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UA Engineering Students Place Second at Metal-Casting Contest

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A team of University of Alabama engineering students placed second at the 2015 Student Casting Competition for the Southeast organized by the American Foundry Society. The competition…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 4, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:     

Two UA Students Named as Hollings Scholars    /  UA News

Two University of Alabama students in the College of Engineering will receive the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2015-2017.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 30, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Students, UA News   

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UA Senior’s Film Selected for Screening at Cannes Film Festival    /  UA News

University of Alabama telecommunication and film student Michael Thomas’ short film “Traces” will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival in France.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 28, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior    /  UA News

Eric S. McVay, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2015 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 23, 2015    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Students, UA News   

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Retired UA Co-op Director Honored with National Award    /  UA News

Dr. William “Bill” Taylor, who led cooperative education efforts at The University of Alabama for nearly 20 years, is receiving national recognition for his career in cooperative education by the American Society of Engineering Education, or ASEE.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 20, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, UA News   

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UA Honors Faculty, Students and Residents at Excellence in Community Engagement Awards Luncheon    /  UA News

The UA Council on Community-Based Partnerships will honor leaders in community engagement at the ninth annual Excellence in Community Engagement awards luncheon Friday, April 17, at the Bryant Conference Center. The program begins at 10 a.m. with research poster presentations, and the awards program starts at 11:30. The council also will celebrate UA’s 2015 Carnegie recognition as an engaged institution and award the first Zachary Dodson Memorial Scholarship.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 16, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Events, Outreach, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

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

The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s Dr. Jay K. Lindly, professor of civil engineering and director of the University Transportation Center for Alabama, is the 2015 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 15, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, UA News   

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UA Honors Five Distinguished Engineering Fellows    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored five alumni by inducting them into its 2015 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 14, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, UA News   

Four UA Students Named Goldwater Scholars    /  UA News

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program has selected four University of Alabama students as Goldwater Scholars for 2015-2016.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 9, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

Bowen develops UA ‘Best Undergraduate Research’ plus national attention    /  Madison County Record

Matthew Bowen, a sophomore at the University of Alabama, is preparing to ‘MoVVE’ into a promising career in software design. A computer science major, Bowen was recognized at a UA…


Source: Madison County Record    /    Published: April 3, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, In The News, Research, Students    /    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.