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University of Alabama team takes fourth in national EcoCar competition    /  Alabama News Center

Dubbed as the “Team to Watch” in the 2015 EcoCar3 Year One competition, the University of Alabama engineering students knew they were going to have to work hard to live…


Source: Alabama News Center    /    Published: June 21, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students    /    Features:   ,   

UA Robotics Team Advances in NASA Centennial Challenge    /  UA News

After winning one NASA robotics contest, a team of engineering and computer science students from The University of Alabama successfully completed the first leg of another high-profile NASA robotics contest.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 14, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Student Team Racks Up Awards in National Vehicle Contest    /  UA News

A team of University of Alabama students in a competition among North American universities to design and construct an advanced, energy-efficient vehicle was recognized with several first-place awards after completing the second year of the four-year program.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 9, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students, UA News   

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Alabama Robotics Team Wins Two NASA Championships in a Row    /  WVUA 23

The University of Alabama’s robotics team added another championship to the college’s pile over the weekend. Alabama Astrobotics, made up of engineering, computer science and other students from UA and…


Source: WVUA 23    /    Published: May 25, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

For Second Straight Year, UA Engineering Students Win NASA Contest    /  UA News

Alabama Astrobotics took top prize at the NASA Robotic Mining Competition, besting student teams from 45 other institutions in the challenge to build a robot capable of navigating and excavating simulated Martian soil.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 23, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

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Department of Energy Selects UA Engineering Graduate for Fellowship    /  UA News

A recent graduate from The University of Alabama College of Engineering was one of 27 students nationwide selected for a highly-competitive graduate fellowship in computational science from the U.S. Department of Energy.


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

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:     

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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.