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The University of Alabama started offering degrees in mechanical engineering through distance learning at least 20 years ago, according to Clark Midkiff, the department head. Midkiff said the challenge has…
Source: The Gadsden Times / Published: January 6, 2016 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students / Features: Dr. Mark E. Barkey
In 2010, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched an effort to place 10,000 qualified computer science teachers in 10,000 high schools — and eventually to bring computer science to every student in…
Source: Medium / Published: December 14, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
On Tuesday, Jeff Gray, a professor in the University of Alabama’s College of Engineering, handed a student at the Tuscaloosa Magnet Middle School a smooth white ball about the size…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: December 9, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
As part of the National Robotics Initiative (NRI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is providing $2.2 million for development of three innovative co-robots, which are robotic devices designed to work…
Source: Rehab Management / Published: December 3, 2015 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research / Features: Dr. Xiangrong Shen
Some of the fastest-growing cities in the world sit in high-risk earthquake zones. That’s why researchers are trying to figure out how to build tall buildings using a material that’s…
Source: Gizmodo / Published: December 1, 2015 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Sriram Aaleti, Dr. Thang N. Dao
The University of Alabama will make good use of its new engineering buildings this spring semester with a series of conferences hosted on campus that should bring about 1,600 students,…
Author: Judah Martin / Published: November 12, 2015 / Posted in: Events, Faculty and Staff, Students
For Dr. Jeff Gray the logic is simple: If jobs in computer science are in high demand, yet difficult to fill because not enough students learn the discipline, then much…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: November 11, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
University of Alabama researchers are leading an effort that could lead to the construction of taller and studier wood-framed buildings in earthquake-prone areas.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: November 10, 2015 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, UA News
A routine trip to run errands almost cost Katherine Dean her life. In February, just as Ms. Dean, of suburban Maryland, drove underneath a bridge on the Capital Beltway, a…
Source: The New York Times / Published: November 5, 2015 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Michael E. Kreger
The idea of using LED light to purify water might sound like something from a futuristic science-fiction movie, but thanks to a group of chemical engineering students at The University…
Source: Service Learning / Published: October 24, 2015 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Mark Elliott, Dr. Patrick Kung
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.
