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A team of students from The University of Alabama Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering was named a finalist out of 15 teams in the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office and University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics 2025 Undergraduate Hypersonic Flight Design Competition. This competition involved creating an “unpowered, high lift-to-drag, hypersonic projectile for low altitude operation” to be maneuvered at extremely high speeds of Mach 5-8, according to the UCAH.
Author: Natalie Bonner / Published: April 1, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. C. Taber Wanstall, Dr. Joshua A. Bittle
The University will recognize excellence in faculty research, creativity and scholarship at the annual Faculty Research Day on March 31.
Author: Jessica Nelson / Published: April 1, 2026 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News / Features: Dr. Dawen Li, Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, Dr. Ryan Summers, Dr. Shreyas S. Rao, Dr. Vishesh Vikas
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association recently honored its 2026 class of 18 Under 31 Young Alumni Award recipients. Of the 18 recipients, five are alumni of the Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering. Learn more about these outstanding young alumni and the impact they have already made on their industries and communities.
Author: Natalie Bonner / Published: March 25, 2026 / Posted in: Alumni, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted six individuals and honored one corporation and one engineering project during a ceremony Feb. 28 at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: March 13, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Events, UA News
NASA has selected 16 teams from 11 U.S. states as Phase 2 Milestone Round winners in the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge. The competition advances innovative recycling technologies for future space missions….
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: March 10, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Outreach
TUSCALOOSA — Fifteen first-year students at The University of Alabama are the first cohort of the Alabama-Esslingen-Mercedes Exchange, a continuation of a long-running exchange program in automotive engineering.
Author: Jessica Nelson / Published: March 10, 2026 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Partners / Features: Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian
A research collaboration between civil engineering professor Dr. Mark Elliott and his former doctoral student Jillian Maxcy-Brown has earned national recognition from the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the…
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: March 9, 2026 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Mark Elliott
Dr. Sichen Yuan, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, received the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award for advancing high-power microwave systems with optimal structural…
Author: Emily Fischer / Published: March 9, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff
Dr. Tibor Szilvási, assistant professor and graduate program coordinator in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is the 2026 recipient of the American Chemical Society’s Catalysis Science and Technology…
Author: Emily Fischer / Published: March 5, 2026 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff
The annual Premier Awards honor members of the UA community who exemplify the highest standards of scholarship, service, leadership and character. Six students, two faculty members and a student club received the University’s top honors.
Author: Jennifer Brady / Published: March 5, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, 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.
