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UA Center for Advanced Public Safety to receive grant to evaluate seatbelt use    /  Fox 6 (Birmingham)

Governor Robert Bentley wants to make Alabama roads safer. He is doing that by awarding about $140,000 in grants to evaluate new traffic safety data. That work is to be…


Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham)    /    Published: March 8, 2017    /    Posted in:   Awards and Honors, Center for Advanced Public Safety, In The News, Outreach, Research   

Pioneering Astronaut visits UA Campus    /  Alabama Public Radio

Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison addressed female students studying mathematics and engineering at the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. The Decatur native was the first African American woman to…


Source: Alabama Public Radio    /    Published: March 8, 2017    /    Posted in:   Events, In The News, Outreach    /    Features:     

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ASCE to Update CE Body of Knowledge; Member Input Sought    /  ASCE News

Career development, it is said, often isn’t about what you know but who you know. But in civil engineering, what you know matters. “We’re living in times that are changing at an accelerated rate,”…


Source: ASCE News    /    Published: February 23, 2017    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Research    /    Features:     

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Dr. Su Gupta on Women in STEM Experience    /  UA News

Dr. Su Gupta, professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, explains what she tells young women who are looking to enter the STEM fields.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: February 22, 2017    /    Posted in:   Faculty and Staff, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, UA News    /    Features:     

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UA Holds Symposium for Women in STEM    /  UA News

The University of Alabama’s Women in STEM initiaitve hosts its fifth annual WiSE symposium March 3-4.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: February 3, 2017    /    Posted in:   Outreach, UA News   

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UA to Host Meeting for 3-D Printing Experts    /  UA News

A global group of experts that devise standards for additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, will meet at The University of Alabama.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: January 26, 2017    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Research, UA News    /    Features:     

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Teaching Kids to Code – Is It a Bad Idea?    /  Good Call

Jeff Gray, Ph.D., a professor in the department of computer science at the University of Alabama, a Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year, and an education advisory council member for…


Source: Good Call    /    Published: November 4, 2016    /    Posted in:   Computer Science, In The News, Outreach    /    Features:     

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University of Alabama seeks to spark interest in engineering    /  The Tuscaloosa News

Monalisa Ruffin’s small fingers assembled snap connectors on a circuit board to create a closed-loop circuit in hopes that once she finished the activity, she could make a siren sound…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: October 11, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students    /    Features:     

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High school students learn about engineering at the University of Alabama    /  The Tuscaloosa News

The University of Alabama College of Engineering hosted its annual E-day on Thursday. The day introduced high school students to the UA engineering programs.


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: October 7, 2016    /    Posted in:   Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Students   

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UA Women Engineers to Host Event for Middle School Girls    /  UA News

The University of Alabama section of the Society of Women Engineers, or SWE, will host about 200 middle-school girls for a hands-on discovery of engineering.


Author: Associated Engineering Press    /    Published: September 30, 2016    /    Posted in:   Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students, UA News    /    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.