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Ten students from the University of Alabama completed some parts of their engineering studies in Germany as part of the “Two Steps Ahead” program – including internships at Daimler’s Sindelfingen…
Source: Daimler / Published: September 11, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian
The University of Alabama is teaming up with Auburn University to conduct a new state-wide traffic study, and it’s all about keeping Alabamians safer on the roadways. Alabama and Auburn…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: September 4, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Rhonda Stricklin
The Board of Supervisors funded a community outreach liaison on Tuesday, and the new position will work on Santa Barbara County emergency-preparedness efforts … There is another survey asking for input on…
Source: Nooz Hawk / Published: August 29, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Outreach, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
Nearly one-million dollars in grants have been awarded to law enforcement agencies across the southeastern portion of the state by Gov. Kay Ivey, the Alabama Department of Economic and Community…
Source: NBC 12 (Montgomery) / Published: August 22, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Research
It’s summer, and that means Tuscaloosa is a sea of orange cones and construction zones. And it’s not clearing up any time soon, with two major road work projects under…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: August 6, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Transportation Operations, Planning and Safety, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News / Features: Dr. Steven Jones
According to the State Troopers Association, fewer than 300 Troopers patrol the entire state, a number that should be closer to 750 according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA),…
Source: Alabama Today / Published: August 4, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research
The Center for Advanced Public Safety at the University of Alabama tracks some of the numbers. In 2017, CAPS says 66-percent of accidents in Alabama were caused by pedestrians not…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: June 18, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Rhonda Stricklin
Early results of an ongoing public survey to measure the effectiveness of warning messages issued ahead of and during the deadly 1/9 Debris Flow reveal significant failures by Santa Barbara…
Source: Santa Barbara (California) Independent / Published: June 15, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
A new University of Alabama study shows a person not wearing a seatbelt in a car crash is 40 times more likely to die than those who buckle up. Sources: Fox…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: May 27, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Rhonda Stricklin
Those involved in auto crashes while not wearing seat belts are 40 times more likely to die than those who buckle up, according to an analysis of state crash records from the past five years by University of Alabama researchers.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: May 22, 2018 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. David Brown
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.
