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The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the 2016 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching – the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: October 5, 2016 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, UA News / Features: Dr. William Edward Back
Three schools in the Decatur City system are preparing to pilot a curriculum that will teach students as early as kindergarten how to write computer programs. “This is where our…
Source: The Decatur Daily / Published: September 21, 2016 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
The University of Alabama recently secured a major grant to help attract minority students to STEM fields. The $5 million grant awarded from the National Science will help the AlabamaLouis…
Source: Birmingham Business Journal / Published: September 20, 2016 / Posted in: Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
About 87% of the country’s multifamily construction used wood framing in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Builders used steel framing, wood’s closest competitor, about 4% of the time,…
Source: Construction Dive / Published: September 19, 2016 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Thang N. Dao
Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, was part of a summit to gauge the progress of President Barack Obama’s initiative to expand computer science education to primary and secondary schools.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: September 19, 2016 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, UA News / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
The University of Alabama will be the lead institution in the state in a national effort to increase the number of students from underrepresented minority groups in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: September 15, 2016 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, UA News / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
Take a virtual visit to this University of Alabama research laboratory via this slideshow.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: September 1, 2016 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Subhadra Gupta
The Mako shark is fast. Amy Lang, an aerospace engineer at The University of Alabama, says that’s partly because its streamlined shape cuts through the water, but it has a…
Source: WTOP-FM Radio / Published: August 7, 2016 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Amy W. Lang
It’s been nearly 11 years since Dr. Charles L. Karr was appointed dean of The University of Alabama College of Engineering. Early on in his tenure, Karr and other leaders…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: July 15, 2016 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff / Features: Dr. Charles L. Karr
About 40 students from eight area high schools will have the opportunity to improve their knowledge and application of science, technology, engineering, and math while developing their entrepreneurship skills at The University of Alabama.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: July 13, 2016 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, Outreach, 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.
