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UA Celebrates the Unveiling of H.M. Comer    /  UA News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering officially celebrated the opening of the newly renovated H.M. Comer Hall with a ribbon cutting ceremony today.


Author: Alana Norris    /    Published: September 28, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Events, Faculty and Staff, UA News    /    Features:     

UA Professor to Advance U.S. Drought Monitoring and Prediction    /  UA News

With a NOAA grant from the UA Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research will help improve scientists’ ability to predict when and where our country is most at risk of drought.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: September 27, 2018    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

Some defy mandatory evacuation order despite looming threat of Hurricane Florence    /  MSN.com

Anita Harrell says the challenge of gathering up and transporting eight pets means she’ll be ignoring the mandatory evacuation order issued to the residents of Wilmington, N.C., as powerful Hurricane…


Source: MSN.com    /    Published: September 14, 2018    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

High-Achieving Freshman Class, Graduate School Growth Highlight UA Enrollment    /  UA News

A talented freshman class that includes more than 180 incoming National Merit Scholars headlines The University of Alabama’s enrollment numbers for fall 2018.


Author: Chris Bryant    /    Published: September 13, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News    /    Features:     

Two steps ahead and rubbing shoulders with the best    /  Daimler

Ten students from the University of Alabama completed some parts of their engineering studies in Germany as part of the “Two Steps Ahead” program – including internships at Daimler’s Sindelfingen…


Source: Daimler    /    Published: September 11, 2018    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

Printing a Military Advantage    /  UA News

University of Alabama researchers are examining how a new 3-D printing technology could be used by the military.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: September 6, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, UA News    /    Features:   , ,   

At the University of Alabama, New Laboratories Are Designed For Collaboration    /  Falicitiesnet.com

The design of academic research laboratory spaces for the different fields of engineering has in years past focused on both individual departments and researchers/principal investigators doing independent research in their…


Source: Falicitiesnet.com    /    Published: September 5, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research, Students   

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Universty of Alabama and Auburn awarded grant to study traffic    /  Fox 6 (Birmingham)

The University of Alabama is teaming up with Auburn University to conduct a new state-wide traffic study, and it’s all about keeping Alabamians safer on the roadways. Alabama and Auburn…


Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham)    /    Published: September 4, 2018    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

German study leads Strickland to engineering internship    /  The Madison Record

J.D. Strickland had no idea that studying German at James Clemens High School eventually would lead to a prestigious engineering opportunity affiliated with the University of Alabama.


Source: The Madison Record    /    Published: September 1, 2018    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students    /    Features:     

UA Building Innovative Radars to Help Flood, Drought Management    /  UA News

Researchers at The University of Alabama will lead a project to develop and deploy radars that obtain information about snow and soil moisture to help manage the nation’s water resources.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: August 28, 2018    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

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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.