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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: Dr. Kenneth G. Ricks
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: Dr. Xiangrong Shen
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: Dr. James Paul Hubner
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
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: Dr. Xiangrong Shen
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: Dr. Laurentiu Nastac
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, 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
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: Dr. Laura Myers, Dr. Thang N. Dao
Joan Reichwein Smith, systems integration lead engineer at the Utility Helicopters Project Office, was selected as the 2013 Alabama Young Engineer of the Year by the Engineering Council of Birmingham…
Source: The Redstone Rocket / Published: April 30, 2014 / Posted in: Alumni, Awards and Honors, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
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.
