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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Twenty years after Tuscaloosa landed a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant that turned Alabama into an automotive powerhouse, the city is ramping up efforts to recruit another advanced manufacturing…
Source: Department Of Commerce / Published: July 11, 2014 / Posted in: In The News, Outreach
A 1996 civil engineering graduate from the University of Alabama, Trent Boyd was working for a building and excavation contractor in Birmingham when it closed its doors two years ago….
Source: Business Alabama / Published: July 7, 2014 / Posted in: Alumni, In The News
NEWPORT — Top mechanical and aerospace engineering students from 11 universities and six states gathered in a field here Friday to test out remote-controlled aircraft they designed last week as part…
Source: Carteret County News-Times / Published: June 30, 2014 / Posted in: In The News, Students
Computer science is one of the fastest growing industries in the nation. The same goes for here in Alabama. In fact, computer science and coding is being offered as a…
Source: WBHM ABC 33/40 / Published: June 25, 2014 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
When the desktop computer first hit the market, it was a novel technology, but nobody really knew what to make of it. Only after college students put the computer to…
Source: Crimson White / Published: June 25, 2014 / Posted in: In The News, Students
Where were you January 28th, 2014? Were you stuck in your car for 20 hours on I-285? Were you desperately trying to get your kids home from school? What did…
Source: WXIA NBC 11 / Published: June 25, 2014 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
David Reeves began his career at Mercedes Benz at the Tuscaloosa County plant when he was a co-op student at the University of Alabama. The mechanical engineering major and Vestavia…
Source: Birmingham Business Journal / Published: June 19, 2014 / Posted in: Alumni, In The News, Mechanical Engineering
Tanzania Adams saw few women in her classes while earning her engineering degree at the University of Alabama about 25 years ago. There weren’t many women co-workers at Southern Company…
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / Published: June 13, 2014 / Posted in: Alumni, In The News, Outreach
The question of how to reduce the pollution that causes global warming is now a hot topic since new carbon limits were announced by the EPA earlier this month. Those…
Source: Alabama Public Radio / Published: June 12, 2014 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Jason E. Bara
Wait, who’s Chuck Karr? His name doesn’t appear on Alabama’s roster and he’s not a coach. Karr isn’t listed on Alabama’s football media guide or game programs. He’s authored three…
Source: AL.com / Published: June 10, 2014 / Posted in: Engineering, In The News / Features: Dr. Charles L. Karr
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.
