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UA Engineers Finalists in International Contest    /  Crimson White

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:     

University of Alabama researchers trying to learn how police officers react to ‘shoot, don’t shoot’ situations    /  Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

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:     

UA students create 3-D Shoe    /  WVUA

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   

UA Engineering students recreate 18th century sword    /  WVUA

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   

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UA Center for Advanced Public Safety to receive grant to evaluate seatbelt use    /  Fox 6 (Birmingham)

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   

Pioneering Astronaut visits UA Campus    /  Alabama Public Radio

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:     

Rising IT star Chandler Bise tempered by mixture of influences    /  Certification Magazine

Have you ever had the enjoyable opportunity of meeting an individual who seems to have the world on a string? You know the type I’m talking about: This sort of person…


Source: Certification Magazine    /    Published: March 1, 2017    /    Posted in:   Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Students   

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UA cyber security researcher explains CloudFare data leak    /  NBC 13 (Birmingham)

A University of Alabama cyber security researcher says it could turn out to be one of the largest internet security incidents ever. Matthew Hudnall is talking about a mistake made…


Source: NBC 13 (Birmingham)    /    Published: February 28, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News   

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ASCE to Update CE Body of Knowledge; Member Input Sought    /  ASCE News

Career development, it is said, often isn’t about what you know but who you know. But in civil engineering, what you know matters. “We’re living in times that are changing at an accelerated rate,”…


Source: ASCE News    /    Published: February 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research    /    Features:     

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Many Alabamians can’t find themselves on a map, and that’s dangerous    /  AL.com

Part of the problem could be simply the maps themselves, according to Dr. Laura Myers, a senior research scientist and the director the Center for Advanced Public Safety at the University of…


Source: AL.com    /    Published: February 22, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, 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.