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Fighting drunk driving with technology    /  WBMA ABC 33/40

According to the University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety, or CAPS, about a third of car crashes on Cinco de Mayo in the past five years involved alcohol….


Source: WBMA ABC 33/40    /    Published: May 5, 2015    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research   

Tuscaloosa students build, test model buildings to beat earthquakes    /  The Tuscaloosa News

The historic quake, as well as two others, were simulated at the Large Scale Structures Laboratory in the South Engineering Research Center on the University of Alabama’s campus  Tuesday to…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: April 29, 2015    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students   

Hartselle High School wins state robotics competition    /  Tech Alabama

Hartselle High School fielded robotics teams for the first time at the Alabama Robotics Competition at the University of Alabama, but the school did not perform like rookies. One of…


Source: Tech Alabama    /    Published: April 17, 2015    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, In The News, Outreach    /    Features:     

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Huge tornado research project coming to Alabama, Southeast next year    /  AL.com

Alabama and the Southeast will be ground zero next spring for the continuation of one of the largest tornado research projects in history. The working title for now is Vortex-Southeast,…


Source: AL.com    /    Published: April 17, 2015    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

ADTRAN Senior Design Showcase features state colleges    /  Tech Alabama

ADTRAN is letting college students show off their engineering skills at their 5th annual Senior Design Showcase. “They’re able to present and share with the ADTRAN engineering and executive committees…


Source: Tech Alabama    /    Published: April 17, 2015    /    Posted in:   In The News, Students   

Co-op provide students with opportunities    /  Crimson White

At 7:30 a.m. many college students are still asleep. At 7:30 a.m. many mornings last year, Scott Nagy was walking into a production meeting with the company’s professional engineering team. Nagy,…


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: April 13, 2015    /    Posted in:   In The News, Students   

UA professor, student measure intensity of helmet impacts during collisions    /  The Tuscaloosa News

The crack of football helmets is a distinct sound and one that a University of Alabama mechanical engineering professor and his student believe could be analyzed as part of a…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: April 13, 2015    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students    /    Features:     

Bowen develops UA ‘Best Undergraduate Research’ plus national attention    /  Madison County Record

Matthew Bowen, a sophomore at the University of Alabama, is preparing to ‘MoVVE’ into a promising career in software design. A computer science major, Bowen was recognized at a UA…


Source: Madison County Record    /    Published: April 3, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Computer Science, In The News, Research, Students    /    Features:     

The Catherine Johnson Randall Premier Award: Brian Goodell    /  Crimson White

Brian Goodell, a senior from Plattsburgh, New York, majoring in chemical engineering and physics, was awarded the Catherine Johnson Randall Premier Award for his outstanding academic performance at the University….


Source: Crimson White    /    Published: April 3, 2015    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, In The News, Students   

Univ. of Alabama students building a fuel efficient car    /  WBRC Fox 6

University of Alabama students must get things in gear in a race to build a more fuel efficient car that also produces less pollution. “It’s exciting but it’s also terrifying…


Source: WBRC Fox 6    /    Published: April 1, 2015    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students    /    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.