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Hooks Selected as Summer 2024 Outstanding Co-op Student

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Christian Hooks, a senior majoring in civil engineering with a minor in structural engineering, was selected as the summer 2024 Outstanding Co-op Student by the Engineering Career…


Author: Natalie Bonner    /    Published: November 4, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Engineering, Students   

Clement Named 2024 Fellow of National Groundwater Association

Dr. Prabhakar Clement, professor of environmental engineering and founding director of the Center for Water Quality Research, has been designated as a 2024 National Ground Water Association Fellow. Fellows are…


Author: Natalie Bonner    /    Published: October 23, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Center for Water Quality Research, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff    /    Features:     

Dr. Gray

Gray Honored by UA Board of Trustees as Distinguished Teaching Professor

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees appointed Dr. Jeff Gray, a professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering, as a Distinguished Teaching Professor. Gray…


Author: Natalie Bonner    /    Published: October 11, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Faculty and Staff    /    Features:     

Moradkhani Elected as 2024 AGU Fellow

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Hamid Moradkhani, Alton N. Scott professor of engineering in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and director for the Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research,…


Author: Natalie Bonner    /    Published: September 18, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Engineering, Faculty and Staff   

Cameron Cook holding his award.

Cook Selected as Spring 2024 Outstanding Co-op Student

Cameron Cook, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering, was selected as the spring 2024 Outstanding Co-op Student by the Engineering Career Development Center. Cook completed his first semester of co-op…


Author: Natalie Bonner    /    Published: June 28, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering   

Innovative UA Research Recognized with NSF CAREER Awards    /  UA News

Four professors at The University of Alabama received one of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious honors for early-career faculty.


Author: Jessica Nelson    /    Published: June 6, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News    /    Features:   , , ,   

2 UA Faculty Named Fulbright Scholars    /  UA News

Two University of Alabama faculty members have received Fulbright awards for educators to teach and research around the globe. Dr. Anwarul Haque, associate professor of aerospace engineering and mechanics, and…


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Published: June 6, 2024    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Partners, UA News    /    Features:     

Astrobotics Team Continues Winning Tradition    /  UA News

The UA Astrobotics team earned a ninth win in NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge, a robotic mining competition held in a simulated lunar environment.


Author: Jessica Nelson    /    Published: June 4, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UA News    /    Features:     

Federal Grant Powers UA’s Autonomous Bus Safety Research    /  UA News

With a grant from the Federal Transit Administration and the United States Department of Transportation, The University of Alabama is gearing up for a $3 million project to develop advanced…


Author: Jessica Nelson    /    Published: May 31, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Mechanical Engineering, Partners, Research, UA News    /    Features:   , , , , ,   

UA Students Win National Electric Propulsion Competition    /  UA News

After a series of setbacks, a student team from The University of Alabama took top prize in the unmanned division at the Promoting Electric Propulsion 2024 competition in Virginia Beach on April 15-16. Sponsored by the American Society of Naval Engineers, the event brought more than 200 student engineers from 34 universities to compete in time trials with their vessels that must travel five miles on battery power in uncertain conditions.


Author: Jessica Nelson    /    Published: May 22, 2024    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Home Page Main Story, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

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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.