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Students and professors gathered in Gorgas Library on Monday to munch and meet. The event, called “Pizza and Professors” connected students and professors with pizza and potential research partners. The event…
Source: Crimson White / Published: September 28, 2017 / Posted in: Computer Science, Events, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Mechanical Engineering, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Jeff Gray, Dr. Joshua A. Bittle
Stroke survivors often lose some of their motor functions, and recovery can be a long and expensive process. By integrating virtual reality, robot, and motion capture technology, a low-cost solution…
Source: Scientia / Published: September 24, 2017 / Posted in: Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Fei Hu, Dr. Jaber Abu-Qahouq, Dr. Jeff Gray, Dr. Monica Anderson
In the poorest sections of the American South researchers are finding hookworm, dengue fever, and other parasites and viruses that are more commonly associated with developing countries or, in the…
Source: Circle of Blue / Published: September 20, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Mark Elliott
University of Alabama students and faculty broke out some big guns to test FEMA approved storm shelter wall panels. They fired 2x4s from a debris cannons to study the stability…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: September 14, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research, Students / Features: Dr. Michael E. Kreger
Experts at The University of Alabama not only tracked Irma’s path. They also tracked how you, the public, used the information about the storm leading up to its landfall. Dr….
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: September 13, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Laura Myers
Engineers with The University of Alabama have been studying wind loads and their effects on structures long before Hurricanes Harvey and Irma formed in the Gulf. The School of Engineering…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: September 8, 2017 / Posted in: Center for Sustainable Infrastructure, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Thang N. Dao
Most of the 43 million Americans who rely on private wells don’t know if their water is safe to drink because unlike the regulation of public water systems, there is…
Source: TC Palm (Florida) / Published: September 6, 2017 / Posted in: Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research / Features: Dr. Mark Elliott
The University of Alabama is putting a new focus on renewable energy with a new grant. $50,000 from the National Science Foundation is paying for a seven week course at…
Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham) / Published: August 25, 2017 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research, Students
A research group from The University of Alabama is part of a national program aimed at taking technology from the lab to the market.
Author: Adam Jones / Published: August 17, 2017 / Posted in: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students, UA News / Features: Dr. Shuhui Li
A group of students at the University of Alabama plan to launch a balloon to take video of the solar eclipse next week as part of a nationwide science project…
Source: Alabama News Center / Published: August 15, 2017 / Posted in: Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, In The News, Research, 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.
