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UA assistant professor organizes NSF visioning workshop

TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — A University of Alabama engineering professor was awarded a grant to organize a National Science Foundation visioning workshop this spring. Dr. Jacob Chakareski, electrical and computer engineering…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 22, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff   

Gregory Thompson named a university research professor    /  Crimson White

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:     

Thompson Named University Research Professor    /  UA News

UA’s Board of Trustees named Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, professor in the department of metallurgical and materials engineering, a University Research Professor earlier this month.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 14, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News    /    Features:     

ariel view of Engineering Quad

COLLEGE NEWS: June 10, 2018    /  The Tuscaloosa News

‒ The University of Alabama College of Engineering honored five alumni by inducting them into its 2018 class of Distinguished Engineering Fellows. Each year, the College of Engineering inducts a…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: June 10, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   

Predicting View    /  UA News

Of all the internet has brought, 360-degree videos that let users see around a fixed point are among the coolest, but it is difficult at the rate data travels for all of a high-quality, 360-video to arrive at the end user perfectly from the start. A University of Alabama researcher is developing a method to smooth the associated lag.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 7, 2018    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News   

UA Students Win Regional Robotics Competition    /  UA News

The University of Alabama Robotics team became the first UA robotics team in school history to win the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SoutheastCon Hardware Competition.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 7, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

Shelby County student earns $1,000 Alfa Foundation Scholarship    /  Shelby County Reporter

The tuition bill for a local college student will be a little lower in August thanks to a scholarship awarded through the Alfa Foundation … Scholarship recipient Jacob Odom of…


Source: Shelby County Reporter    /    Published: June 6, 2018    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students   

University Students to Test Microgravity Research in NASA’s Underwater Analog    /  Alabama Latino News

Twenty-five student teams from across the country will test their research underwater in May and June in simulated microgravity at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as part of the…


Source: Alabama Latino News    /    Published: June 4, 2018    /    Posted in:   Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:     

Madison County native completes Capitol Hill internship for Sen. Shelby    /  Madison County Journal

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) announced that Mason Joyner, daughter of Walley and Kelly Joyner of Madison, Mississippi, Darry Elizabeth Freeman of Montgomery, and Bebe Wheeles of Birmingham, completed internships this summer in his…


Source: Madison County Journal    /    Published: June 3, 2018    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Students   

UA Engineering Alumni Honor Outstanding Senior

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Holden DeGrave, a recent graduate of The University of Alabama, received the 2018 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award. A graduate of Southwest High School in Green…


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: June 2, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 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.