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Drawing upon expertise from across campus, a new center at The University of Alabama will help overcome obstacles keeping drug therapies that show promise in the lab from translating to…
Author: Adam Jones and Shane Dorrill / Published: October 5, 2021 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Dr. Sharlene D. Newman
It was a big day for The University of Alabama College of Engineering. The College held a ribbon cutting ceremony in honor of its new advanced manufacturing program.
Source: WVUA / Published: October 1, 2021 / Posted in: Centers, Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering / Features: Dr. Nader Jalili
The UA College of Engineering’s Alabama Initiative on Manufacturing Development and Education, or Alabama IMaDE, held its grand opening ceremony Sept. 30.
Author: Abby Woodruff / Published: September 30, 2021 / Posted in: Events, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Mechanical Engineering, UA News / Features: Dr. Nader Jalili
The University of Alabama will continue its role as home to the state’s only Industrial Assessment Center that assists manufacturers in reducing carbon emissions and energy costs, while training the…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: September 17, 2021 / Posted in: Alabama Industrial Training and Assessment Center, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Mechanical Engineering, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Joseph P. Carpenter, Dr. Keith A. Woodbury, Dr. Shahriar (Sean) Amini
Unlike many diseases that afflict aging humans, there are already cures for the most common, serious and expensive threat to thousands of aging buildings… “Most old concrete buildings in this…
Source: ArcaMax Publishing / Published: September 12, 2021 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Michael E. Kreger
For the last 18 months, 29 university teams have competed in a unique autonomous vehicle event. The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) is a $1.5 million prize competition among universities to…
Source: The Robot Report / Published: September 10, 2021 / Posted in: Computer Science, Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students
Airplanes were historically made of metal, usually an aluminum alloy. Now some new airplanes, such as the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350, are about 55% composite materials instead, says Samit…
Source: Chemical & Engineering News / Published: September 7, 2021 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News / Features: Dr. Samit Roy
Despite a drop in vehicle crashes this year in the state, fatal crashes have increased slightly, possibly because of lingering effects of the pandemic, according to research from The University…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: September 2, 2021 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. David Brown
Jonathan Priedeman, a materials science doctorate student at The University of Alabama, earned an award from one of the most notable international journals specific to materials research, Acta Materialia. “The…
Author: Abby Woodruff / Published: August 30, 2021 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Gregory B. Thompson
Researchers will experiment with more effective ways of breaking down hard-to-recycle plastics.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: August 26, 2021 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Home Page Main Story, Research, UA News / Features: Dr. Amanda Koh, Dr. C. Heath Turner, Dr. Jason E. Bara, Dr. Paul A. Rupar, Dr. Steven T. Weinman, Dr. Tibor Szilvási
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.
