posted in: Alumni, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students
The first woman to helm a major U.S. energy explorer, Hollub’s first order of business when she took the reins at Occidental last April was cutting costs. The company has shed…
Source: Fortune Magazine / Published: September 27, 2017 / Posted in: Alumni, Awards and Honors, In The News
Using scientific skills to serve the community by educating the public and influencing public policy has always been the professional goal of Dr. Kenya L. Goodson. Kenya is a native…
Source: Black Warrior Riverkeeper / Published: September 23, 2017 / Posted in: Alumni, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News
Dynetics CEO David King announced Ronnie Chronister as vice president of Contracts. Chronister has been with the company since 2014 as the director of Army, Cyber, and Missile Defense Programs
Source: Dynetics / Published: September 22, 2017 / Posted in: Alumni, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News
Before graduating from The University of Alabama in May 2016, Crosby served as the UA EcoCAR 3 Team’s project manager for two years. She said that “participating in EcoCAR 3 prepared me…
Source: The Green Garage Blog (ecocar3.org) / Published: July 1, 2017 / Posted in: Alumni, In The News, Mechanical Engineering
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
Bob Hines and Dr. Frank Rubio are among the five women and seven men tapped for this year’s NASA astronaut class, which includes a physician, a surgeon, two geologists, three…
Source: AL.com / Published: June 8, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, In The News
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.
