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A recent study of about 3,000 people from Alabama and Mississippi took a look at how things unfolded on April 27. There was some concern about the number of fatalities…
Source: WBRC Fox 6 / Published: April 28, 2016 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
The earth shakes millions of times every year. Often, these earthquakes strike in familiar places, such as the recent, deadly quakes in Ecuador and Japan. At other times, a quake…
Source: Smithsonian.com / Published: April 27, 2016 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Michael E. Kreger, Dr. Sriram Aaleti
Five years after one of the deadliest tornadoes ripped through Tuscaloosa and other parts of Alabama, people are still dealing with the emotional and physical effects. “A large number of…
Source: WBRC Fox 6 / Published: April 27, 2016 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
With graduation looming, many seniors at The University of Alabama are busy preparing for final exams. For a select group of students, wrapping up the semester means presenting the findings…
Source: Brasfield & Gorrie / Published: April 26, 2016 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Students
After Moore, Okla., got hammered by its third monster tornado in 13 years, Mayor Glenn Lewis had had enough. He pushed to make Moore the first U.S. city to beef…
Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press / Published: April 25, 2016 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research
In April five years ago, walls came down. Fences fell, splintered and sprawled. Canopied urban forests blew away in jagged moments; even trees sunk deep in ravines snapped. Growth-marks carved…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 25, 2016 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
A team of engineering students won first place in the University of Alabama’s third annual Edward K. Aldag Jr. Business Plan Competition held earlier this month. The team has a start-up…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 25, 2016 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students
During severe weather, most people get their forecasts and weather information from TV meteorologists like ABC 33/40’s James Spann. But those forecasts start far earlier. It’s a beautiful spring day…
Source: Alabama Public Radio / Published: April 22, 2016 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
Nearly 50 teams from across the country are in Huntsville this weekend to show, and eventually blast off, their custom-made rockets. Let’s be clear, these aren’t your bottle rockets you…
Source: WHNT CBS 19 / Published: April 18, 2016 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, In The News, Students / Features: Dr. James Paul Hubner
Two teams of mechanical engineering students at the University of Alabama have spent their senior year designing tools for a NASA competition inspired by the space agency’s plans for human…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: April 18, 2016 / Posted in: In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Students / Features: Dr. Beth Ann Todd
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.
