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Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics News

UA Students Win International Antenna Contest    /  UA News

A team of engineering students at The University of Alabama placed first in an international contest to design better antennas for small satellites, called CubeSats.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: August 7, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

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Inaugural class of STEM Scholars honored at graduation    /  Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)

On July 10, U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL-14) hosted a dual Women in STEM panel discussion and STEM Scholars graduation ceremony featuring keynote Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti and women STEM…


Source: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)    /    Published: July 14, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, In The News, Students   

Roy Selected by U.S. Air Force for Scientific Role    /  UA News

Dr. Samit Roy in aerospace engineering and mechanics was competitively selected to serve a two-year rotation as a program officer in the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Virginia.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

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UA professors comment on recent terror attacks    /  WVUA

It seems that terrorists’ attacks are in the news more and more often, whether it’s overseas or in our native country. Last night, a man deliberately drove into a group…


Source: WVUA    /    Published: June 20, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News    /    Features:   ,   

Pitching Code

  Great ideas begin with questions, and for a University of Alabama student, his questions led him to an invention. Now, Matt Bowen and some classmates are turning that idea…


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 18, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Computer Science, Students    /    Features:     

University of Alabama grad, former Redstone Arsenal flight surgeon among NASA’s 12 new astronauts    /  AL.com

Bob Hines and Dr. Frank Rubio are among the five women and seven men tapped for this year’s NASA astronaut class, which includes a physician, a surgeon, two geologists, three…


Source: AL.com    /    Published: June 8, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, In The News   

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UA Engineering Students Awarded Scholarships, Fellowships by NASA    /  UA News

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Fellowships were given to Nicholas Jose […]


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 7, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

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UA to partner with Airbus    /  Birmingham Business Journal

The University of Alabama and Airbus have signed an agreement designed to boost the school’s engineering education and research efforts. Airbus will assist UA in purchasing equipment in the areas of additive…


Source: Birmingham Business Journal    /    Published: May 31, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students   

UA, Airbus Partner to Enhance Engineering Education, Research    /  UA News

The University of Alabama and Airbus will partner in an effort to enhance engineering education and research, according to an agreement signed between representatives from the two organizations.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: May 26, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News   

Special radar to be built at University of Alabama    /  Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia)

An international team of researchers is studying the North-East Greenland Ice Stream to find out how much glaciers and ice sheets will influence rising seas. According to a report on…


Source: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Georgia)    /    Published: May 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research, Students    /    Features:   ,   

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.