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Why do people keep driving through flood waters?    /  Fox 6 (Birmingham)

Just about every time we have major rain and flooding, we see people who try to plow through flood waters. They eventually get stuck and some have to be rescued….


Source: Fox 6 (Birmingham)    /    Published: August 2, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

Traffic changes draw critics, though experts urge caution    /  Anniston Star

Sherry Smith stood in the parking lot Friday of the pediatrics office she manages in the Golden Springs Shopping Center and talked about the children who go there every day…


Source: Anniston Star    /    Published: July 25, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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BUCKLE UP, SLOW DOWN: Statewide traffic enforcement movement begins next week    /  Athens News-Courier

Drivers will want to put on their seat belts and put down their phones next week as Alabama law enforcement agencies crack down on speeding, seat belt usage and impaired…


Source: Athens News-Courier    /    Published: July 15, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research   

OTHS grad uses 3-D printer to craft prosthetics for kids — free of charge    /  Belleville News-Democrat (Illinois)

O’Fallon Township High School graduate Valerie Levine, a current student at the University of Alabama, started the Alabama Prosthetic Project in the summer of 2016, which uses 3-D printers to…


Source: Belleville News-Democrat (Illinois)    /    Published: July 12, 2017    /    Posted in:   In The News, Research, Students   

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Officials searching for answers as accident-prone stretch of U.S. 431 claims another life    /  Anniston Star

Janet Tyson Prosser said Friday morning that the black tire marks outside her Anniston shop on U.S. 431 are all the evidence she needs that more should be done to…


Source: Anniston Star    /    Published: July 11, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

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State Trooper shortage in Alabama    /  WAKA-CBS (Montgomery)

If you drive Alabama’s roads, it’s hard not to notice who you don’t see much of: Alabama state troopers. You can drive for at least an hour in any direction…


Source: WAKA-CBS (Montgomery)    /    Published: June 30, 2017    /    Posted in:   Center for Advanced Public Safety, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research   

Opening Borders

  As relations between the United States and Cuba began to thaw, The University of Alabama found itself in a unique position to reach out to universities on the island…


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 15, 2017    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, Research, Students    /    Features:   ,   

UA students develop flexible solar cell    /  The Tuscaloosa News

A start-up technology company run by University of Alabama students and an associate professor is developing a thin, flexible solar cell with the goal of helping the military meet goals…


Source: The Tuscaloosa News    /    Published: June 12, 2017    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, In The News, Research, Students    /    Features:     

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Sustainability Report: Are Composite Building Materials Sustainable?    /   Paste Magazine

In grade schools long ago, many people had to build something out of toothpicks or Popsicle sticks—a house, a bridge, a boat. It might have been an art project or a…


Source: Paste Magazine    /    Published: June 10, 2017    /    Posted in:   Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Faculty and Staff, In The News, Research    /    Features:     

UA Spin-off Technology Selected for National Start-Up Contest    /  UA News

Technology developed at The University of Alabama aimed at producing inexpensive, flexible thin-film solar cells for military applications has been selected for a national business start-up contest sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.


Author: Adam Jones    /    Published: June 5, 2017    /    Posted in:   Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Events, Faculty and Staff, Research, 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.