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James McDanal waited patiently in line Friday afternoon, ready to launch “The Captain” across the sky. “The Captain,” a water-propelled plastic rocket James had made in honor of Captain America,…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 10, 2017 / Posted in: Events, In The News, Outreach, Students
University of Alabama Athletics and the College of Engineering celebrated a partnership with a bright future last week as new solar panels at the Sewell-Thomas baseball stadium went online. The…
Source: Alabama News Center / Published: April 6, 2017 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students / Features: Allen McClendon
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness month, and the University of Alabama is stepping in to do their part to cut the risk. Tuscaloosa Police told CBS42 News that nine…
Source: CBS 42 (Birmingham) / Published: April 4, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Rhonda Stricklin
Forty teams of entrepreneurs battled it out today in hopes of winning a $50,000 grand prize. The students competed in the Edward K. Aldag, Jr. Business Plan Competition. Some of…
Source: WVUA / Published: April 4, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Research, Students
A team of students at The University of Alabama has been selected as one of the top six finalists to compete in a international engineering competition. The goal of the…
Source: Crimson White / Published: April 3, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Yang-Ki Hong
Trying to to learn how police officers react to “shoot, don’t shoot” situations, researchers at the University of Alabama are measuring brain waves during virtual reality police training. According to…
Source: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer / Published: March 28, 2017 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research / Features: Dr. Daniel J. Fonseca
A 3-D shoe made entirely out of shoeboxes is what a group of students at The University of Alabama are working on. Combining the technical and creative skills of two…
Source: WVUA / Published: March 24, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students
A group of engineering students at The University of Alabama are recreating history. Students make the replica of a hilt of an 18th center British rapier in the engineering foundry….
Source: WVUA / Published: March 9, 2017 / Posted in: In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Research, Students
Governor Robert Bentley wants to make Alabama roads safer. He is doing that by awarding about $140,000 in grants to evaluate new traffic safety data. That work is to be…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: March 8, 2017 / Posted in: Awards and Honors, Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Outreach, Research
Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison addressed female students studying mathematics and engineering at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. The Decatur native was the first African American woman to…
Source: Alabama Public Radio / Published: March 8, 2017 / Posted in: Events, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Viola L. Acoff
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.
