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With graduation looming, many seniors at The University of Alabama are busy preparing for final exams. For a select group of students, wrapping up the semester means presenting the findings…
Source: Brasfield & Gorrie / Published: April 26, 2016 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students
Stephen Peter Rowe, a senior at The University of Alabama, recently received the 2016 Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Senior Award.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 26, 2016 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Mechanical Engineering, Students, UA News
After Moore, Okla., got hammered by its third monster tornado in 13 years, Mayor Glenn Lewis had had enough. He pushed to make Moore the first U.S. city to beef…
Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press / Published: April 25, 2016 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research
A team of engineering students won first place in the University of Alabama’s third annual Edward K. Aldag Jr. Business Plan Competition held earlier this month. The team has a start-up…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 25, 2016 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students
Sarah McFann, a University of Alabama senior from Arlington, Tennessee, has received an elite Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship for 2016. McFann is the first UA student to be named a recipient of the award, which has been presented to fewer than 1,200 students in its 53 year history.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 22, 2016 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Research, Students, UA News
Three University of Alabama student teams are on their way to starting their own businesses after winning the Culverhouse College of Commerce’s third annual Edward K. Aldag Jr. Business Plan Competition.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 19, 2016 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students, UA News
Nearly 50 teams from across the country are in Huntsville this weekend to show, and eventually blast off, their custom-made rockets. Let’s be clear, these aren’t your bottle rockets you…
Source: WHNT CBS 19 / Published: April 18, 2016 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, In The News, Students / Features: Dr. James Paul Hubner
Two teams of mechanical engineering students at the University of Alabama have spent their senior year designing tools for a NASA competition inspired by the space agency’s plans for human…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 18, 2016 / Posted in: In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Beth Ann Todd
It seems like an unlikely collaboration when it comes to earthquakes: the University of Alabama and NASA. After all, NASA is more commonly associated with the space program, and Alabama…
Source: WIAT CBS 42 / Published: April 15, 2016 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Michael E. Kreger, Dr. Sriram Aaleti
Entrepreneurial teams at The University of Alabama will compete for funds to build prototypes and advanced startups will demonstrate their technologies during AIME Day, an annual showcase of burgeoning technologies and business plan competition Friday, April 15 on the UA campus.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 12, 2016 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Research, UA News
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.
