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A team of students at The University of Alabama building a small satellite as part of a NASA program are continuing their outreach efforts to state schools during the COVID-19 pandemic through online lessons.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: April 8, 2020 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. John Baker, Dr. Rohan Sood
Shortfin mako sharks are the cheetahs of the open ocean, with some estimates putting their top speeds at more than 100 km/hr. That swiftness may be the result of more…
Source: Physics Today / Published: April 3, 2020 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Amy W. Lang
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame inducted six new members during a recent ceremony at the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa. These six individuals joined the 192…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: March 10, 2020 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Awards and Honors, Events, Mechanical Engineering
NASA has selected 18 small research satellites from 11 states to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets launching in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The selected CubeSats were proposed by educational…
Source: NASA / Published: February 24, 2020 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, In The News, Research, Students / Features: Dr. John Baker
Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), today announced the winners of its awards program, “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties.” The awards…
Source: MarketScreener / Published: January 14, 2020 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, In The News, Students
Thirteen astronauts who may be the next humans to walk on the moon or even make the historic journey to Mars have been chosen as NASA’s newest astronauts. Bob Hines,…
Source: ACJ / Published: December 27, 2019 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Awards and Honors, In The News
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—the time NASA’s SnowEx campaign hits the skies and ground of the world’s snowy places, measuring snow properties to understand how much water…
Source: Phys.org / Published: December 26, 2019 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Remote Sensing Center, Research / Features: Dr. Ryan A. Taylor, Dr. Sevgi Zubeyde Gurbuz, Dr. Siva Prasad Gogineni
University of Alabama researchers played a role in developing radar that will help recover some of the oldest ice buried in Antarctica, part of an international effort to better understand…
Source: AL.com / Published: December 23, 2019 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Remote Sensing Center, Research / Features: Dr. Ryan A. Taylor, Dr. Siva Prasad Gogineni, Dr. Stephen J. Yan
A unique radar developed by engineering researchers at The University of Alabama helped find the location to recover some of the oldest ice buried in Antarctica as part of an international effort to better understand the Earth’s climate history.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: December 20, 2019 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Remote Sensing Center, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Ryan A. Taylor, Dr. Siva Prasad Gogineni, Dr. Stephen J. Yan
Three University of Alabama engineering students opened Lockheed Martin’s Space Challenge Box by correctly solving a high-value problem and unlocking a future of opportunities with the company. Lockheed Martin visited…
Author: Brooklyn Pfanstiel / Published: October 24, 2019 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Students
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.
