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During the mobile phone’s meteoric rise from clunky car phone to the powerful computers in our hands today, the problem of battery life has continued to dog the technology. “Energy…
Author: Adam Jones / Published: April 9, 2014 / Posted in: Outreach, Research
Hundreds of students from all over Alabama got to take part in a robotics competition. The action got underway today at the Bryant Conference Center. Around 350 students from third…
Source: WVUA TV / Published: April 5, 2014 / Posted in: Computer Science, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
The University of Alabama’s 57 Miles initiative and The College of Engineering will host Engineering Day for high school students from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, April 11, at Francis Marion High School in Perry County.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: April 4, 2014 / Posted in: Outreach, Students, UA News
This weekend, The University of Alabama will host the Alabama Robotics Competition, an event open to K-12 students. The competition will involve programming robots to navigate a series of obstacle…
Source: Crimson White / Published: April 3, 2014 / Posted in: Computer Science, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — More than 350 students from across Alabama, from third graders to seniors in high school, will be at The University of Alabama April 5 programming robots and hoping their instructions are good enough to win the Alabama Robotics Competition. The competition, which is in its fourth year, is hosted by the UA […]
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: March 31, 2014 / Posted in: Computer Science, Outreach, UA News / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama Foundation said Friday that Bidsters of Tuscaloosa was among the five startup teams that received a share of $135,000 in funding during the Alabama…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: March 21, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Students
Two startup companies from Tuscaloosa will join five other young companies from Birmingham and Madison in vying for a share of more than $100,000 in prize money Friday in the…
Source: The Tuscaloosa News / Published: March 20, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Research
Today is the world wide web’s 25th birthday. The Internet innovation that is used daily by so many Americans has now reached a quarter century, but how have our lives…
Source: WVUA TV / Published: March 13, 2014 / Posted in: Computer Science, In The News, Outreach / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray
A University of Alabama start-up company developing technology to charge cell phones and other portable devices wirelessly was selected to pitch to potential investors in a unique competition during the…
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Published: March 10, 2014 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Outreach, Research / Features: Dr. Jaber Abu-Qahouq
The effectiveness of seat belts — both lap belts and shoulder straps — in reducing injuries and deaths in automobile accidents is widely documented in studies and backed up by…
Source: Monroe News Star / Published: February 23, 2014 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, In The News, Outreach, Research
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.