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Former acting administrator of NASA and University of Alabama alumnus Robert Lightfoot has been on a path of reconnection for the past year. After retiring from NASA in April 2018,…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: October 14, 2019 / Posted in: Alumni, Mechanical Engineering,
Researchers at the University of Alabama are embarking on a $16.8 million project to transform the roads and highways in the Tuscaloosa area into a smart transportation network that is…
Source: Alabama Newscenter / Published: October 3, 2019 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Center for Transportation Operations, Planning and Safety, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research / Features: Dr. Alexander Hainen, Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, Dr. Joshua A. Bittle, Dr. Jun Liu, Dr. Laura Myers, Dr. Randy Smith
A program at The University of Alabama is helping new college students get a head start with the goal of seeing them succeed throughout their academic careers and beyond. The…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: September 30, 2019 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
The key question is how to monetize that data and it has industry leaders stumped, according to Bharat Balasubramanian, a former executive at Daimler AG and current professor at the…
Source: Fox Business / Published: July 28, 2019 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering / Features: Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian
ASHRAE recognized the achievements and contributions of members to the HVACR industry during the 2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference, June 22-26, in Kansas City, Missouri …Zheng O’Neill, Ph.D., P.E., associate professor,…
Source: Engineered Systems / Published: June 26, 2019 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering
A team at The University of Alabama is working to modernize traffic lights to become smarter and communicate with vehicles passing through. Changes are needed, they say, to improve the flow of traffic because congested areas have no other option.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: June 24, 2019 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Alexander Hainen, Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, Dr. Travis Atkison, Dr. Xiaoyan Hong
“Electric cars were not as disruptive as we all thought,” said Bharat Balasubramanian, a former Mercedes-Benz executive and head of the University of Alabama’s Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies. “There’s…
Source: Fox Business / Published: June 19, 2019 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering / Features: Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian
Success for UA’s Forumula SAE team did not come easy. The 18-member student team had to overcome a few small mechanical and electrical issues that needed to be addressed before competition.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: June 14, 2019 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News
The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored five alumni by inducting them into its 2019 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows.
Author: Alana Norris / Published: May 8, 2019 / Posted in: Alumni, Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News
For the first time — and maybe not the last — students from the University of Alabama and Tuscaloosa Magnet Elementary School entered a partnership to teach science skills they…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 21, 2019 / Posted in: In The News, Mechanical 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.
