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University of Alabama students win NASA space mining competition    /  AL.com

Though the University of Alabama has its fair share of athletic national championships, a group of engineering and computer science students are racking up academic trophies in a national robotics competition….


Source: AL.com    /    Published: June 2, 2015    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

UA Engineering Students Win National Contest    /  UA News

A team of students from The University of Alabama won NASA’s Robotic Mining Contest against teams from across the country.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 27, 2015    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

Students Place Second in ASME Contest

A team of students from The University of Alabama College of Engineering placed second in the 2015 annual American Society of Mechanical Engineers Human Powered Vehicle Team competition in Gainesville, Florida, in…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 25, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Students   

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Ninth Cohort of Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars Attending UA    /  UA News

The University of Alabama has welcomed the ninth cohort of Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars to campus.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 11, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Students, UA News   

Two UA Students Receive Critical Language Scholarships from State Department    /  UA News

Two University of Alabama students have received Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. State Department to study languages during the summer of 2015.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 8, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Students, UA News   

UA Student Receives Boren Scholarship for Study in Brazil    /  UA News

University of Alabama student Rachel Ramey has received a Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program to study in Brazil during the spring and fall semesters of 2016.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 8, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Students, UA News   

Randall Research Program Honors 31 UA Students    /  UA News

Thirty-one University of Alabama undergraduate researchers received recent recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 5, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

Dr. Jeff Gray

Computer Science Professor Tapped to Edit Journal

Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, was recently named the editor-in-chief of Journal on Software and Systems Modeling, or SoSym, the top research journal in the…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 5, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Research    /    Features:     

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   

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.