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Researchers, including faculty and students from the University of Alabama, who studied the aftermath of a devastating 2013 tornado in Oklahoma say simple design changes could improve the survivability of…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 30, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research
Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can lead to the removal of the roof and collapsed walls, according to a study of damage left behind by a powerful tornado in Moore, Okla., in 2013 by researchers at The University of Alabama and other institutions.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 30, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Laura Myers, Dr. Thang N. Dao
Former Cabot High School student David Phelps, a senior in civil engineering at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, recently received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award at the 2014 Premier…
Source: Cabot Star-Herald (Ark.) (Subscription required) / Published: April 25, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students
Philip Johnson, a petroleum engineering professor at the University of Alabama, calls the Gulf of Mexico “a monster reservoir,” but points out that drilling deep into the Gulf is a…
Source: Business Alabama / Published: April 24, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News
Tuscaloosa, Ala. – The University of Alabama Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering recently honored three alumni at a banquet. Dr. Joseph Allen Jr. was awarded the Keith Woodman…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 11, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering / Features: Dr. Joseph Allen
Tuscaloosa, Ala. – The University of Alabama Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering recently honored the department’s professor of the year award at a banquet held at the Bryant…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 11, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff / Features: Dr. William Edward Back
Demopolis High School graduate Logan Culpepper Holley earned two awards from a recent engineering banquet at the University of Alabama. Holley was awarded the George J. Davis Award for Outstanding…
Source: The Demopolis Times / Published: April 9, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students
Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Dr. Wei Song and Dr. Stephanie Vereen, both assistant professors in the UA department of civil, construction and environmental engineering, were selected to participate in the American Society of Civil…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 8, 2014 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff / Features: Dr. Wei Song
Charles Williams was certain he was done with school when he earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Mississippi almost 20 years ago. Over the years,…
Author: Judah Martin / Published: April 8, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Research, Students
The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama Foundation said Friday that Bidsters of Tuscaloosa was among the five startup teams that received a share of $135,000 in funding during the Alabama…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: March 21, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Outreach, 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.
