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Bradt Named Life Member of Ceramic Society    /  UA News

Dr. Richard C. Bradt, metallurgical and materials engineering professor emeritus at UA, has been named a Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 26, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, UA News   

Roy Selected by U.S. Air Force for Scientific Role    /  UA News

Dr. Samit Roy in aerospace engineering and mechanics was competitively selected to serve a two-year rotation as a program officer in the Air Force Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Virginia.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: June 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

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UA professors comment on recent terror attacks    /  WVUA

It seems that terrorists’ attacks are in the news more and more often, whether it’s overseas or in our native country. Last night, a man deliberately drove into a group…


Source: WVUA    /    Published: June 20, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News    /    Features:   ,   

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Tuscaloosa students named National Merit Scholarship winners    /  The Tuscaloosa News

Two Tuscaloosa students were named among thousands of students as National Merit Scholars. Jordan Walker of Northridge High School and Roeder McNair of Holy Spririt Catholic High School were named…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: June 19, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Students   

Pitching Code

  Great ideas begin with questions, and for a University of Alabama student, his questions led him to an invention. Now, Matt Bowen and some classmates are turning that idea…


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 18, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Alumni, Computer Science, Students    /    Features:     

Launching Inspiration

  When Cassidy McCool was 4, her grandfather asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Like most preschool children, McCool had no clue. “He said, ‘why don’t…


Author: Adam Jones and Judah Martin    /    Published: June 17, 2017    /    Posted in:   Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students   

Opening Borders

  As relations between the United States and Cuba began to thaw, The University of Alabama found itself in a unique position to reach out to universities on the island…


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 15, 2017    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students    /    Features:   ,   

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Destin resident receives NASA recognition    /  The Destin Log (Florida)

The Alabama Space Grant Consortium has given seven University of Alabama engineering students $42,000 in graduate fellowship and undergraduate scholarship money. Megan Wood of Destin, a senior in mechanical engineering,…


Source: The Destin Log (Florida)    /    Published: June 13, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students   

UA students develop flexible solar cell    /  The Tuscaloosa News

A start-up technology company run by University of Alabama students and an associate professor is developing a thin, flexible solar cell with the goal of helping the military meet goals…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: June 12, 2017    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Research, Students    /    Features:     

Tide Continues To Roll

There’s a team of students at The University of Alabama who have won multiple national titles in recent years and perform at a high level. This team doesn’t play football, though….


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 11, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical 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.