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UA Graduates Receive Fulbright Awards for 2016-17    /  UA News

Seven University of Alabama alumni and graduate students have won Fulbright awards for 2016-17.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 17, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Students, UA News   

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2 UA Students Recognized at Honors Research Conference    /  UA News

Two students from The University of Alabama Honors College earned awards at the 15th annual University of Alabama System’s Honors Research Conference, held on the University of Alabama Huntsville campus in April.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

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UA Student to Receive Traffic Engineering Scholarship    /  UA News

A University of Alabama student will receive a scholarship from the Alabama Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Students, UA News   

UA Engineering Students to Defend Title at NASA Contest, Tackle New Challenge    /  UA News

A team of students from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will defend its title at one NASA robotics contest before tackling another contest.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 10, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

National Science Foundation Selects UA Graduates for Competitive Fellowships    /  UA News

Two graduating seniors at The University of Alabama have accepted admittance to the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Sarah McFann from Arlington, Tennessee, and Samantha Tilson from Littleton, Colorado, both in chemical and biological engineering, are two of 2,000 NSF Graduate Research Fellows selected from more than 13,000 applicants. The students from UA will receive financial support for graduate studies.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 9, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

2016 Randall Research Program Honors 16 UA Students    /  UA News

Sixteen University of Alabama undergraduate researchers have received recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program. The program recognizes the best research activity conducted by UA undergraduates, who are nominated by faculty and staff research directors.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 2, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News   

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Baker Receives UA Engineering’s Hackney Leadership Award    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s Dr. John Baker, head of the department of aerospace engineering and mechanics, is the 2016 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 27, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior    /  UA News

Stephen Peter Rowe, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2016 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 26, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

UA Engineering Student Receives Prestigious Hertz Fellowship    /  UA News

Sarah McFann, a University of Alabama senior from Arlington, Tennessee, has received an elite Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship for 2016. McFann is the first UA student to be named a recipient of the award, which has been presented to fewer than 1,200 students in its 53 year history.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 22, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

Three Innovative Teams Win UA Business Plan Competition    /  UA News

Three University of Alabama student teams are on their way to starting their own businesses after winning the Culverhouse College of Commerce’s third annual Edward K. Aldag Jr. Business Plan Competition.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 19, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Research, 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.