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Empowering future workforces hinges on improving education outcomes and solving the challenges that accompany the complex puzzle of funding, standards and curriculum.
Author: David Miller / Published: August 10, 2017 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, UA News / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
As temperatures rose into the 90s Thursday, high school students gathered at the University of Alabama’s Recreation Center for some time in the pool. However, these students were at the…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: July 24, 2017 / Posted in: Events, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Marcus D. Ashford, Greg Singleton
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — High school students looking to pick up engineering and computer science skills this summer have the opportunity to experience and learn more about the disciplines during July…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: July 10, 2017 / Posted in: Events, Outreach / Features: Greg Singleton
When Cassidy McCool was 4, her grandfather asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Like most preschool children, McCool had no clue. “He said, ‘why don’t…
Author: Adam Jones and Judah Martin / Published: June 17, 2017 / Posted in: Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Students
For the third summer in four years, The University of Alabama will host educators, students and industry leaders on campus to help promote diversity inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, education.
Author: Alana Norris / Published: June 16, 2017 / Posted in: Events, Outreach, UA News / Features: Greg Singleton
The University of Alabama and Airbus have signed an agreement designed to boost the school’s engineering education and research efforts. Airbus will assist UA in purchasing equipment in the areas of additive…
Source: Birmingham Business Journal / Published: May 31, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research, Students
Obama-era EPA rules may be on their way out but that doesn’t mean the search for more sustainable transportation is over. The University of Alabama and three other schools were…
Source: Business Alabama / Published: May 31, 2017 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Research / Features: Dr. Hwan-Sik Yoon, Dr. Tim A. Haskew, Dr. Yang-Ki Hong
Ahead of the busy Memorial Day weekend travel period, University of Alabama researchers are sharing statistics that show the role seat belts play in saving lives in traffic crashes. According to…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: May 29, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research / Features: Rhonda Stricklin
The University of Alabama and Airbus will partner in an effort to enhance engineering education and research, according to an agreement signed between representatives from the two organizations.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: May 26, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News
What began as simply tinkering with a 3-D printer the summer before Valerie Levine’s junior year at The University of Alabama ended with children receiving prosthetic hands before the year’s end.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: May 22, 2017 / Posted in: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Outreach, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Jason E. Bara
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.
