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UA Building Innovative Radars to Help Flood, Drought Management    /  UA News

Researchers at The University of Alabama will lead a project to develop and deploy radars that obtain information about snow and soil moisture to help manage the nation’s water resources.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: August 28, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Recognizes Undergrad Randall Research Award Winners    /  UA News

The Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program recognizes and celebrates the best research activity conducted by undergraduate students at The University of Alabama.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 25, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News    /    Features:   , , , ,   

Setting the Standard for Sensor-Driven HVAC Control    /  ACHR News

Supported by the Saving Energy Nationwide in Structures with Occupancy Recognition (SENSOR) program of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), a University of Alabama team…


Source: ACHR News    /    Published: April 18, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research   

UA students compete in Tuscaloosa Rocketry Challenge    /  Fox 6 (Birmingham)

Water rockets filled the skies above recreation fields at the University of Alabama on Friday. “OK, you use a bottle and you fill it up with water and you just…


Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham)    /    Published: April 10, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Events, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students   

Students Seek Funding from Bama Blitz to Build Liquid Rocket, Satellite    /  UA News

A group of 30 University of Alabama engineering undergraduate students are attempting to build the first student-designed liquid-fueled rocket to launch a UA-built satellite into space for the first time.


Author: Jamon Smith    /    Published: April 9, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

Hundreds of Sixth-Graders to Launch Rockets Friday    /  UA News

The Tuscaloosa Rocketry Challenge will be held at noon Friday, April 6, on The University of Alabama’s outdoor recreation fields.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: April 3, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students, UA News   

ARES team plans to take UA to space

Alabama Rocket Engineering Systems team, or ARES, has set out to inspire a passion for rocketry and design at The University of Alabama. This team, currently made up of 30…


Author: Gillian Castro    /    Published: April 2, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Research, Students   

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UA College of Engineering uses drones to analyze damage at JSU    /  WVUA

Drones have become a popular item and now the University of Alabama’s engineering department has found a new way to put them to use. The UA’s Remote Sensing Center used its…


Source: WVUA    /    Published: March 30, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students   

Mont Belvieu’s Pezent recognized with UA research award    /  Liberty (Texas) Vindicator

James Pezent of Mont Belvieu was recognized for research by The University of Alabama’s Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program.


Source: Liberty (Texas) Vindicator    /    Published: March 29, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, In The News, Research, Students   

UA Students Highlight Research, Creativity during Annual Conference    /  UA News

More than 450 undergraduate students at The University of Alabama are highlighting their research and creative projects during the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference March 28-30.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: March 26, 2018    /    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, Research, 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.