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Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE: CRS) announced today that Viola L. Acoff and John Hart have been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. The Carpenter Board now consists of 12 members, 11 of…
Source: Carpenter Technology Corporation / Published: February 24, 2019 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A University of Alabama metallurgical and materials engineering professor has received an American Vacuum Society Fellow award for her contributions to disciplines related to materials, interfaces and…
Author: Gillian Castro / Published: December 6, 2018 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Features: Dr. Subhadra Gupta
More than 80 members of the faculty and staff were honored for receiving their first externally funded research award at The University of Alabama during the past academic year.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: November 8, 2018 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Center for Advanced Public Safety, Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research, Center for Water Quality Research, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Chris S. Crawford, Dr. Feng Yan, Dr. Hamid Moradkhani, Dr. Kalyan Kumar Srinivasan, Dr. Leigh Terry, Dr. Michael E. Kreger, Dr. Prabhakar Clement, Dr. Rebecca Odom-Bartel, Dr. Ryan A. Taylor, Dr. Ryan Summers, Dr. Sevgi Zubeyde Gurbuz, Dr. Sundar Rajan Krishnan, Dr. Zhe Jiang, Jeremy Pate
Dr. Viola L. Acoff, associate dean for undergraduate and graduate programs, was the first African American female faculty member in The University of Alabama College of Engineering. Hired in 1994,…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: November 5, 2018 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
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: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
Jackson State University physics grad Derrick Stokes is a new breed of materials scientist. In the photo taken during his time at The University of Alabama, where he was a Bridge…
Source: U.S. Black Engineer / Published: October 2, 2018 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
University of Alabama researchers are examining how a new 3-D printing technology could be used by the military.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: September 6, 2018 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. J. Brian Jordon, Dr. Luke N. Brewer, Dr. Paul G. Allison
The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is responsible for plenty of innovative 3D printing research over the years, such as 3D printing drones and working with recycled 3D printing material…
Source: 3-D Print / Published: August 31, 2018 / Posted in: Alumni, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research
For Sandia materials scientist Olivia Underwood, volunteering with HMTech has been one way to make a difference in the community. This is her second year working with the program and…
Source: Sandia National Laboratories / Published: July 6, 2018 / Posted in: Alumni, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
The University of Alabama’s board trustees named Gregory Thompson, a professor in The University of Alabama’s Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, a University research professor.
Source: Crimson White / Published: June 21, 2018 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research / Features: Dr. Gregory B. Thompson
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.
