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Test engineers advise university’s design class    /  Redstone Rocket

Andrew Carnegie once said, “We learn by doing.” Senior metallurgical and materials engineering students at the University of Alabama are doing just that thanks to two engineers from the Redstone…


Source: Redstone Rocket    /    Published: February 11, 2020    /    Posted in:   Alumni, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Students   

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John Merrill Discusses Election Security at Cybersecurity Conference    /  WVUA

The Office of the Secretary of State hosted educators from around Alabama Thursday afternoon for a cybersecurity seminar at the University of Alabama. Recently, there have been several cybersecurity attacks…


Source: WVUA    /    Published: February 7, 2020    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News    /    Features:     

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Former professor returns to lead transportation institute    /  Crimson White

Allen Parrish is returning to The University of Alabama on Feb. 17 to serve as executive director of the Alabama Transportation Institute.  Parrish was employed at the University from 1990…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: February 5, 2020    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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NASA-funded space radiation studies could save astronauts’ lives    /  Breitbart

Physicists are teaming up with computer scientists in a NASA-funded study to help predict solar flares and radiation that can disable spacecraft and potentially kill astronauts. NASA has awarded a…


Source: Breitbart    /    Published: January 16, 2020    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:     

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Aviation Week Network Announces 20 Twenties Winners for 2020; Top Technology Students to be Honored March 12 at Laureates Awards Gala    /  MarketScreener

Aviation Week Network, in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), today announced the winners of its awards program, “Tomorrow’s Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties.” The awards…


Source: MarketScreener    /    Published: January 14, 2020    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, In The News, Students   

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Weather warning experts say many people don’t know their location    /  CBS 42 - 7 a.m.

Dr. Laura Myers with the University of Alabama has many years of researching the weather warning communication process. Dr. Myers is the director of the Center for Advanced Public Safety…


Source: CBS 42 - 7 a.m.    /    Published: January 9, 2020    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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What’s New in HPC Research: Gravitational Lenses, the Human Brain Project, Biofuels & More    /  Hpcwire.com

Extreme-scale cosmology simulations are crucial to understanding our universe, but the data they produce can be unwieldy, necessitating compression. In this paper, researchers from the University of Alabama and Los…


Source: Hpcwire.com    /    Published: January 7, 2020    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research   

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Is Mobile ready for electric scooters? Trendy devices bring safety and regulatory worries    /  Al.com

In Alabama, there have been only 11 incidences of scooter crashes in the past five years, according to data compiled by the Center for Advanced Public Safety (CAPS) at the…


Source: Al.com    /    Published: January 6, 2020    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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20 Experts Predict The Most Significant Weather And Climate Advances Of The Next Decade    /   Forbes

We seem to be at the edge of a transition from an idea about humans dominating nature and controlling the natural world to the notion that human life is dependent…


Source: Forbes    /    Published: December 31, 2019    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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Driverless shuttles gain steam in Michigan    /  grbj

After Michiganders tested the first wave of driverless buses, the greatest gripe was the lack of music. “There’s this clear trend where people were not commenting on the autonomy at…


Source: grbj    /    Published: December 28, 2019    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    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.