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UA Robotic Mining Team Set for Contest in Hawaii

Tuscaloosa, Alabama – A team of University of Alabama students who won the top prize at a NASA contest this year are traveling to Hawaii for another contest. Made up…


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: July 17, 2014    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

Birmingham native leads team in assembling new C-Class sedan at Mercedes    /  Birmingham Business Journal

David Reeves began his career at Mercedes Benz at the Tuscaloosa County plant when he was a co-op student at the University of Alabama. The mechanical engineering major and Vestavia…


Source: Birmingham Business Journal    /    Published: June 19, 2014    /    Posted in:   Alumni, In The News, Mechanical Engineering   

‘Carbon Capture’ One Key to Combating Global Warming    /  Alabama Public Radio

The question of how to reduce the pollution that causes global warming is now a hot topic since new carbon limits were announced by the EPA earlier this month.  Those…


Source: Alabama Public Radio    /    Published: June 12, 2014    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

UA Engineering Students Win Metal-Casting Contest    /  UA News

A team of University of Alabama engineering students won the 2014 Student Casting Competition for the Southeast organized by the American Foundry Society.This is the third time in four years UA students have won the AFS competition.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 11, 2014    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students, UA News   

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UA Engineering Students Selected for NASA Scholarships    /  UA News

The Alabama Space Grant Consortium awarded seven undergraduate scholarships and one graduate fellowship to students at The University of Alabama.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 10, 2014    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students, UA News   

UA Engineering Professor Receives Oak Ridge Powe Grant    /  UA News

Dr. Lin Li, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama, was one of 35 researchers selected to receive a nationally-competitive grant from Oak Ridge Associated Universities through the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards program.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 10, 2014    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

UA’s Randall Research Program Recognizes 15 Budding Investigators    /  UA News

Fifteen University of Alabama undergraduate researchers received recognition through the Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 9, 2014    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Research, Students, UA News   

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Bidsters to open for business    /  Crimson White

Ben Bickerstaff always imagined that he would be “somewhere turning salt water into fresh water.” A native of Anniston, Alabama, and a graduate of the University of Alabama civil engineering…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: June 4, 2014    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students   

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Yellowhammer Rocketry returns from launch competition    /  Crimson White

The Yellowhammer Rocketry team competed at the NASA Student Launch project at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Salt Lake City, Utah, from May 15 to 17. Group leader Shelby Cochran,…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: June 4, 2014    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, In The News, Students    /    Features:     

Alabama Engineering Recruit Da’Shawn Hand    /  WVTM Alabam's 13

Da’Shawn Hand has the rare blend of athleticism and speed. The nation’s top-rated defensive end had 94 scholarship offers on the table. “It was a long process, but next year I…


Source: WVTM Alabam's 13    /    Published: June 3, 2014    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, 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.