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Henry Finch, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering, was selected as the spring 2025 Outstanding Co-op Student by the Engineering Career Development Center. Finch is currently completing his third and final term with Lavender, Inc. in Aliceville, Alabama, where he has served as a project manager co-op within the engineering and project management teams.
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: August 28, 2025 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has presented the Microsystems Technology Office Award to three faculty members from the College of Engineering. Drs. A.B.M. Tahidul Haque and Sree Kalyan Patiballa, assistant professors in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Dr. Shreyas Rao, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, were recognized at the agency’s Spark Tank event, held July 24-25 in Aurora, Colorado.
Author: Tanner Coffman / Published: August 19, 2025 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering / Features: Dr. A B M Tahidul Haque, Dr. Shreyas Rao, Dr. Sree Kalyan Patiballa
Dr. Gregory Thompson, Distinguished University Research Professor and executive director of the Alabama Materials Institute, has been named a fellow of the International Field Emission Society.
Source: UA Research News / Published: July 16, 2025 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Features: Dr. Gregory B. Thompson
LunaRecycle, a NASA Centennial Challenge, launched in September 2024 to crowdsource solutions for recycling non-metabolic materials on space exploration missions. The competition focuses on the design, development and demonstration of solutions that can reduce trash accumulation on longer-term missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: June 30, 2025 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Students / Features: Dr. Rajiv Doreswamy
University of Alabama students Zachary Griffith, of Pittsburgh, and Jesse Park, of Burr Ridge, Illinois, were selected for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship.
Author: Bryant Welbourne / Published: June 24, 2025 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Keivan Davami, Dr. Zhongyang Wang
The Alabama Astrobotics Team recently returned from NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Challenge with national recognition for its innovative approach to lunar robotics and systems engineering. Hosted annually at NASA’s Kennedy Space…
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: June 18, 2025 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Rajiv Doreswamy
With less than a week before the final event of the 2025 NASA Lunabotics Challenge, members of The University of Alabama Astrobotics team were working in shifts to fine-tune their lunar robot. Fourteen-hour days weren’t unusual. And they loved it.
Author: Jessica Nelson / Published: June 18, 2025 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
During the past month, three student teams from The University of Alabama College of Engineering have demonstrated their technical skills and expertise in various engineering and motorsports competitions across the country, earning notable accolades for their work.
Author: Tanner Coffman / Published: June 17, 2025 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Home Page Main Story, Mechanical Engineering, Students,
The Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) has announced the recipients of its 2025-26 scholarships and fellowships. ASGC is located on the campus of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System.
Source: uah.edu / Published: June 2, 2025 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students
The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has awarded four undergraduate scholarships and two graduate fellowships to students in The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
Author: Tanner Coffman / Published: May 30, 2025 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Qiaofu Zhang
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.
