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Scottsboro Native Gains ‘Edge’ Through STEM Path, Army ROTC    /  UA News

Mary Ellen Sinnott’s time at The University of Alabama has been filled with more opportunities than she could have imagined.


Author: David Miller    /    Published: January 10, 2019    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Students, UA News   

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Shimer to participate in UA’s Cooperative Education Program    /  Hendersonville Standard (Gallatin, Tennessee)

University of Alabama student Neil Shimer of Hendersonville, will participate in UA’s Cooperative Education Program for spring 2019. Shimer will be working at Gaylord Chemical. Sources: Hendersonville Standard (Gallatin, Tennessee), Gallatin News…


Source: Hendersonville Standard (Gallatin, Tennessee)    /    Published: January 9, 2019    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Students   

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In the Lab: UA Students Help Inspire Next Wave of Scientists    /  UA News

Akshay Narkhede has other research foci in Rao’s lab, but on this day, he’s focused on duplicating hydrogels to demonstrate to several young, curious shadows: high school seniors in a day-long immersion of hands-on lab experiments at UA.


Author: David Miller    /    Published: January 7, 2019    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Students, UA News    /    Features:   ,   

Sisterhood and STEM

Sisterhood and STEM go hand in hand for the women of Alpha Omega Epsilon sorority. A.O.E. is a social and professional sorority for women involved in any science, technology, engineering…


Author: Gillian Castro    /    Published: November 19, 2018    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students,   

Foundations for the Future

What began in 1950 with just 60 women engineers, has grown on an international level to become a major support system for college women in engineering across the globe and…


Author: Gillian Castro    /    Published: November 15, 2018    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students,    /    Features:     

History of UA Women in Engineering

Engineering at The University of Alabama began in 1837, but it was not until the 1920s that women started to enroll in the College of Engineering. In 1939, Rose Rabinowitz,…


Author: Gillian Castro and Alana Norris    /    Published: November 2, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students,    /    Features:     

Co-ops give engineering students ‘real-world application’    /  Crimson White

For students like Alexandra Andreen, a senior majoring in chemical engineering, the Cooperative Education Program, or co-op, provided her with distinct professional experience not offered by any other program. “I…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: October 17, 2018    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students    /    Features:     

Alabama student offers children in need 3D-printed prosthetics    /  It Just Means More

Valerie Levine is changing lives three-dimensionally. The summer before her junior year, this University of Alabama student started tinkering with a 3D printer with no goal in mind. But less…


Source: It Just Means More    /    Published: August 1, 2018    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students    /    Features:     

2019 Miss Walker County / 2019 Miss Walker County Outstanding Teen    /  Daily Mountain Eagle (Jasper)

Maggie Jones, a senior at the University of Alabama majoring in chemical engineering, was crowned the 2019 Miss Walker County Saturday night at Rowland Auditorium on the Jasper campus of…


Source: Daily Mountain Eagle (Jasper)    /    Published: July 1, 2018    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, 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.