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Inside The Cube at the University of Alabama, ideas don’t stay on paper for long. The facility, housed within the Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering, serves as the University’s primary makerspace. It provides students, faculty and staff — along with members of the broader Alabama community — access to tools and guidance to design, prototype and build projects for class, research and entrepreneurial efforts.
Author: Mitch Bailey / Published: May 7, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Peter Ludovice, Mitch Bailey
Every software project carries baggage. Some call it shortcuts; others call it compromises. In the world of computer science, it has a more precise name: technical debt. Technical debt is…
Author: Emily Fischer / Published: May 6, 2026 / Posted in: Computer Science, Engineering, Outreach
The Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering hosted more than 1,000 prospective high school students and guests for its annual E-Day event on March 6.
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: April 29, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students
Students from across Alabama gathered at the Bryant Conference Center at The University of Alabama for the 15th annual Alabama Robotics Competition, a hands-on event designed to promote computer science and autonomous programming skills among K-12 students.
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: April 22, 2026 / Posted in: Computer Science, Outreach, Students / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
The Lee J. Styslinger Jr. College of Engineering, in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham, hosted the 2026 American Society of Civil Engineers Gulf Coast Student Symposium March 12-14 in Tuscaloosa, bringing together approximately 600 students, faculty and industry professionals from 15 universities.
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: April 13, 2026 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Events, Outreach, Students, / Features: Dr. Robert Bertini
NASA has selected 16 teams from 11 U.S. states as Phase 2 Milestone Round winners in the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge. The competition advances innovative recycling technologies for future space missions….
Author: Natalie Crouse / Published: March 10, 2026 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Awards and Honors, Outreach
Dr. Aijun Song, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his research team successfully conducted multiple field demonstrations of underwater autonomous vehicles as next-generation water-observing technologies at the Black Warrior River and Lake Tuscaloosa. These demonstrations were part of the 2025 U.S. Geological Survey FLOW Academy.
Author: Tanner Coffman / Published: August 19, 2025 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, / Features: Dr. Aijun Song
Seventy fourth- through sixth-grade students from Tuscaloosa County attended the inaugural Code-N-Sensor Future Lab camp at The University of Alabama, where they participated in a week of hands-on activities focused on physiological computing.
Author: Tanner Coffman / Published: August 7, 2025 / Posted in: Computer Science, Outreach / Features: Dr. Chris S. Crawford
The Society of Women Engineers at The University of Alabama recently hosted its largest annual youth outreach event, WOW! That’s Engineering!, welcoming more than 140 third- through eighth-grade students and over 70 parents to campus for a free day of hands-on STEM activities.
Author: McKenzie Knight / Published: June 20, 2025 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Outreach, Students
A group of University of Alabama researchers recently received nearly $2 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and…
Author: Natalie Bonner / Published: February 27, 2025 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Partners / Features: Dr. Jiaqi (Jackey) Gong, Dr. Jun Liu, Dr. Praveena Penmetsa, Dr. Steven Jones
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.
