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Stroke survivors often lose some of their motor functions, and recovery can be a long and expensive process. By integrating virtual reality, robot, and motion capture technology, a low-cost solution…
Source: Scientia / Published: September 24, 2017 / Posted in: Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Fei Hu, Dr. Jaber Abu-Qahouq, Dr. Jeff Gray, Dr. Monica Anderson
Using scientific skills to serve the community by educating the public and influencing public policy has always been the professional goal of Dr. Kenya L. Goodson. Kenya is a native…
Source: Black Warrior Riverkeeper / Published: September 23, 2017 / Posted in: Alumni, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News
Dynetics CEO David King announced Ronnie Chronister as vice president of Contracts. Chronister has been with the company since 2014 as the director of Army, Cyber, and Missile Defense Programs
Source: Dynetics / Published: September 22, 2017 / Posted in: Alumni, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News
Engineering students from the University of Alabama and four peer institutions in the state will have an opportunity to study engineering in Germany as part of a new exchange program….
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: September 21, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students / Features: Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, Dr. Kevin W. Whitaker
In the poorest sections of the American South researchers are finding hookworm, dengue fever, and other parasites and viruses that are more commonly associated with developing countries or, in the…
Source: Circle of Blue / Published: September 20, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Mark Elliott
As University of Alabama Chancellor emeritus Malcolm Portera tells it, Tuscaloosa was in a “world of hurt” in the early 1980s. The area had lost four manufacturers under the pressure…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: September 19, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Vehicle Technologies, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach / Features: Dr. Bharat Balasubramanian, Dr. Charles L. Karr
The University of Alabama College of Engineering is using a National Science Foundation grant to start three preparatory classes and a scholarship fund in an effort to address student retention….
Source: Fort Payne Times-Journal / Published: September 16, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students
University of Alabama students and faculty broke out some big guns to test FEMA approved storm shelter wall panels. They fired 2x4s from a debris cannons to study the stability…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: September 14, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Michael E. Kreger
Experts at The University of Alabama not only tracked Irma’s path. They also tracked how you, the public, used the information about the storm leading up to its landfall. Dr….
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: September 13, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
Engineers with The University of Alabama have been studying wind loads and their effects on structures long before Hurricanes Harvey and Irma formed in the Gulf. The School of Engineering…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: September 8, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Thang N. Dao
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.
