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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
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Five University of Alabama computer science seniors and members of the Association for Computing Machinery UA student chapter started a hacking competition this semester that they…
Author: Alana Norris / Published: May 4, 2017 / Posted in: Computer Science, Events, Outreach, Students
If you build it, they will come. That’s what Sassafras and their local partners think about Bike paths in Tuscaloosa. They are trying to make Tuscaloosa a bike friendly map….
Source: WVUA / Published: April 29, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students
After seeing the initial prototype for what’s become the SidelinER, Jeff Allen called Alabama dean of engineering Charles Karr. “You and your team did an unbelievable job,” the Crimson Tide’s…
Source: AL.com / Published: April 25, 2017 / Posted in: Alumni, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Outreach, Research, Students / 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.
