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UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Holden DeGrave, a recent graduate of The University of Alabama, received the 2018 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award. A graduate of Southwest High School in Green…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 2, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

UA Honors Five Distinguished Engineering Fellows    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored five alumni by inducting them into its 2018 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 1, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News   

N. Hugh Mathews and Dean Karr shake hands

COLLEGE NEWS: May 20, 2018    /  The Tuscaloosa News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently recognized N. Hugh Mathews as its 2018 Outstanding Alumni Volunteer. Mathews, a Birmingham native, has demonstrated consistent loyalty to the College, according…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: May 25, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News   

N. Hugh Mathews and Dean Karr shake hands

Engineering Recognizes Outstanding Alumni Volunteer for 2018

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently recognized N. Hugh Mathews as its 2018 Outstanding Alumni Volunteer. Mathews, a Birmingham native, has demonstrated consistent loyalty to…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: May 19, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, Events    /    Features:     

Tradition Set: First Bama Blitz Raises $1.8 Million    /  UA News

University of Alabama officials have announced that the inaugural Bama Blitz raised more than $1.8 million in gifts from 1,810 supporters.


Author: David Miller    /    Published: April 13, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Events, Faculty and Staff, Giving, Students, UA News   

Dynetics donates to UA engineering

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A Huntsville-based applied science and information technology company recently chose to invest in The University of Alabama College of Engineering. Dynetics Inc. has gifted the College with…


Author: Gillian Castro and Alana Norris    /    Published: March 22, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Giving, Students    /    Features:   ,   

UA Granted Patent for Sideline Privacy Tent    /  UA News

The University of Alabama was recently awarded a patent for a medical privacy tent developed by engineering students and Crimson Tide Athletics, firmly protecting the tent’s unique capability to easily expand or collapse on the sideline of a football field.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: February 12, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, UA News   

Alabama awarded patent for sideline tent    /  Birmingham Business Journal

The University of Alabama’s win in the College Football Playoff wasn’t the school’s only big football-related win in January. The school was also assigned a patent for the collapsable sideline tent…


Source: Birmingham Business Journal    /    Published: February 8, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, In The News, Mechanical Engineering    /    Features:     

NSF welcomes Linda Blevins as Engineering deputy assistant director    /  National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation has appointed Linda Blevins to serve as deputy assistant director for the Directorate for Engineering…She earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Alabama, her master’s…


Source: National Science Foundation    /    Published: January 4, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, In The News, Mechanical Engineering   

NASA Days connects students with industry professionals    /  UA News

Students that normally have their eyes to the sky, turned their attention to Shelby Quad on Thursday, gathering for the University of Alabama’s second NASA Days. NASA Days, hosted by…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: November 4, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Events, Faculty and Staff, Students, 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.