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Alabama Robotics Team Wins Two NASA Championships in a Row    /  WVUA 23

The University of Alabama’s robotics team added another championship to the college’s pile over the weekend. Alabama Astrobotics, made up of engineering, computer science and other students from UA and…


Source: WVUA 23    /    Published: May 25, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

For Second Straight Year, UA Engineering Students Win NASA Contest    /  UA News

Alabama Astrobotics took top prize at the NASA Robotic Mining Competition, besting student teams from 45 other institutions in the challenge to build a robot capable of navigating and excavating simulated Martian soil.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 23, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

UA Researchers Expand Opportunities with Upgraded Atom Probe Technology    /  UA News

A new, powerful microscope recently installed at The University of Alabama will expand exploration into nanotechnology and geological sciences, helping research into fundamental science and spurring economic development.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 18, 2016    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, UA News   

University of Alabama Astrobotics Team working to defend title at NASA competition    /  WBMA ABC 33/40

The University of Alabama’s Astrobotics Team is heading to the Kennedy Space Center. The team hopes to defend its national title in NASA’s Robotic Mining Competition. If this year’s team comes out…


Source: WBMA ABC 33/40    /    Published: May 13, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

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2 UA Students Recognized at Honors Research Conference    /  UA News

Two students from The University of Alabama Honors College earned awards at the 15th annual University of Alabama System’s Honors Research Conference, held on the University of Alabama Huntsville campus in April.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

UA Engineering Students to Defend Title at NASA Contest, Tackle New Challenge    /  UA News

A team of students from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will defend its title at one NASA robotics contest before tackling another contest.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 10, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

University of Alabama students aim to put Crimson Racing on the map    /  The Tuscaloosa News

As a crowd of onlookers lined the sidewalk of Seventh Avenue on the University of Alabama campus on Wednesday, members of Crimson Racing unveiled their 2016 Formula car, which zipped…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: April 28, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

Entrepreneurs to Pitch Business Plans, Demo Technologies at UA AIME Day    /  UA News

Entrepreneurial teams at The University of Alabama will compete for funds to build prototypes and advanced startups will demonstrate their technologies during AIME Day, an annual showcase of burgeoning technologies and business plan competition Friday, April 15 on the UA campus.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 12, 2016    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Research, UA News   

3 UA Students Earn Hollings Scholarships    /  UA News

Three University of Alabama sophomores will receive the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship for 2016-2018.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Students, UA News   

Rocketry Challenge    /  WVUA 23

Tuscaloosa area middle school sixth graders compete in a rocketry challenge at Hillcrest High School Friday, April 8, 2016. Andrew Scott, a Hillcrest Middle School student, launches his rocket. The…


Source: WVUA 23    /    Published: April 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 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.