News Archive

Faculty and Staff News

ariel view of Engineering Quad

CAPS receives grants to study traffic safety    /  WAAY-ABC (Huntsville)

Governor Kay Ivey’s office has awarded three grants worth nearly $2 million to the Center for Advanced Public Safety at The University of Alabama. The center will collect statewide traffic…


Source: WAAY-ABC (Huntsville)    /    Published: August 8, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research   

ariel view of Engineering Quad

Why do people keep driving through flood waters?    /  Fox 6 (Birmingham)

Just about every time we have major rain and flooding, we see people who try to plow through flood waters. They eventually get stuck and some have to be rescued….


Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham)    /    Published: August 2, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

UA to Hold Commencement Exercise Aug. 5    /  UA News

The University of Alabama will hold its summer commencement exercise Aug. 5 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.


Author: David Miller    /    Published: July 31, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Events, Faculty and Staff, Students, UA News   

Traffic changes draw critics, though experts urge caution    /  Anniston Star

Sherry Smith stood in the parking lot Friday of the pediatrics office she manages in the Golden Springs Shopping Center and talked about the children who go there every day…


Source: Anniston Star    /    Published: July 25, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

ariel view of Engineering Quad

BUCKLE UP, SLOW DOWN: Statewide traffic enforcement movement begins next week    /  Athens News-Courier

Drivers will want to put on their seat belts and put down their phones next week as Alabama law enforcement agencies crack down on speeding, seat belt usage and impaired…


Source: Athens News-Courier    /    Published: July 15, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research   

ariel view of Engineering Quad

Officials searching for answers as accident-prone stretch of U.S. 431 claims another life    /  Anniston Star

Janet Tyson Prosser said Friday morning that the black tire marks outside her Anniston shop on U.S. 431 are all the evidence she needs that more should be done to…


Source: Anniston Star    /    Published: July 11, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

ariel view of Engineering Quad

State Trooper shortage in Alabama    /  WAKA-CBS (Montgomery)

If you drive Alabama’s roads, it’s hard not to notice who you don’t see much of: Alabama state troopers. You can drive for at least an hour in any direction…


Source: WAKA-CBS (Montgomery)    /    Published: June 30, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research   

Hundreds attend Chamber breakfast    /  Daily Mountain Eagle

The annual breakfast meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Walker County was highlighted Wednesday with a speech by Charles L. Karr, dean of engineering at the University of Alabama….


Source: Daily Mountain Eagle    /    Published: June 29, 2017    /    Posted in:   Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News    /    Features:     

ariel view of Engineering Quad

Weather workshop held in Oklahoma    /  KSWO-ABC (Lawton, Oklahoma)

Today, the Norman National Weather Service teamed up with emergency managers and meteorologists to discuss weather-related topics, and how to prepare for big weather events…Experts from the National Weather Service…


Source: KSWO-ABC (Lawton, Oklahoma)    /    Published: June 28, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News    /    Features:     

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   

More News

Featured

Want the news to come to you? Follow our Social Media channels.

Alumni, keep in touch by updating your email to get our monthly newsletter direct to your inbox!

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.