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Bradt Named Life Member of Ceramic Society    /  UA News

Dr. Richard C. Bradt, metallurgical and materials engineering professor emeritus at UA, has been named a Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 26, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News   

Roy Selected by U.S. Air Force for Scientific Role    /  UA News

Dr. Samit Roy in aerospace engineering and mechanics was competitively selected to serve a two-year rotation as a program officer in the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Virginia.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

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Tuscaloosa students named National Merit Scholarship winners    /  The Tuscaloosa News

Two Tuscaloosa students were named among thousands of students as National Merit Scholars. Jordan Walker of Northridge High School and Roeder McNair of Holy Spririt Catholic High School were named…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: June 19, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Students   

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Destin resident receives NASA recognition    /  The Destin Log (Florida)

The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Megan Wood of Destin, a senior in mechanical engineering,…


Source: The Destin Log (Florida)    /    Published: June 13, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students   

Tide Continues To Roll

There’s a team of students at The University of Alabama who have won multiple national titles in recent years and perform at a high level. This team doesn’t play football, though….


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 11, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

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UA Engineering Students Awarded Scholarships, Fellowships by NASA    /  UA News

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Fellowships were given to Nicholas Jose […]


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 7, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

Crimson Racing races up the leaderboard at annual competition

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. —The University of Alabama’s Formula SAE team raced to a 17th place finish out of 120 other collegiate teams from around the world at the Formula SAE Michigan…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 6, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Students   

A Three-peat for UA Robotics Team at NASA Contest    /  UA News

For the third consecutive year, a student team at The University of Alabama placed first at a NASA robotics contest.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: May 30, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

UA robotics team wins 3rd consecutive competition    /  Fox 6 (Birmingham)

For the third year in a row, the University of Alabama Astrobotics team won the NASA Robotic Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The team beat out…


Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham)    /    Published: May 29, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

UA Engineering Professor Named AVS Fellow

  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Susan L. Burkett, Alabama Power Foundation Endowed Professor in electrical and computer engineering, was named a 2016 American Vacuum Society Fellow. Fellows of the Society…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: May 20, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research   

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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.