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For more than 185 years, The University of Alabama Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering has served the state, nation and global community by advancing the boundaries of knowledge through innovative research and education of the next generation of leaders. As student enrollment, research activity and national recognition continue to rise, sustained investment in exceptional faculty remains a central College priority.
Author: Emily Fischer / Published: May 22, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Features: Dr. C. Taber Wanstall, Dr. Lin Gao, Dr. Lusha Wang, Dr. Matthew Blair, Dr. Noorbakhsh Amiri Golilarz, Dr. Sayanton Dibbo, Dr. Zhiheng Lyu
Inside The Cube at the University of Alabama, ideas don’t stay on paper for long. The facility, housed within the Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering, serves as the University’s primary makerspace. It provides students, faculty and staff — along with members of the broader Alabama community — access to tools and guidance to design, prototype and build projects for class, research and entrepreneurial efforts.
Author: Mitch Bailey / Published: May 7, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Peter Ludovice, Mitch Bailey
The University of Alabama Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering inducted six alumni as Distinguished Engineering Fellows at a banquet at Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium on April 25.
Author: Natalie Bonner / Published: April 30, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Home Page Main Story, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Partners, UA News,
Five UA students and one alumnus have been selected for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which supports fellowships for outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time, research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering or math, including STEM education.
Author: Bryant Welbourne / Published: April 30, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News
The Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering hosted more than 1,000 prospective high school students and guests for its annual E-Day event on March 6.
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: April 29, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students
The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has awarded three undergraduate scholarships and two graduate fellowships to students in the Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering.
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: April 27, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks, Dr. Pan Zhao
An open-source software toolkit developed at UA plays an important part in NASA’s ongoing and future missions, including Artemis I and Artemis II.
Author: Jessica Nelson / Published: April 13, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, Partners, UA News / Features: Dr. Rohan Sood
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 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
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.
