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UA Engineering Students Build Robot for Space-Mining Contest    /  UA News

Students in the Alabama Astrobotics team from The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will participate in the NASA Robotics Mining Competition May 19-23 at Kennedy Space Center.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 13, 2014    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News   

UA students going to NASA competition    /  WVUA TV

The University of Alabama College of Engineering is sending a team of students to a NASA competition. The Alabama Astrobotics team has built a digging robot that will compete against…


Source: WVUA TV    /    Published: May 13, 2014    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

National Science Foundation presents award for powered prosthesis development    /  Healio

The National Science Foundation awarded Xiangrong Shen, PhD, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama college of Engineering, the CAREER Award to assist in his work on a…


Source: Healio    /    Published: May 13, 2014    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research    /    Features:     

ariel view of Engineering Quad

UA Rocket Team Ready for Launch    /  UA News

A team of University of Alabama students known as the Yellowhammers will compete in the NASA Student Launch challenge May 15-17 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Tooele County, Utah.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 12, 2014    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

Looking to keep your student occupied this summer? Check out these camps at the University of Alabama    /  AL.com

Have you got an engineering whiz kid or a budding environmentalist you need to keep busy while school is out of session this summer? While University of Alabama students empty…


Source: AL.com    /    Published: May 8, 2014    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Events, In The News, Outreach   

UA Engineering Professor Awarded NSF CAREER Award for Robotic Prosthesis    /  UA News

The National Science Foundation selected a University of Alabama mechanical engineering professor for a CAREER Award for his research into a robotic prosthesis that could help amputees walk better.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 5, 2014    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

ariel view of Engineering Quad

MTE Students Awarded FEF Scholarships

Tuscaloosa, Ala. – Six students studying metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama were awarded Foundry Educational Foundation Scholarships at the conclusion of the 2014 spring semester. The…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: May 2, 2014    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

National Student Exchange student follows in parents’ footsteps    /   Iowa State Daily

An ISU student will be following in his father’s footsteps when he spends the upcoming school year at the University of Alabama as part of the National Student Exchange program….


Source: Iowa State Daily    /    Published: May 1, 2014    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Students   

Researchers: Simple changes may help homes better survive tornadoes    /  The Tuscaloosa News

Researchers, including faculty and students from the University of Alabama, who studied the aftermath of a devastating 2013 tornado in Oklahoma say simple design changes could improve the survivability of…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: April 30, 2014    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research   

Small Changes Could Save Structures, Lives During Tornadoes, Reports UA-Involved Study    /  UA News

Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can lead to the removal of the roof and collapsed walls, according to a study of damage left behind by a powerful tornado in Moore, Okla., in 2013 by researchers at The University of Alabama and other institutions.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: April 30, 2014    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News    /    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.