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UA Student Team Racks Up Awards in National Vehicle Contest    /  UA News

A team of University of Alabama students in a competition among North American universities to design and construct an advanced, energy-efficient vehicle was recognized with several first-place awards after completing the second year of the four-year program.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 9, 2016    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students, UA News   

Alabama football-backed sideline injury tent headed to market    /  Sports Illustrated

Prior to last season, when a University of Alabama football player was injured in a game, he would be rushed to the sidelines and instantly a flurry of cameras would…


Source: Sports Illustrated    /    Published: June 8, 2016    /    Posted in:   In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students   

Spin-off Company to Market, Sell UA-Developed Product    /  UA News

The University of Alabama licensed the technology behind a collapsible sideline tent designed to give better medical care to athletes to a spin-off company that will develop, market, manufacture and distribute the tent.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 7, 2016    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News   

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SME Awards Additive Manufacturing Leaders and Visionaries    /  WDRB 41

SME also announced the winners of the Dick Aubin Distinguished Paper Award for “Contact-Free Support Structures for Part Overhangs in Powder-Bed Metal Additive Manufacturing,” written byKevin Chou, PhD, and Bo…


Source: WDRB 41    /    Published: June 2, 2016    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research   

ariel view of Engineering Quad

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:     

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:     

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.