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On Saturday, University of Alabama mechanical engineering professor Beth Todd began a daylong engineering seminar aimed at middle-school students with a slideshow for their parents. Todd showed slides of famous…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: October 19, 2015 / Posted in: In The News, Outreach, Students / Features: Dr. Beth Ann Todd
The University of Alabama is among approximately 25 institutions nationwide working together to develop resources to help create sustainable change and improve participation by minority women and girls in science,…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: October 12, 2015 / Posted in: In The News, Outreach
The University of Alabama section of the Society of Women Engineers, or SWE, will host about 200 middle-school girls at the 2015 “Wow! That’s Engineering” event Oct. 17.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: October 8, 2015 / Posted in: Events, Outreach, Students, UA News
The University of Alabama is a founding member in a national effort to support minority women and girls interested in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, the White House recently announced.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: September 22, 2015 / Posted in: Outreach, UA News
Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, applauds recent announcement to expand computer science curriculum in New York City, which also comes after a similar initiative was announced…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: September 18, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
College is intended to prepare young adults for the real world, but in Nitin Chopra’s Advanced Energy class, students are already affecting the real world from inside the classroom. After…
Source: Service Learning / Published: September 5, 2015 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Outreach, Students
College should be a time of discovery, adventure and embracing new ideas, but many students have hardly left their home states, let alone the country. Philip Johnson, associate professor of…
Source: Service Learning / Published: August 10, 2015 / Posted in: In The News, Outreach, Students
The University of Alabama’s engineering department held the 25th annual SITE camp, or Student Introductory to Engineering Camp, from July 12-31. The camp has three one-week segments in which 150…
Source: Crimson White / Published: July 29, 2015 / Posted in: Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach, Students / Features: Dr. Marcus D. Ashford, Greg Singleton
It’s no secret that computer science (CS) courses are not a priority in many high schools. Across the nation, many schools get away with packaging courses that teach kids to…
Source: edSurge / Published: July 22, 2015 / Posted in: Computer Science, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
A group of 14 students from the Culverhouse College of Commerce and College of Engineering’s STEM Path to the MBA program will travel to India on July 13 for a…
Source: Culverhouse News / Published: July 9, 2015 / Posted in: In The News, Outreach, Students
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.
